Popular Post! CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 30, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted August 30, 2014 It was a quite ridiculous match! From the very first minute till the last. In a game that averaged a goal every 10 minutes, Chelsea eventually ran out 6-3 winner, but boy did we have to work for it! Chelsea came today to what has been the "bogey ground" for them in the past few year, with the knowledge that our direct rivals, Manchester City, had lost at home to Stoke City. And the motivation to capitalize on that result was obvious from the first whistle. It took Diego Costa just 36 seconds to take advantage of a Fabregas through ball to open the scoring. The third quickest EPL goal in Chelsea's history.If we needed an indication of how frantic this match is going to be, we surely had one. But the explosive start to the match did not end there. Two minutes later, Ivanovic found the net for the Blues again after a Ramires pass. Replay showed that Brainislav was marginally offside.Unfortunately, that was not the only mistake the linesman will make. Minutes later, Tim Howard caught the ball clearly outside the box, after Azpilicueta tried to put Hazard through on goal. Linesman again made the wrong call before mistakenly giving an offside on Costa and then Distin in the second half.But this was one match that could not be ruined by refereeing mistakes. After Ivanovic's goal, Everton responded quite brilliantly and put a lot of pressure on our back line while Chelsea looked very dangerous on the break. But it was not until the last seconds of the first 45 minutes that Mirallas managed to pull one back for the home team with a marvelous header, after Chelsea were caught out on the left hand side. Mirallas' header brought Everton right back into the game and put an end to a very exciting first half; a half that would look pretty ordinary and boring compared to the crazy second 45 minutes of the match.The second half started with Everton well on top and creating a few chances in the first ten minutes. Then it was Chelsea's turn to force the issue. Howard had to make 3 big save in the space of a couple of minutes, including a 1vs1 with Diego Costa. But it was not until the 67th minute that the flood gates opened.Eden Hazard, who had been pretty quite in attack, took advantage of lapse in concentration for Seamus Coleman. He dribble past him with great pace into the box, and fired in a cross that ricocheted off Coleman and into the back of the Everton net. But Chelsea's relief was only momentary. Straight from the kick off, Matic was caught napping, creating a gap in our defense. A gap which Naismith exploited, slotting in Everton's second of the match, and throwing the game wide open again.Five minutes later, Nemaja Matic received the ball on the edge of the box, took his time to sort his feet out, picked his spot and fired in a beautiful strike to the bottom corner to give Chelsea a 2-goal cushion again. But yet again, Everton would not go away. Less than two minutes afterwards, Eto'o brings the Toffees back into the game with a header from a FK.And if the fainthearted had not suffered enough already, Chelsea scored again, almost from the kick off, through Ramires, after a quick give and go with Matic at the edge of the box. Ramires' goal was Chelsea's 5th of the night but also the fifth goal in the match in a crazy spell of under ten minutes!Everton almost did it again through Baines, but this time Courtois made an excellent save onto the post to prevent more Chelsea hear-attacks. The final ten minutes were set up to be a thriller of their own. Everton attacked in numbers, but Jose Mourinho packed up the shop by bringing on Luis, Drogba and Mikel. And as if we needed anymore sure signs of the insanity of this game, it was Mikel who ran at great pace to intercept the ball in Everton's half before providing a brilliant back-heel assist. Costa who opened the scoring in the first minute, was there at the end of Mikel's pass in the last one to close it and finally kill off a truly insane match of football.It was one of those matches that reminded us why we all love football so much, why we all love Chelsea so much, and why the Premiere League is the most watched league in the world. And while it may have caused a few cardiac arrests around the world, this, now classic, match is the icing on the cake of what has certainly been a memorable weekend for the Stanford Bridge faithful.Click here to view the article James, Fulham Broadway, kolovrat and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 well done Chou CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidEU 2,023 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great topic title! Alex - learn from this. CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great topic title! Alex - learn from this. Haha I just know that won't go down too well with Mr. Thor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Haha I just know that won't go down too well with Mr. Thor! the grumpy old git will tell you Stanford Bridge is his next Uni in USA ,,(do a quick edit) CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 the grumpy old git will tell you Stanford Bridge is his next Uni in USA ,,(do a quick edit)Haha Thanks! I wrote it with small letters and for some reason auto-correct turned it into "Stanford". zolayes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Haha Thanks! I wrote it with small letters and for some reason auto-correct turned it into "Stanford".thats what you get for using Yank software CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 very nice CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Good write up choulo. CHOULO19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Average. Jealous. iseah100 and The Skipper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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