Portsmouth vs Chelsea
Match pulse
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Who won: Chelsea 2-0
Chelsea beat Portsmouth 2-0 on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Fratton Park. Goals for Chelsea: Didier Drogba (33') and Salomon Kalou (82').
Play by play
- 90'
FULL-TIME: A scoreline which flatters Chelsea but a well ground out result for Jose Mourinho's men as they continue to chase Man United. Some fine play from Petr Cech has won the points for Chelsea. If they had conceded at one nil then it could have been a different story.
- 90'
Wright-Philips embarrassment at missing an opportunity from five yards out is allayed by the offside flag which he did not see.
- 90'
Kranjkar cuts inside but his shot is blocked almost before it leaves his boot by Essien.
- 87'
Kanu and Diarra indulge in a bit of mutual shirt-pulling before Bridge comes away with the ball. Wright-Philips then fires in a cross from the right which is over-hit.
- 84'
Portsmouth have a corner but Lampard is back to get it away. Chelsea tear up the park and Wright-Philips gets in to the Portsmouth box. He decides to cross it towards Kalou when he should have had a shot. Especially because the pass is over-hit.
- 83'
Wayne Bridge comes on for Didier Drogba and the left-back's Southampton connections ensure he is greeted heartily by the Portsmouth crowd.
- 80'
GOAL - Portsmouth deserve one but it's Chelsea who get it and wrap up the points. Cole clips the ball into Kalou, on as a sub, who rolls it under David James body. Game over.
- 78'
Another fantastic save from Cech, this time the keeper has to dive low to keep out a Kanu header. When the corner comes over he rises majestically above the crowd to pluck the ball cleanly from the air. Fantastic display of goal-keeping from the Chelsea number one.
- 77'
A wonderful instictive save from Cech as Cole twists his head to direct the ball goal-wards this time.
- 77'
Immediately Wright-Philips gets involved, going on a run before hitting a low cross which James intercepts.
- 76'
Drogba is complaining that his back is sore.
- 76'
Robben makes way for Shaun Wright-Philips.
- 75'
Some mesmerising footwork from Kanu on the edge of the Chelsea box gives him the room to get a cross over to Andy Cole. The ex-Man United man is unable to direct his header on target though and a good chance goes begging.
- 74'
A nice chipped pass from Drogba almost reaches Michael Ballack but Taylor is able to direct the ball back to David James.
- 73'
An inviting cross in from Kanu is well met by the trusty head of Michael Essien.
- 72'
Andy Cole is coming on for LuaLua.
- 71'
Drogba is down on the ground after going down hard when he and Sol Campbell went for the same ball.
- 70'
Carvalho makes sure he gets to the ball before Kanu who is the only striker foraging up front for the home side.
- 69'
Lampard tries a long range effort from the free-kick but it is straight in to the scrum of players in the Pompey penalty area.
- 68'
Hughes fouls Ballack from behind despite coming away with the ball.
- 67'
To the disappointment of Chelsea fans everywhere, Champions League winner (!!!!!!) Djimi Traore is coming off for Niko Kranjkar.
- 66'
Robben's corner goes to the near post but Portsmouth are first to it.
- 66'
Lampard whips in the ball and Pamarot gets a great header to it for another Chelsea corner.
- 65'
Campbell knocks the ball behind for a Chelsea corner.
- 63'
Primus muscles Drogba out of a header before Campbell helps his defensive partner out by clearing the ball.
Leaders
PORCHE 
