Chelsea vs Liverpool
Match pulse
CHEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Chelsea 2-0
Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-0 on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at Stamford Bridge. Goals for Chelsea: Nicolas Anelka (60') and Florent Malouda (90'+1').
Play by play
- 96'
FULL TIME Chelsea go top of the Premier League thanks to goals from Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda. That is Liverpool's third defeat in eight games though - more than they lost all last season.
- 95'
Gerrard calls Hilario into action with a firm shot.
- 92'
A horrendous miss from Yossi Benayoun. It was a lovely touch initially as he gave Hilario the eyes, but with the keeper on his backside he somehow dragged his shot wide of the post!
- 91'
GOAL! Florent Malouda secures all three points for Chelsea with a messy finish but it was all about the assist from Drogba - his second of the game. He got away from Carragher too easily and cut the ball back for his team-mate.
- 90'
Liverpool are appealing for a free-kick when Gerrard's pass catches Lampard on what appears to be the upper arm. Nothing given though and we will have three minutes of injury time.
- 89'
Chelsea's defenders are in a muddle when a Babel shot deflects up into the air but the pressure lifts when Torres is penalised for a foul on Ivanovic in the box.
- 88'
Chelsea are beginning to knock the ball around with a style that suggests they are perfectly happy with a 1-0 win, and why not?
- 87'
Anelka flashes one well wide but still it is Chelsea with the chances, not Liverpool who desperately need a goal from somewhere.
- 86'
Fabio Aurelio flings in a cross from the left and Hilario produces a flying punch to clear. He has been decent today when called upon. Which admittedly has not been very often.
- 84'
Ricardo Carvalho sees a low shot saved by Jose Reina and time is really running out for Liverpool now.
- 83'
Anelka chases onto a ball over the top from Malouda but Skrtel sticks out a boot to give away a corner. Liverpool bring on Fabio Aurelio for Insua before the set-piece is taken.
- 82'
Ryan Babel makes inroads down the right wing but loses his footing. Liverpool regain possession but they fail to find Torres in the box.
- 81'
A big chance for Liverpool as John Terry puts in a superb block to deny Steven Gerrard, while Torres puts the rebound wide when he really should have tested Hilario.
- 80'
Ryan Babel tries to slip in Kuyt with a cute ball but cannot beat the Chelsea backline.
- 79'
Dirk Kuyt demonstrates Liverpool's growing desperation when blasting a shot over the bar from 25 yards. That was pretty hopeless.
- 79'
Liverpool have only had two shots on target all game and they desperately need to get Torres involved.
- 78'
From the resulting free-kick, Drogba curls a set-piece about a foot wide but it had Jose Reina scrambling.
- 76'
Steven Gerrard goes in the referee's book for a bit of a clumsy challenge on Frank Lampard.
- 76'
Carlo Ancelotti tweaks his side as Florent Malouda replaces Deco. Meanwhile, Ryan Babel replaces Lucas for Liverpool as Benitez goes attacking.
- 74'
Fernando Torres slips the ball square to Gerrard in the box but Ashley Cole is across quickly to intervene after the Liverpool man's first touch.
- 74'
Glen Johnson blasts one over from 20 yards and the right back will probably feel he could have done better with that chance.
- 73'
Steven Gerrard produces a first-time cross from the right that comes to nothing and as Liverpool continue to bombard the Chelsea backline, John Terry stands firm to head clear.
- 72'
Drogba is down again but given he was in possession of the ball at the time we can assume that one actually hurt. John Terry gets his team-mate to his feet.
- 71'
Steven Gerrard's corner fails to beat the first man and Chelsea clear.
- 71'
Liverpool's pace has dropped a bit and that will worry Benitez. Chelsea do not look unduly worried at the moment, although Ashley Cole is forced to head behind for a corner.
Leaders
CHELIV 
