What a comeback from the flukey loss to Spurs last week end. The boys were right up for this one. 4 nil, and itcould have been five if Anelka's goal would have stood, having been judged offside when he was clearly onside.
Wankey Ref again ( The one and only Peter Walton), lost the plot not for the first time this season, and sent Frank off for pushing Boa Morte, after Boa Morte kicked at him off the ball ( Gallas anyone?). Frank walks but Boa Morte stays on. ( Aliadiere v Mascherano).
This lunatic refereeing just has to stop. Every week we have more and more mistakes made that cannot be excused. Peter Walton in particular is WAY out of his depth in the EPL. For the sake of football the FA need to sort these incompetant dickheads out.
So anyway....Anelka scores after less than 2 minutes and its dissallowed. Then in the space of five minutes we score from a penalty, taken neatly as usual by Frank. Then a sublime goal by Joe, and a third from Ballck. An exquisite half volley. The fourth was from Ash, his first Chelsea goal. Well done son.
The set up and attacking play today was exactly what we want to see from Chelsea. It was lovely to watch today.
Oh yeah, West Ham were crap.
Match Report (BBC).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7260400.stm
We win 4-0, and Spurs get beat 4-1. Just proves that anyone can win a cup game on a good day, and anyone can lose a cup game on a bad day. That does not make the winner of the cup game a better team overnight, or the losers a worse team overnight.
Just thought I'd add that bit for all the Spuds who have let me know that it is they, who are the dominant team in London right now (Yeah right), and all the Chelsea fans who saw our 3rd loss of the season as some kind of sign that Chelsea are in a mess. Not the case on both counts.
Man U are one point behind Arse now, after they were lucky to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat today. We are still 6 points behind Man U, but we still have a game in hand. Looking good Chels.