Chelsea vs Manchester City
Match pulse
CHEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Final score
Chelsea and Manchester City drew 0-0 on Sunday, February 6, 2005 at Stamford Bridge.
Play by play
- 95'
FULL-TIME: James' save gives City a point. The visitors' defenders, every single one, were incredible throughout. Chelsea's lead is cut to nine points...
- 94'
Replays do not lessen the brilliance of James' save. A quite magnificent effort from the City keeper, throwing himself to his right and palming wide Lampard's driven shot.
- 93'
Musampa finally throws his body in to a challenge - and gives away a free-kick. Terry jogs forward. Lampard gets on the end of a loose ball, fires a volley goalwards from seven yards, but David James pulls off the best save you will ever, ever see.
- 92'
Gudjohnsen again given off-side as Chelsea throw men forward. Mourinho looks disgusted.
- 90'
Five minutes of injury time. Not entirely sure where they have come from. Richard Dunne somehow boots over the bar as Gudjohnsen pulls the trigger six yards from goal.
- 89'
Fowler, a willing runner all afternoon, chases down a long clearance from SWP. Chelsea are getting more and more frantic as the seconds tick by.
- 87'
A long clearance from Cech ends in the grateful arms of James at the other end of the pitch. Musampa is doing his very best to usurp City's efforts by giving the ball away at every opportunity.
- 86'
Another off-side decision against Gudjohnsen. Fowler holds the ball up in the corner to waste a little more time for the visitors.
- 85'
SUB: McManaman comes on for the final few minutes, replacing Sibierski. Gudjohnsen is given off-side again. Glen Johnson, a Chelsea sub, has a chat with the offending linesman.
- 84'
SWP breaks down the right to earn his team some valuable breathing space. Keegan is delighted with his star man.
- 84'
Mills tackles well as Duff and Bridge look to double-team him on the Chelsea left. City still working very hard in defence.
- 83'
Mills screams in agony after Ferreira stabs him in the thigh with his studs. The referee offers absolutely no sympathy to the City man.
- 81'
Gudjohnsen slips as Cole threads a through ball in between the City centre-backs. SWP is out-muscled in the corner.
- 80'
Chelsea aren't offering too much that will have City worried. They look fairly patient.
- 78'
Dunne smacks a clearance away as another dangerous ball flies in to the City box.
- 77'
Distin clears under pressure from Icelandic striker Gudjohnsen. City defending with some composure, however.
- 76'
SWP somehow keeps hold of the ball under pressure from three Chelsea defenders. Superb close control from the City winger, in front of the watching England coach.
- 75'
City don't appear to have a great deal of attacking ambition at the moment. But 15 minutes is a long time to hold on against Chelsea at home.
- 74'
That was another shaky moment for the City defence, but another one they somehow came through.
- 72'
Makalele and Mills have a little disagreement. The referee and linesman take an interest. The veins in the side of Mills' head bulge as he protests his innocence. Lampard blasts the shot through the wall, but James somehow saves with his legs.
- 71'
Television replays show that the offence was outside the box. That doesn't stop the Chelsea players crowding Webb and offering a different opinion.
- 70'
Referee Webb gives a free-kick on the very edge of the City area after Duff breaks past a couple of men. Bosvelt was the City man who hauled the Irish winger down. Very close to being a penalty.
- 69'
Keegan winces as Musampa gives the ball away again. Perhaps I shouldn't be so hasty in judging the young man. But judging people is what I do best...
- 68'
Two centre-backs have been superb today: John Terry and Richard Dunne. Similar in style and build, they have thrown themselves at everything. Good, old-fashioned defending.
- 67'
Ironic cheers as Bridge wins a free-kick. There's a lot of anger around Stamford Bridge today. If I could sum up the atmosphere in one word, it would be: Grrrrrrrrrr.
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