wherever you are on this most pleasant evening
there has been a clamor to get inside the ground tonight for a much anticipated game
he wrote outside of the stadium have been bumper to bumper with traffic the car parks are full
there is a torrent of humankind making its way from the nearby station
and we expect every seat to be filled an atmosphere of a great expectation and excitement
it is a venue this which simply adds to the spectacle
of the game it stages one of the most impressive arenas in this part of the world
so jim beglin what is your interpretation of the way they appear to be lining up conservatism would
appear to be at play peter however we don't quite know what their motives are just yet
it could well be as it looks but it might also be a way of deceiving the opposition into thinking
that they're just going to sit back and then hope to produce an aggressive counter-attack or two
this system can accommodate that and i certainly hope we're going to get something positive
in response and it's not going to be all defense and already we're on the way here
tiago silva gets into the right position to intercept zuma
and it's zayak
effort on goal
tries to get it clear
georginio pulisic silva
science
giorgino pulisic and he's there to hoof it away
no he didn't quite meet it right oh i'm not sure what he had in mind and
i don't think he knew either hoists it forward well that's where he wants it
and it's paid forward
hits one
pulisic other side yet able to find the net and the finish oh extraordinary
yeah he'll be a little vexed with himself having done well to get there first
yeah that's top defending in preventing him turning which can open up many possibilities
hit long and direct done very well to intervene
to a promising move
the referee's awarded a free kick
that's just very well played he can't hurt you with his back to goal
and he didn't go for the back heel
yeah that does look a foul referee's given a free kick
he's gone for coal
trout calling for him to shoot has a hit a potential goal of the season contender if only
oh after so much hard work he he fluffed he just shouldn't be missing from there
and he's cut it out dashing forward at pace
lobs it in gently too much on it and that's the keepers pulisic
vana goes for goal they've scored
well i think there's a few trying to claim offside but he looks to have been on yeah he was on
deadlock broken it's one nil still a fragile lead though they can't afford to sit on this
great strength too strong for his opponent
gets it up field
good idea just poorly executed
that is kante
oh well defended that had to be done it's being played forward and
paul needed to be better there it's a wasted chance
pulisic
ford it goes and that'll be the last act of the first half and there we are off they go
for half time the breakthrough did indeed come in the first half but there has only been that one
goal it is very very tight well that certainly pleased the fans and the players are definitely
happy with that scoreline the question is now can they protect it leading one nil at the break if
you're just back from your break you've missed very little of the resumption of the second half
a solitary goal that has been the crucial difference
tries to get it forward quickly looking to break out here
a mixture of good defending and indecisive passing no progress georginio
that had to be more accurate hoy sit forward yeah he's pulled him up for that challenge thiago silva
science
forward it goes and the counter is on tries to get it forward quickly
that is as far as they're going to go
good ball he's made sure that that won't get through
doesn't get the pass he's looking for
oh shooting chance decent strike kept it fizzing low i actually like to see that
in shots of goal when there's a noticeable effort to get over the ball and keep it down
bill just the single goal between the sides
it's been intercepted and that will come to nothing
he's making good use of his strength there greatly
he's done very well to get to that well what can i say truly wonderful goalkeeper
so now we're going to get those changes we have been expecting
but this is exactly the approach they have to take now peter well hitting hope is just
about the sum of it isn't it jim well there's no two ways about it this is what they have to do
looks to set one up and the keeper's in command
and it's zayak
and here's zayak fired in from distance has he found his man
well it really is one cross after can take is the guilty party there
time for a change in personnel
gets wrestled off the ball
and again they run up against stubborn defending just a quarter of an hour to play
the breakthrough came in the final moments of the first period and it's one nil
oh and that should have been too verna was totally aware
of how that chance could have impacted on the game and that should have gone in
checks on the touchline a change about to occur
thiago silva battles to win it back
and it's paid forward and he has been fouled there
good save he got a decent fist on that
he's had a sword so close to drawing level that was extremely good focus
from the keeper and it could turn out to be quite a significant moment
surely a shot
keep calm and carry on that's the job in a nutshell now
well positioned to make that interception
it's safe to say that they just need to manage this to secure the win now
freeze had a good look and given a corner
there is some activity down on the touchline it seems there's got to be a change and he's there to
clear it chelsea can afford to settle on seeing this one out by running down the clock i think
don't get the better of his opposite number loses his balance
and loses the ball he's got options out wide
this could be their final throw of the dice
well that wasn't too dissimilar to the previous attempt they're just lacking a cutting edge peter
and while that's fairly obvious the rest of their attacking play is actually quite good
just a few more moments for them to hang on
and that is it the referee has seen enough
terrific contest it really might have tipped either way the