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MINUTE DETAIL: CHELSEA 2 ARSENAL 1

/noticias.info/ Barclays Premier League against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday March 23, 2008.

Chelsea (4-3-3) Cudicini; Essien; Carvalho, Terry (c), A Cole; Ballack (Belletti 70), Makelele (Anelka 70), Lampard; J Cole (Mikel 88), Drogba, Kalou.

Manager Avram Grant

Arsenal (4-4-2) Almunia; Sagna (Diaby 70), Toure, Gallas (c), Clichy; Eboue, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini (Bendtner 88); Van Persie (Walcott 76), Adebayor.

Manager Arsene Wenger

Referee Mark Clattenburg

Environment: It's a cold, cloudy afternoon at Stamford Bridge for the London derby.

Attendance: 41,824

Kit: Chelsea - Blue shirts, shorts and white socks. Arsenal - Red and White shirts, white shorts and red socks.

First-half

Kick- off Arsenal

4 Shot Drogba shoots from a free-kick but the ball smashes into an oncoming Eboue who is shown the yellow card for moving toward the Ivorian before the whistle was blown.

6 Shot Drogba once again curls a shot towards goal but Almunia dives low to his right, preventing the ball from finding the back of the net.

16 Shot Van Persie sends a shot careering into the crowd after feeding off a Hleb pass along the edge of the box.

17 Shot Ballack sends a shot low into Almunia's body from 20 yards out after working down the right with J Cole.

24 Shot Van Persie latches onto a Fabregas through-ball and fires a shot along the floor towards Cudicini's goal but the Chelsea keeper falls to the ground and blocked the ball from it's target.

25 Chance Drogba feeds off a Terry pass and breaks into the Arsenal box but is foiled in his attempts to find an opener by Almunia.

34 Foul Ballack cuts Hleb to the ground and is shown a yellow card for his efforts.

39 Shot Gallas finds himself in enough space on the far post to launch a shot after collecting a corner by the linesman deems him inches offside as the ball bounces back off the post.

41 Chance Kalou fumbles the ball in the box only feet from the goal line as the Arsenal defence scrambles to clear the ball out for a corner.

43 Shot Ballack forces an acrobatic save from Almunia between the Arsenal posts and he fires a shot towards his target from the edge of the box.

Stoppage time: 1 minute.

Half-time: Chelsea 0 Arsenal 0

Second-half

Kick-off Chelsea

47 Shot Flamini forces a fantastic save from Cudicini as the Italian's quick reactions prevent a close range shot from finding its target.

55 Offside Drogba is dubiously judged offside as he breaks past Gallas into Arsenal's danger zone.

57 Shot Adebayor collects a Flamini pass on the edge of the box and turns before shooting, but Cudicini collects the shot with ease.

59 ARSENAL GOAL Sagna breaks the deadlock from a Fabregas corner which he heads in from the near post, past Cudicini and into the bottom left, his first goal for the Gunners.

61 Shot A Cole tries to even the scores as he heads the ball only inches past the post while Almunia can only watch.

70 Chelsea substitution Belletti comes on to replace Ballack.

70 Chelsea substitution Anelka comes on to replace Makelele.

72 Arsenal substitution Diaby comes on to replace Sagna.

73 CHELSEA GOAL Drogba makes it 1-1 as he smashes the ball into the back of the net from right in front of the goal, only ten yards out.

76 Shot Anelka sends a shot flying across the face of goal and wide of the mark as he finds himself with space and time on the edge of the box.

76 Arsenal substitution Walcott comes on to replace Van Persie.

81 CHELSEA GOAL Drogba gets his second as Belletti plays a high ball into Anelka who heads the ball into the Ivorian's path right in front of goal.

88 Arsenal substitution Bendtner comes on to replace Flamini.

88 Chelsea substitution Mikel comes on to replace J Cole.

Stoppage time: 5 minutes.

Full-time: Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1

Unused subs Chelsea: Hilario, Alex. Arsenal: Lehmann, Senderos.

Shots on target Chelsea 7 Arsenal 4

Corners Chelsea 3 Arsenal 2

Fouls Chelsea 8 Arsenal 10

Offsides Chelsea 5 Arsenal 2

Comment

It has been four years and one month now since Chelsea last lost a game at Stamford Bridge, a game that was lost to Arsenal, but today's record was extended to 78 unbeaten games in the Barclays Premier League as we Didier Drogba secured two goals to seal the three points and take the Blues to second in the league.

Michael Essien began the game at right-back while Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba and Joe Cole all lead the attack.

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