Portsmouth vs Chelsea

[boshman 1,073]

Great result! Not a brilliant first half. We had most of the ball but didn;t really do much with it. Much improved second half though. Moved the ball quicker and always kept going forward to get that extra goal. Something we haven't been doing recently. Very please for Van Aanholt as well. Move on to Villa with a bit of confidence now after a very good performance.

Edited March 24, 2010 by boshman

[Changingman_2000 876]

Unsteady first half but the confidence was flooding back second half. Good performance. Well done all round.

And now on to Villa

[northernblue 2]

DON'T be fooled by the hype - this was more classy Chelsea than Calamity James.

True, the Portsmouth keeper came up with another clanger to make sure his nickname will stick a lot longer.

But without the England stopper this might have been 10-0 as Chelsea made sure their title challenge is alive and kicking again.

They arrived at Fratton Park with their credibility, courage and hunger to win the League in question. But after 94 rain-soaked minutes, Carlo Ancelotti's men left no one in doubt they are not prepared to throw the towel in just yet.

As a response to the disappointment of the games against Inter Milan and Blackburn, this could not have been more positive.

Arsenal are back in third again this morning while Manchester United lead Blues by a solitary point and they are now level on goal difference as well.

Ancelotti had called on his players to show courage, desire and commitment in this game - and they didn't let him down.

From the very off they chased down every ball, went into every tackle and never turned their back on the task.

The sun football match report

[.Cee 50]

I think Zhirkov made a foul prior to our 1st goal.

Mikel's yellow was :censored:

Malouda and Sturridge could've gotten a red instead of a yellow. More decisions like those would be great.

[vishalmarathe 0]

Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea

Chelsea score a Fifer !!!!

detailed match report : Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 5

[zolayes 14,489]

there is a lot of people here who knows nothing about football ... that zolayes is for sure one of them ......

yes we have improved from the last couple of matches but we weren't good ..... i swear to god if i go with some friends of mine who are just amateurs we well get a 4-0 or a 5-0 scoreline against portsmouth ....

we were facing a team who is not only the worst team in the league but he have no hope to stay there as well what do you expect of them specially after the injury of two players .....

when the team is bad just say it there is no shame in it ...... and when we are good we who you call moaners will be there supporting cheering more than anyone else but we will still be looking for more and more improvement .....

are you for real ...you and a bunch of your friends would have beaten pompey 5 0 ...and you say I know nothing about football.

[Clevemayer 764]

thought v. aanholt was really impressing... at such an age....

[EskWeston 696]

Much better to see us actually line up in a proper 4-3-3, and even playing Deco in the free role had it's advantages. Hopefully we can carry this over to the weekend and more importantly into the Man U game. Was very pleased to see Van Aanholt get a good 20 minutes on the pitch, important also considering the lack of full back options we have at the moment, thought he did good too once he got over some early nerves...

[ZanSnake 1,211]

never doubted the lads to perform for a 5-0 win and they did.<br><br>I wonder what TX has to be negative in the game about it?<br>

[Kostas 1,468]

Malouda and Sturridge could've gotten a red instead of a yellow.

Both challenges looked unintentional so you can't blame our players for what happened,if Sturridge had gotten a red it would be the worst referee decision against us since Ovrebo.

[.Cee 50]

Both challenges looked unintentional so you can't blame our players for what happened,if Sturridge had gotten a red it would be the worst referee decision against us since Ovrebo.

I'm not blaming them, I'm saying they could've gotten a red because of the unfair decisions we've been getting.

[zolayes 14,489]

Especially considering Villa's last consecutive 3 draws in the league we need to smash em into the ground

Some stats:

Chelsea

18 shots - 5 goals, 4 on target, 8 off target, 1 blocked

461 passes - 63 unsuccessful, 2 assists

5 blocks made

Pompey

9 Shots - 0 on target, 4 off target, 5 blocked

294 passes - 59 unsuccessful

1 block made

Interesting Stat

Mikel - 49 passes - 45 successful - 5 unsuccessful - 1 assist

very interesting 45 +5 used to equal 50

[warnie_666 1,081]

We played 4-2-3-1 Last Night and I love this formation. We played this formation last season under Hiddink and we Blitz Liverpool in the Champions League with it.

[NattyBlue 44]

Both challenges looked unintentional so you can't blame our players for what happened,if Sturridge had gotten a red it would be the worst referee decision against us since Ovrebo.

Malouda's was unintentional to me but Studges was but he wasn't thinking of actually getting his face, he'll get a ban I think

[NattyBlue 44]

very interesting 45 +5 used to equal 50

Stats have been changed now,

50 passes

46 successful

1 assist

3 unsuccessful

[EskWeston 696]

We played 4-2-3-1 Last Night and I love this formation. We played this formation last season under Hiddink and we Blitz Liverpool in the Champions League with it.

Best formation for us in my opinion and what i was talking about in a couple of other posts refering to the youth team. If we can upgrade on Deco in that position and improve the wingers then we will be a very formidable team if you ask me.

[zolayes 14,489]

Stats have been changed now,

50 passes

46 successful

1 assist

3 unsuccessful

thanks ..stats were interesting

[zolayes 14,489]

Malouda's was unintentional to me but Studges was but he wasn't thinking of actually getting his face, he'll get a ban I think

FA say no action on either