stamper bridge is the venue i must say the weather has certainly cooperated it's beautiful here today
i'm derek ray here in the college position joined by lee dixon and we've got premier league action
coming right up it is chelsea up against legion isaac yeah thank you dave real pleasure to be here
looking forward to this game players will be a bit nervous i was always nervous at the start of games
it's important you get your first pass off to your colleague maybe get a good tackling
settle the nerves down looking forward to a good game here
well it's impossible to escape the conclusion that harry kane
is just a thorough professional lee what do you anticipate seeing from him today well basically
you've got to keep him out the box because he's got such a brilliant finishing ability that you
give him half a yard he will score so keep him as far away from your goal as possible
okay
and this is how it looks for chelsea i'll tell you what you don't see this formation
every day of the week no i mean it looks very attack-minded with the three up front the three
in midfield supplying the width as well but i'm a little bit worried about the three centre-backs
will they get exposed in the wide areas and a look at the lead united starting 11. and you tend to
know what you're going to get tactically from this team high pressing well high pressing high energy
i played this system at arsenal many a year under george graham it doesn't half work when it works
well sometimes you can just get exposed to the back but they've got it down to a tee to be fair
and now they get the ball rolling
declan rice here's chilwell
rice with it
contain reese james
pulisic now mount
fruitful looking attack okay just wanted to get it out of there
another successful intervention running the ball back
okay beautifully weighted ball
the keeper was up to the task well it's a decent effort but the real opportunity goes begging there
cooper
okay i'm showing excellent vision he's just got to continue his run still could be dangerous
kane oh they have the ball once more
well derek still all square but how how's the keeper save that
cooper alioski has it
patrick bamford on a clear foul but the referee letting the play flow
jorente and find work from chelsea to win the ball back kane they could nudge in front
keeper making sure that was pushed well away from danger
harrison
opportunity in the wide area
that's how to blunt the edge of the opposing attack
they couldn't maintain possession good work to win the ball back high up the pitch
roberts alioski roberts calvin phillips
phillips liam cooper with it alioski
calvin phillips
and that's gone out of play for what will be a goal kick
harry kane given away by chelsea might be onto something with that ball
dallas
now he must favor the cross he'll be delighted to have
won the ball having made that difficult challenge
well beaten easily here using his physical strength
to shield it harrison well no way through read it well doing well to keep possession
phillips just too much on that pass
and the first 45 minutes have come and gone here at stamford bridge
well even the best can have the struggles and that certainly applies to harry kane who's been a long
way from his best the two teams have switched around and are ready now for the second half
cooper alioski
when he saw the situation developing oh that's a really good authoritative tackle throw in here
wonderful challenge and a throw-in coming up
alioski roberts
slip short passing
pulisic now counter-attacking possibilities here
and look at the celebrations
well here it is again the through ball is perfectly timed it calls his habit and once
he gets himself settled with the keeper to beat he hammers it into the back of the net smashing goal
one nil then
stuart dallas
leeds have been in total control of possession after that it's been a little bit disappointing
creativity in midfield is a little bit off certainly too slow in front of goal need to
get wide need to get crosses in the box and running it back half an hour remaining then
an alert piece of defending
reese james
kane attacking possibilities for chelsea
now showing excellent judgment to intercept
so a throw into chelsea
and they will make the change now
chill well that's a routine take now let's come down to the final 20 minutes here
kane
looks promising base
for chelsea
they decided that now is the time to go to the bench thiago silva
and chelsea have done it it's going to be so difficult to stop them now
well here's a replay and i enjoy this passage of play it's lovely to watch
superb passing and then it's a good heady finish to be fair keeper no chance lovely goal
it's going their way 2-0
and on the second half here and it's almost like a case of whatever they've touched has turned to
goals while creating goals is hard enough but the scoring of goals is the hardest thing to do in
football chelsea for me have ticked all the boxes in that department for me they've been lovely to
watch and look at all the players they've all got smiles on their faces we love to see that rodrigo
on the ball luke ayling
it's opening up for them it ought to be the goalkeeper's ball
really getting stuck in defensively well they couldn't take advantage
of the position they were in and chelsea have given us away
alioski
three minutes of added time here
phillips and now passing it through getting in there to take it away
and chelsea get the decision from the referee
rice so the final whistle now it goes down as a victory for chelsea to the delight of their
fans around the world lee well you have to say they did deserve the win the two-goal margin
might flatter them a little but that won't bother them it's three points in the bag
and the shining lights for his team no two ways about that
harry kane well he played well scored a goal what a good performance from him