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Save after save after save!

Not the best advertisement for a Chelsea game but we got the win we wanted. In the end, we should be happy that the gap is temporarily reduced to three points and this surely puts some pressure on Man Utd to go for a win in a difficult away match. In team selection, Jose got Terry only in the end which meant Essien started as the centre back and Maka held his place.

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Once again, Frank Lampard scores from a long range effort. That was one of the very few moments in the match for us to cheer about. For about 70 minutes or so, we were in complete control of the match and Charlton never looked like scoring. After that, with the home supporters getting more and more vocal, Charlton started to up their game. We had quite a few dangerous moments in the last quarter where we defended quite well but unfortunately did poor in the attack. With the kind of urgency Charlton was in, we should have made better use of the chances we got.


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We lacked creativity in the attacks today. Our attempts and set-ups were very one-dimensional and we wanted to keep the game in the air and win it there. Though we were bossing the game in the air and winning more balls than them, we should have mixed up with more variety in our attacks.

Jose said:

I think we should have scored a second goal in the first half and made the game easier. It was always difficult and there was always danger in the last period, but I think we deserved the three points. But in my opinion Charlton, with their improvement, can dream of surviving in the Premiership.

Sheva had a mixed match. He played very well sometimes, was very unfortunate sometimes and also made some poor attempts. Drogba and Essien did their routine in this match too. Wayne Bridge had a very good match. He provided some very potent crosses which could not be converted by Sheva and Drogba. Surprisingly, SWP did make an good impact as a sub. He could have even found his name on the scoresheet.

Diarra was impressive once again but something needs to be done for his habit of frequent fouling in firing range. Not only he might get yellow cards but also could be fatal against better oppositions.

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Terry made a short appearance in the end among by all probabilities he should play for more than a half in the next match. To see Terry on the pitch was so relieving that I’m getting more and more confident of winning this title.

Jose is delighted about Terry’s return and tells opponents to forget about the last two months!

It is the same as when we got Petr Cech back. We need JT as a player and as a person. We had a great leader in Frank Lampard, who set a very good example, but it is still good to have JT back and put Michael Essien back into midfield. I think now that opponents have to forget what teams have done to us over the last couple of months because now we have our defensive security back. I hope this was the last game Michael Essien played as a central defender.

My man of the match was definitely Petr Cech. He made some fantastic saves today, couple of which could have been goals with someone of lesser calibre. Whatever was Charlton coming up with, you can be sure of this man, giving his best effort. This also meant that for Charlton to score a goal, it should be special effort from them or a blunder by Cech or a complete collapse of our defence. As none of these happened, the score stayed at 0-1.

The win was all the more sweet considering that Liverpool and Arsenil have dropped points. Like we supported Arsenil just for that match against Man Utd, let’s get behind Spurs and let’s hope that they bring the Man Utd fans back to planet earth.

C’mon Spurs! Keep it at three points!

[tags] Chelsea, Charlton, Premiership, Lampard, Man Utd, Jose Mourinho, John Terry, Drogba, Shevchenko [/tags]