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Match Report:Chelsea 0 Leicester City 2. 17.9.00
Teams: Chelsea: Cudicini, Panucci (Melchiot 90), Desailly, Bogarde, Hasselbaink (Gudjohnsen 78), Wise, Le Saux, Di Matteo, Flo,Morris, Zola. Subs Not Used: Hitchcock, Terry, Harley. Booked: Wise, Morris, Hasselbaink. Leicester: Flowers, Rowett, Izzet, Lennon, R. Savage, Eadie (Collymore 69), Guppy (Davidson 84), Gilchrist, Elliott, Akinbiyi (Cresswell 70), Impey. Subs Not Used: Sinclair, Royce. Booked: Izzet. Goals: Izzet 8, Collymore 82. Att: 33,697 Ref: G Barber (Tring).		Chelsea lack what Leicester have. Peter Gilbert 17.9.00 Chelsea 0 Leicester City 2 Izzett 8 Collymore 80 Sunday afternoon football at Chelsea Village. Is it a village? Is it a shopping complex? Is it flats for yuppies? Or rather bizarrely is it a football team? Nah it couldn't be. Or is HMS Chelsea full of mutineers? They've made Admiral Vialli walk the plank and have succumbed to an Italian pirate. Interestingly enough one of their French Matelots Monsieur Le Boeuf was stricken with a strange affliction and was not to be part of the crew on this occasion. I almost expected to see the skull and cross bones raised on the bridge. I have to admit I wish this Chelsea team no luck whatsoever, for me they epitomize all that is going wrong in English football, with their corporate emphasis, their unbalanced player power and their undignified scrabble for headlines and yet we all know that if it came to it they would behave like rats on a sinking ship. One hope in this game was that all the various factions of whatever Chelsea is would be at each others' throats with such venom that they would forget to play football. Not that we in any way feel inferior and the early play endorsed that sentiment. There was a 'mish mash' of play at both ends but after 8 minutes Guppy passed to Eadie who darted forward, passed to Lennon who floated over a lovely cross for Izzett to glance home a delicate header from the edge of the six yard box which was sublime and beautifully executed especially after the Chelsea Villagers had been chanting 'Chelsea Reject.' at our Muzzy. Take that !!!!!!! 'Boring Boring' Leicester we chanted. I wonder what Mr Bates will have to say. Leicester didn't sit back; they immediately turned up the heat, they hassled, harried and contested every blade of grass. Chelsea looked tactically naïve at this stage trying to play the ball over the top which was 'bread and butter' for Elliott and Gilchrist who was in for an injured Taggart. We knew full well though that we would have to be on top of our game and remain concentrated as the Villagers were baying for English blood. Wise winged woefully after a challenge from Muzzy, rather like the pot calling the kettle black I would have thought; he was booked for his trouble and managed to talk his supposed assailant into the book as well. There was an untidy skirmish in the center of the pitch and Muzzy, normally Mr Nice Guy, threatened to rip the Wise ears off. The Chelsea shoppers tried to turn up the heat but Flowers shut them out in a most uncompromising fashion. After 25 mins. we won our first corner which was not a true reflection of the amount of possession we'd had. Chelsea tried to claim a handball in the area but only got a corner, then another but City headed clear and we booed Wise loudly. Hasselbaink shot but Flowers caught well and threw accurately. City broke away for a concerted spell of pressure. Lennon won the ball time and again and forced Chelsea back onto their heels. Chelsea were trying to build something constructive from the back but couldn't quite cut it. Wise again forced Flowers into a save and we seemed to be mopping up all their efforts with great ease. 35 mins: Hasselbaink then Di Matteo shot to no avail, and it seemed too many shots were raining in on our goal. We needed to gain control of the ball for more lengthy periods of time in their half. We needed an attacker to hold the ball up convincingly and with some authority. 40 mins: Savage was brutally swiped from behind and he lay motionless until he received some treatment much to the chagrin of the passing shoppers. The rhythm of the game was upset but we aimed positively for half time with our goal still intact having to survive corners and boos en route. Savage kicked the ball out for a corner although the ref gave us a goal kick and booked Hasselbaink for moaning in stoppage time. Very late on in the first half Eadie won a corner off Dessailly, Izzett took it and we won another corner which he delivered to the near post as the half time whistle blew. Stan did not appear at the beginning of the second half which Chelsea started brightly after a rare half time pep talk in English. Eadie immediately showed up as our main outlet and a tormenter of the Chelsea defence. Every time Le Saux got forward Akinbiyi went with him and half a dozen territorial battles reappeared. Eadie won a free kick and Rowett headed just wide from it. Di Matteo shot from distance and Flowers did well to flip it round the post. Pressure mounted on us but we soaked it up. We needed possession again to alter the flow of play and quieten the Chelsea resolve. In short we needed Lennon to grab hold of it by the scruff of the neck but he seemed unable to do so in his usual style. We made some mistakes at the back and conceded corners a plenty but didn't leak a goal or look like we might buckle. Izzett tried an overhead clearance but only succeeded in knocking the ball back to Flowers which he saved well. Gilchrist looked calm and entirely competent at the back but Akinbiyi was again looking somewhat overawed. Le Saux broke down the left crossed beautifully for Hasselbaink to head at goal, Flowers was beaten but the ball came back off the bar and flew past Flo who was following up. Collymore and Davidson warmed up and I wanted them on before it was too late. It was serious hanging on time. Moments later Elliott dragged us to our feet, he rose majestically to meet a Guppy cross , the net bulged …..goal? No….side netting ………but good for our morale. On 70 mins Akinbiyi went down injured and Stan came on to add enormous presence in his all white kit along with Cresswell who replaced Eadie to make his Premiership debut following his City debut in the UEFA Cup…..something to tell his grandchildren I would have thought. The tide began to turn slowly in our favour but it was still marginally against us. 75 mins: Chelsea possession wins a free kick which Stan heads behind for a corner, Gilchrist boots it clear and Chelsea throw themselves forward. Another corner which Flowers caught under pressure. Izzett crossed to Collymore who's shot was palmed away. Hasselbaink went off Gudjonnsson to loud boos came on. Guppy fed Cresswell who fizzled out, then he regained possession and fed Impey as City went into a passing sequence which was most settling. 80 mins: Cresswell broke into the box but shot tamely. Wise gets hammered by Robbie, but fairly, he fed Izzett who moved the ball to Guppy who crossed and found Collymore unmarked between two bedraggled defenders and 'You beauty Stan ' he converted as cool as a cucumber with his right foot. The Villagers began to squawk the words 'Vialli Vialli' as Stan celebrated with gushing passion. 85 mins:Davidson warming up the he comes on for Guppy. 'Are You Watching Manchester???????!!!!!!!' Collymore begins to take control, holding the ball up well. We sing 'Down with the Derby, you're going down with the Derby.' 87 mins: free kick to Chelsea just outside the box; Zola country. The wall is lined up with Wise being disruptive. Zola's chip was shall we say 'disappointing!!!' Villagers start to go home in droves mumbling in Estuary English. 89 mins: Gary Lineker was in the crowd and we sang to him 'Gary Gary what's the score?' he obliged with two fingers. 'We love you Gary.' Flowers squared up to Wise because ………………he's a little git basically. Chelsea flapped about with more substitutions………..blow for time ref!!!!!!!! 'One Peter Taylor, there's only one Peter Taylor.' 93 mins: Come on ref pleeeeaaasssseeee. Rowett and Elliott showed Chelsea some real class defence work and just then Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeesssssssss the final whistle went for a well deserved victory to keep us equal top. Player Performance Flowers: Looked back to his best in fact played really well. Rowett: A genuine class act. Elliott: Brilliant from start to finish. Gilchrist: Thoroughly competent Impey: A most effective contribution in midfield and defending. Guppy: Played well all afternoon, a great cross for the second goal.. Lennon: It was a struggle but he saw it through with some distinction.. Izzett: Slippery, impossible to mark, tenacious, a great first goal and a nice 'ear hold' on Wise. Savage: Booked for being 'Sav in London' Mr Everywhere Man Akinbiyi: Worked hard without threatening to score. Eadie: Once again a thorn in the side of the opposition with his speed, beginning to link play well down the left. Subs: Collymore: Came on for Eadie, classy straight away, scored a great goal and what a celebration. Cresswell: Came on for Akinbiyi, made a good chance, applied pressure on their defenders. What can you say? A thoroughly competent well organized performance. The team show great resilience when under pressure and always look capable of doing some damage on the break. We remain top equal. Already the Man Utd game on October 14th looks even more tasty than usual.

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Match Report:Chelsea 0 Leicester City 2. 17.9.00

Teams:

Chelsea: Cudicini, Panucci (Melchiot 90), Desailly, Bogarde, Hasselbaink (Gudjohnsen 78), Wise, Le Saux, Di Matteo, Flo,Morris, Zola.

Subs Not Used: Hitchcock, Terry, Harley.

Booked: Wise, Morris, Hasselbaink.

Leicester: Flowers, Rowett, Izzet, Lennon, R. Savage, Eadie (Collymore 69), Guppy (Davidson 84), Gilchrist, Elliott, Akinbiyi (Cresswell 70), Impey.

Subs Not Used: Sinclair, Royce.

Booked: Izzet.

Goals: Izzet 8, Collymore 82.

Att: 33,697

Ref: G Barber (Tring).

Chelsea lack what Leicester have.

Peter Gilbert 17.9.00

Chelsea 0 Leicester City 2
Izzett 8
Collymore 80

Sunday afternoon football at Chelsea Village. Is it a village? Is it a shopping complex? Is it flats for yuppies? Or rather bizarrely is it a football team? Nah it couldn't be.

Or is HMS Chelsea full of mutineers? They've made Admiral Vialli walk the plank and have succumbed to an Italian pirate. Interestingly enough one of their French Matelots Monsieur Le Boeuf was stricken with a strange affliction and was not to be part of the crew on this occasion. I almost expected to see the skull and cross bones raised on the bridge. I have to admit I wish this Chelsea team no luck whatsoever, for me they epitomize all that is going wrong in English football, with their corporate emphasis, their unbalanced player power and their undignified scrabble for headlines and yet we all know that if it came to it they would behave like rats on a sinking ship.

One hope in this game was that all the various factions of whatever Chelsea is would be at each others' throats with such venom that they would forget to play football. Not that we in any way feel inferior and the early play endorsed that sentiment.

There was a 'mish mash' of play at both ends but after 8 minutes Guppy passed to Eadie who darted forward, passed to Lennon who floated over a lovely cross for Izzett to glance home a delicate header from the edge of the six yard box which was sublime and beautifully executed especially after the Chelsea Villagers had been chanting 'Chelsea Reject.' at our Muzzy. Take that !!!!!!!
'Boring Boring' Leicester we chanted. I wonder what Mr Bates will have to say.

Leicester didn't sit back; they immediately turned up the heat, they hassled, harried and contested every blade of grass.
Chelsea looked tactically naïve at this stage trying to play the ball over the top which was 'bread and butter' for Elliott and Gilchrist who was in for an injured Taggart.
We knew full well though that we would have to be on top of our game and remain concentrated as the Villagers were baying for English blood.
Wise winged woefully after a challenge from Muzzy, rather like the pot calling the kettle black I would have thought; he was booked for his trouble and managed to talk his supposed assailant into the book as well. There was an untidy skirmish in the center of the pitch and Muzzy, normally Mr Nice Guy, threatened to rip the Wise ears off.

The Chelsea shoppers tried to turn up the heat but Flowers shut them out in a most uncompromising fashion.
After 25 mins. we won our first corner which was not a true reflection of the amount of possession we'd had.
Chelsea tried to claim a handball in the area but only got a corner, then another but City headed clear and we booed Wise loudly.
Hasselbaink shot but Flowers caught well and threw accurately. City broke away for a concerted spell of pressure. Lennon won the ball time and again and forced Chelsea back onto their heels. Chelsea were trying to build something constructive from the back but couldn't quite cut it.
Wise again forced Flowers into a save and we seemed to be mopping up all their efforts with great ease.
35 mins: Hasselbaink then Di Matteo shot to no avail, and it seemed too many shots were raining in on our goal. We needed to gain control of the ball for more lengthy periods of time in their half. We needed an attacker to hold the ball up convincingly and with some authority.

40 mins: Savage was brutally swiped from behind and he lay motionless until he received some treatment much to the chagrin of the passing shoppers. The rhythm of the game was upset but we aimed positively for half time with our goal still intact having to survive corners and boos en route. Savage kicked the ball out for a corner although the ref gave us a goal kick and booked Hasselbaink for moaning in stoppage time.
Very late on in the first half Eadie won a corner off Dessailly, Izzett took it and we won another corner which he delivered to the near post as the half time whistle blew.

Stan did not appear at the beginning of the second half which Chelsea started brightly after a rare half time pep talk in English. Eadie immediately showed up as our main outlet and a tormenter of the Chelsea defence. Every time Le Saux got forward Akinbiyi went with him and half a dozen territorial battles reappeared. Eadie won a free kick and Rowett headed just wide from it.
Di Matteo shot from distance and Flowers did well to flip it round the post. Pressure mounted on us but we soaked it up.
We needed possession again to alter the flow of play and quieten the Chelsea resolve. In short we needed Lennon to grab hold of it by the scruff of the neck but he seemed unable to do so in his usual style. We made some mistakes at the back and conceded corners a plenty but didn't leak a goal or look like we might buckle. Izzett tried an overhead clearance but only succeeded in knocking the ball back to Flowers which he saved well.
Gilchrist looked calm and entirely competent at the back but Akinbiyi was again looking somewhat overawed.
Le Saux broke down the left crossed beautifully for Hasselbaink to head at goal, Flowers was beaten but the ball came back off the bar and flew past Flo who was following up.
Collymore and Davidson warmed up and I wanted them on before it was too late. It was serious hanging on time.

Moments later Elliott dragged us to our feet, he rose majestically to meet a Guppy cross , the net bulged …..goal? No….side netting ………but good for our morale.

On 70 mins Akinbiyi went down injured and Stan came on to add enormous presence in his all white kit along with Cresswell who replaced Eadie to make his Premiership debut following his City debut in the UEFA Cup…..something to tell his grandchildren I would have thought.

The tide began to turn slowly in our favour but it was still marginally against us.
75 mins: Chelsea possession wins a free kick which Stan heads behind for a corner, Gilchrist boots it clear and Chelsea throw themselves forward. Another corner which Flowers caught under pressure.
Izzett crossed to Collymore who's shot was palmed away.
Hasselbaink went off Gudjonnsson to loud boos came on.

Guppy fed Cresswell who fizzled out, then he regained possession and fed Impey as City went into a passing sequence which was most settling.

80 mins: Cresswell broke into the box but shot tamely. Wise gets hammered by Robbie, but fairly, he fed Izzett who moved the ball to Guppy who crossed and found Collymore unmarked between two bedraggled defenders and 'You beauty Stan ' he converted as cool as a cucumber with his right foot.
The Villagers began to squawk the words 'Vialli Vialli' as Stan celebrated with gushing passion.
85 mins:Davidson warming up the he comes on for Guppy.
'Are You Watching Manchester???????!!!!!!!'
Collymore begins to take control, holding the ball up well.
We sing 'Down with the Derby, you're going down with the Derby.'
87 mins: free kick to Chelsea just outside the box; Zola country. The wall is lined up with Wise being disruptive. Zola's chip was shall we say 'disappointing!!!'
Villagers start to go home in droves mumbling in Estuary English.
89 mins: Gary Lineker was in the crowd and we sang to him 'Gary Gary what's the score?' he obliged with two fingers. 'We love you Gary.'
Flowers squared up to Wise because ………………he's a little git basically.
Chelsea flapped about with more substitutions………..blow for time ref!!!!!!!!
'One Peter Taylor, there's only one Peter Taylor.'
93 mins: Come on ref pleeeeaaasssseeee.
Rowett and Elliott showed Chelsea some real class defence work and just then Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeesssssssss the final whistle went for a well deserved victory to keep us equal top.

Player Performance

Flowers: Looked back to his best in fact played really well.
Rowett: A genuine class act.
Elliott: Brilliant from start to finish.
Gilchrist: Thoroughly competent
Impey: A most effective contribution in midfield and defending.
Guppy: Played well all afternoon, a great cross for the second goal..
Lennon: It was a struggle but he saw it through with some distinction..
Izzett: Slippery, impossible to mark, tenacious, a great first goal and a nice 'ear hold' on Wise.
Savage: Booked for being 'Sav in London' Mr Everywhere Man
Akinbiyi: Worked hard without threatening to score.
Eadie: Once again a thorn in the side of the opposition with his speed, beginning to link play well down the left.

Subs:
Collymore: Came on for Eadie, classy straight away, scored a great goal and what a celebration.
Cresswell: Came on for Akinbiyi, made a good chance, applied pressure on their defenders.

What can you say? A thoroughly competent well organized performance. The team show great resilience when under pressure and always look capable of doing some damage on the break. We remain top equal.
Already the Man Utd game on October 14th looks even more tasty than usual.