MINUTE DETAIL: WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 CHELSEA 3
Barclays Premier League, Saturday November 15th 2008 at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cudicini; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry (c) (Ferreira 85) Bridge; Mikel; Kalou (Ballack 67), Deco, Lampard, Malouda; Anelka, (Drogba 73).
Manager Felipe Scolari
West Brom (4-4-2): Carson; Zuiverloon, Miete (Donk 68), Olsson, Robinson; Morrison (Teixeira 58), Valero, Greening (c), Koren,; Bednar (Kim h-t), Miller.
Manager Tony Mowbray.
Referee Steve Bennett.
Crowd 26,322.
Environment Mild and raining (again!). 5.30pm kick-off. Live on Setanta.
Kit West Brom - blue and white striped shirts, white shorts and socks. Chelsea - yellow shirts, shorts and socks.
First-half.
Kick-off Chelsea.
1 Shot Morrison, allowed space, is the first to try his luck but from 25 yards out, clears Cudicini's bar.
14 Escape West Brom counter after Lampard is not awarded a free-kick deep in their half. Mikel is beaten by Morrison who finds Miller out wide, the cross shot evading Bednar and, by not too much, the far post.
15 Shot Chelsea's first is high and wide by Kalou from an angle on the right.
21 Chance Lampard, found by Malouda's first time pass, shoots on target but straight at Carson.
32 Shot Malouda bursts into space but from 20 yards out, his low drive is too close to Carson.
33 CHELSEA GOAL That's what you call out of the Blue! With little warning and nowhere to go, Bosingwa, turns inside Greening and releases the trigger from 25 yards, Carson only able to paddle it into the top corner. The shot was good but the keeper will be questioning himself, and just as the home fans were singing England's number one.
37 CHELSEA GOAL Anelka, with the same chipped finish as at Blackburn, beats Carson having raced away onto a Malouda header. How different the game looks now.
45 CHELSEA GOAL Anelka looks to have sealed it before the break with an expert finish inside the near-post after Kalou had done well to drift across the field and play a diagonal ball through.
Stoppage time 1 min.
Half-time West Brom 0 Chelsea 3

Second-half.
West Brom substitution: Kim for Bednar.
Kick-off West Brom
50 Booked Terry for checking Miller's run.
53 Shot Deco drives over from the edge of the area after Lampard pulls a corner deep to him.
54 Denied Olsson prevents an Anelka hat-trick with a timely block as the striker was shaping to shoot 12 yards out.
56 Booked Bosingwa for catching Morrison late and painfully on the lower leg. Our right back apologises.
58 West Brom substitution Unable to continue, Morrison is replaced by Teixeira.
59 Escape The new arrival shoots just over the bar, the closest to home side have come yet.
67 Chelsea substitution Ballack for Kalou.
68 West Brom substitution Donk for Miete.
73 Waste Chelsea break with four men to two defenders but Malouda fluffs his shot with others well-placed.
73 Chelsea substitution Drogba for Anelka.
77 Booked Ivanovic for a shirt tug on Miller.
82 Miss Kim drags a powerfully hit volley wide when well-placed. Robinson had crossed.
85 Chelsea substitution Ferreira for Terry who looks inhibited.
85 Miss Malouda, unmarked, dives to head Deco's brilliantly struck free-kick cross but his direction is poor.
Stoppage time 3 mins.
Unused subs West Brom: Subs: Kiely, Cech, Brunt, Moore. Chelsea: Hilario, A Cole, Mineiro, Sinclair.
Shots on target West Brom 2 Chelsea 4
Corners West Brom 6 Chelsea 2
Fouls West Brom 7 Chelsea 9
Offsides West Brom 4 Chelsea 0
Comment Terry starts his 250th Premier League game but doesn't finish it with what looks a foot injury. Deco, rated doubtful before the game is a piece of injury good news as he starts. Ballack returns to the bench after five weeks month out, Ashley Cole does similar after a fortnight. Cudicini is the replacement for calf injury victim Cech. The home side adopt a shoot on sight policy to test the stand-in but fail to hit the target enough. Chelsea are not very good until the first goal, conceding space and possession too often, but after going ahead it's easy pickings for the rest of the half as Anelka's brilliant finishing gives him eight goals in four games and 13 overall. After the break, keeping the lead is straight-forward but Chelsea lack finesse around the box in the quest for more goals. Still, that's a new Premier League record of 10 consecutive away wins, equalling Tottenham's all-time top flight record.
See some great goals and the game in full on Chelsea TV from 6pm on Sunday. Highlights on Chelsea Plus.




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