Score – Bolton Wanderers 0 Chelsea 1
This was another good victory for Chelsea and it also comes on the back of another win for them against Valencia in the Champions League. It has certainly put a smile on the Chelsea coach Avram Grant and this is his first Barclay Premiership win since becoming the Manager here.
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Chelsea scored the match winning goal at Bolton Wanderers in the 41st minute of the game and this was also the first goal that they have scored in 460 minutes worth of play in the Barclays Premier League. Frank Lampard returned to the Chelsea side following a thigh injury and he showed no signs of any problems and was very influential in the game. This was a very hard fought game by both Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers and Grant’s side should have made a great start in the first 60 seconds of the game when Steve Sidwell turned quickly in the area an found kalou, who had got away from his marker, but he sent a weak header straight into the arms of the goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Bolton Wanderers made a great fight of it and both Kevin Davies and Ivan Campo both tested the Chelsea Goalkeeper Petr Cech. Bolton’s Leading scorer Nicolas Anelka sprung into action in the 34th minute of the game after receiving a great ball from Danny Guthie, he got away from his marker Ricardo Carvalho, but the Chelsea goalkeeper was on great form and came out to narrow the angle and make a vital block for Chelsea. This was a very open game an only a minute after Anelka had come close to opening the scoring for Bolton, Kalou made space for himself, but unlucky for him, his shot only managed to hit the side netting of the goal.
Match Quotes -
Sammy Lee – “I was pleased. I don’t want people to misread that but the application of the players was superb. I’m pleased with the fact we created a number of chances against Chelsea and played some good football. It was a very solid team performance. We really pushed Chelsea right to the end. The team spirit was superb.”
Avram Grant – “We deserved to win. We created more chances. It is not easy against Bolton but three points is what mattered. It was very good for the team after we did not start the season so well. We missed many, many players through either injuries or red cards but we dominated the game.”
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