Chelsea vs Marseille

1. 92'

   <b>FULL TIME. CHELSEA 2-0 MARSEILLE.</b> The game was all over in the first half, Marseille rallied, but were poor in the final third. Chelsea have 6 points out of 6 and march on to face Arsenal this weekend.

2. 91'

   Marseille fans are in good voice, but it's been a disappointing night for them. They have not been at the races.

3. 90'

   Chelsea wind the game up with some training ground passes. In truth, it's been an easy night for them. They have been in control all night and just sat back in the second half.

4. 89'

   Essien gets himself into another great position and hammers a left footed shot just wide. It grazed the post.

5. 89'

   Remy now becomes the latest Marseille player to waste possession up front. In the final third, they have been dreadful, and had a decent chance to get back into the game against a sluggish Chelsea side in this second half.

6. 88'

   <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Mikel off. McEachran on.

7. 87'

   Anelka feeds Malouda, who breaks down the left finding some space and Sturridge is there inside the six yard box. Oh dear, he tries to do a little too much and it slides wide.

8. 87'

   Chelsea slotting the ball around now and Marseille are putting as much pressure as they dare on them.

9. 86'

   Valbuena has a go, a curling effort. It's low enough, but not hard enough to beat Cech.

10. 85'

    Valbuena's turn to shoot over. I've started to wonder if this lot are playing with a balloon.

11. 84'

    Sturridge miskicks when called into defensive duties and he's lucky that it lands at the feet of Alex, who clears.

12. 82'

    Cisse gets the ball from the resulting free-kick as it is headed clear. His shot, like most of the others from the night, flies over the bar.

13. 82'

    Really stupid booking. No need to get involved, as Chelsea are quite comfortable.

14. 81'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Mikel is penalised for what looked like a fine tackle. But he's booked for taking the ball away from the Marseille men.

15. 80'

    Ivanovic sees the ball fly over his head, only for Remy to miss his kick and it comes off the side of his foot.

16. 78'

    Cech claims once again. Poor defending from Chelsea this time, as the ball is swung in. Heinze is a stud's length away from poking it home. But it ends up in Cech's arms.

17. 77'

    Ayew now takes his turn to shoot from distance, but Alex takes the sting out of it.

18. 76'

    Essien charges on again, he looks like he wants to get on the scoresheet. Malouda picks up the loose ball and hits a shot over the bar.

19. 74'

    Essien gets the ball in the middle as Chelsea work it across to him. He hits the post though. A nice sidefooted shot, but it's inches away from getting the third.

20. 74'

    Cech forced to deal with a bouncing ball, but he shows good composure to get it away.

21. 73'

    Sturridge immediately gets his chance to run down the right. Good tackle back by Ayew.

22. 72'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Zhrikov off. Sturridge on.

23. 71'

    Brandao does well again and delivers an inside pass for Ayew. He has the goal gaping on the left side, but somehow chooses to cross. The ball was stuck under his foot a little and Ramires clears.

24. 70'

    Brandao shows great strength in the box to tee up Ayew, but Mikel dives out head first to block it. What commitment.

25. 68'

    Zhirkov does really well down the left after a long ball from Ramires. He heads it back to Anelka, who tries to find Malouda, but nothing comes of the chance.

Leaders

CHEOLM

Total Shots

Florent Malouda

4

Benoît Cheyrou

6

Accurate Passes

John Obi Mikel

63

Stéphane M'bia

62

Saves

Petr Cech

4

Steve Mandanda

2