welcome to ea sports live coverage of the barclays premier league today it's chelsea
against liverpool let's head for stamford bridge in the heart of england's capital
city but i'm afraid today it's a wet and grey your commentary team martin tyler and alan smith
hi there i'm martin tyler and this is stamford bridge
chelsea playing liverpool with the great history of the fixture and some wonderful
games in recent seasons as well between the two and they've both been going for
league titles with a ghost goal at anfield plenty of history between these two teams
here's the chelsea lineup and a check starts in goal gary cahill starts with john terry as the
centre-backs emmanuel matic plays with fabregas in midfield video drogba is the main striker today
this is the liverpool side simon mignolet starts in goal
amadou sacko plays with martin scurtle in central defence
jordan henderson plays with lucas in the middle coutinho starts up front with daniel sturridge
chelsea continuing to operate at the very highest level
european super club now and no reason why they can't continue this success
no i don't think so as long as roman abramovich is around they obviously got a very wealthy
backer and and they have established themselves now they've obviously got to live within their
means with the financial fair play and what have you but they've assembled a very strong squad
it's michael oliver who is the referee
here and it's liverpool will be watched by many of the crowds especially today
who've got the game underway that's
philippe
well done to gerard
back on the ball now chelsea i'm not gonna go for that yellow card here just a free kick
the good thing about these pitches these days even when we're getting rain like we're getting here
it just goes straight through it does and it means the ball moves so fast across the surface and
that's great for attacking quick play cross it now fabregas in the middle
needed to hold on to the ball to wait for the others to arrive in the middle
liverpool allen became the first team to score over 100 goals in the top division of english
football and not win the league since 1966. uh they did everything but win it didn't they
well didn't they just i think uh without them it wouldn't have been the sensational
premier league season that it was contributed michael oliver the referee has stopped the play
talking about liverpool an amazingly entertaining season with 100 plus goals well they've got to be
plenty of power in the shot plenty of strength from the goalkeeper
it's going to be chelsea's corner
nice time well to head the ball away very good defending to get in the way of that shot now
if he wants support he's certainly got it in this attack
crisp defending there
oscar
that will be liverpool's throw it very confident to get the game moving again
here's the chance at all
ivanovich oscar
indian hazard keeping the moon
i'll be a free kick against chelsea
well the rest is given a foul here and it's a bad one yellow yeah no supplies there at all
that was an easy decision for the ref well he's dived in it's a reckless one
lucas a couple of good runs through the middle to support him here
can he turn away from the challenge here
it's a chance got to be there was a chance to really
put his foot through the ball allen and he didn't manage it no from that distance any
kind of a solid contact and he's gonna have a chance but it was nothing like a solid contact
this is the chance
because
here's the goal again
well that's the first goal of the game it's one nil
whistle goes it was a very well contested first half but the home team is getting their noses in
front just before the breakout well certainly momentum has been shifted in this match it'll
be interesting to see how the away side of the start of the second half of chelsea leading here
that's philly
matic
with a chance and over the bar it goes
matic
lovren
able to stay on his feet well dangerous moment here's the chance not a decisive save
foreign
with the substitute now it's going to be his throw here
and it's liverpool who are going to make a switch
substitutions
matic
here's the cross now the cross cut out by the defender
we are in the last chance to learn for liverpool it looks like the opposition
is in for an aerial bombardment here guilty by the way the center halves are going forward oscar
it's looking good this move
can come out take a touch pick it up when he wants
it's a quick break that's another lovely pass got to
wide
challenged quickly by the opposition
now fabregas
he might be through got room to go on to goal in with a chance
another angle on it here
well that has made
hazard john terry
here's fabrice he's got the goal that's a very worthy effort she asked outside the post
midfield they've got it back by an interception
uh
there's the final whistle it's a win for chelsea
with a final score