Wigan Athletic vs Chelsea
Match pulse
WGAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| WGA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHE | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Who won: Chelsea 2-0
Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at The Brick Community Stadium. Goals for Chelsea: Branislav Ivanovic (2') and Frank Lampard (7' pen).
Play by play
- 93'
<b>FULL TIME</b> - a comfortable start for Chelsea, who effectively had this game won in the first seven minutes. Much to cheer Wigan though, who reacted well to that early setback but looked limited up front.
- 91'
This will represent a good day's work from Chelsea, though they were second best for large periods of the first half. A promising start for Oscar and Hazard too.
- 90'
Three minutes added....
- 89'
Lovely link up between Kone and Gomez, they get into the box but Gomez's shot was always arcing wide of the far stick.
- 88'
So close to another for Chelsea as Ivanovic swaps passes with Oscar and crosses but the ball falls just out of reach for Torres and the Brazilian.
- 87'
Meireles takes the free kick square and Luiz meets it with a diving header but a flying Al Habsi saves.
- 86'
Good football from Torres but then he delays the pass before winning a free kick just outside the box off Watson.
- 85'
Two more chances! Kone nips in at the near post again as Moses crosses, Cech saves, then Gomez fires wide with an overhead kick from six yards out.
- 84'
Kone met the corner at the near post but headed wide. What a chance.
- 83'
Lovely interchange between Watson and McCarthy. Alcaraz wins the corner.
- 82'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Another change, this time for Chelsea. Meireles replaces Mata.
- 81'
Terrible from Cech, who tries a suicidal throw out that heads right to Gomez. Only a slumbering Kone, who was offside, prevents Chelsea from being breached.
- 80'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> McArthur goes off and Ben Watson trots on.
- 79'
Good clearing header at the near post from Terry as Boyce turned the ball in.
- 78'
More good work from Moses but another dawdling effort once he offloads the ball. Gomez the culprit this time.
- 76'
Oscar is playing in an advanced role - almost as a supporting striker to Torres.
- 75'
Cole very nearly gets himself in trouble but finds a way out of the cul-de-sac he'd headed down.
- 74'
Gomez takes the free kick and it bounces before Cech but the 'keeper claims well.
- 73'
Lampard hacks at Gomez's ankle, and again, I can't believe that isn't a booking. No attempt to play the ball and a kick at the Achilles.
- 70'
Very poor from Ivanovic as he is released on the right by a lovely flick but crosses poorly.
- 69'
Gomez has missed a sitter. A floating ball finds him free on the penalty spot but his header is nowhere near the target. The flag went up as it happens, wrongly.
- 68'
So nearly a perfect start for Oscar as he gallops on to Torres' flick and rifles a shot wide of the far post.
- 68'
Oddly, for a striker, Kone is wearing the number two shirt.
- 67'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Arouna Kone gets a chance to impress, replacing Franco Di Santo. He can't be any worse, can he?
- 65'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Then, to cap off a frantic chapter, Oscar replaces Hazard, who has been very good.
Leaders
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