Wigan Athletic vs Chelsea
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Who won: Chelsea 1-0
Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at The Brick Community Stadium. Goals for Chelsea: Deco (4').
Play by play
- 94'
A fantastic freekick from Deco gives Chelsea and Scolari six points from two games. They had to work for it though, as Wigan who have lost both their opening two games this season can be proud of their efforts.
- 94'
Chelsea win 1-0.
- 93'
Kapo is harshly ruled to have fouled Bosingwa and a Wigan move comes to naught.
- 92'
Cattermole clips the ball into the box, but Zaki can't get a shot off and Chelsea have a freekick
- 91'
Another freekick and two more minutes of play to follow. Come on Wigan!
- 91'
Offside against Kalou - Pollit launches the ball up the pitch for one last push
- 90'
Last moments of the game - can Wigan get anything or will Chelsea hold on?
- 89'
Kapo slaps the freekick low into the wall and the entire stadium groan as one.
- 89'
Freekick to Wigan - 40 yards out. It'll need to be special to beat Cech from here...
- 89'
Camara does well to nip the ball off Essien's toe as Wigan press on
- 88'
Anelka is taken off and on comes Malouda with Scolari's instructions ringing in his ears.
- 87'
Cech claims the ball and wins a foul into the bargain.
- 87'
Kapo's shot draws a smart save from Cech - corner to Wigan!
- 85'
Chelsea clinging on now as Wigan go all out.
- 84'
A change for Wigan. On comes Henri Camera as they hunt for a goal. Off goes Melchiot, who did a good job and also got a standing ovation for his efforts.
- 83'
Lamps takes it short to Deco but Cattermole is there to disrupt the training ground move.
- 83'
Back to the corner. Lamps to take.
- 82'
Trouble for Chelsea. He's limping off the pitch with a hamstring injury. On in his place comes Wayne Bridge.
- 81'
Bramble is lucky all he gave away then was a corner; he tried to tackle Anelka and didn't, instead he nearly fouled his man in the box.
- 81'
Chelse have got 10 minutes to hold on - can Wigan get a deserved leveller?
- 79'
Figueroa looked to have handled in the Chelsea box, but the away side break clear
- 78'
Palacios leaves the pitch to a standing ovation. He his replaced by Olivier Kapo - who scored on his Premier League debut last season against Cheslea.
- 77'
Good corner from De Ridder, but JT reads it and clears, but not far enough and Chelsea back under pressure yet again.
- 76'
Strong running from Zaki - he wins a corner. The crowd love his effort.
- 75'
With a sniff of glory Cattermole lashes a shot high and wide when a man had just got clear of his marker to his right. It was a great move which ended in a wild shot. Shame, but again great stuff from Wigan.
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