The Guardian
Lampard sees red as Diarra's late header takes Chelsea to the wire• Bordeaux refuse to roll over after Anelka's strike• Draw means Scolari's side must wait to secure qualificationBordeaux 1 Diarra 83 Chelsea 1 Anelka 60
David Hytner at the Stade Chaban Delmas
It had appeared that with Nicolas Anelka's goal Chelsea had finally achieved calm after a difficult couple of days and a testing assignment in front of a vociferous crowd. A place in the knockout phase of the competition looked to be theirs.
They were struck, however, by an attack of the defensive jitters and after the stunning denouement, which included a sending-off for Frank Lampard, they had to face the reality. When they play Cluj at Stamford Bridge in two weeks' time, Luiz Felipe Scolari will need a win to ensure that his first shot at Europe's elite competition does not end in ignominy.
Other results may yet see them through, but anxieties will linger until the last 16 is reached. There is also the possibility that if Chelsea do progress, it will be as Group A runners-up, which should make for a more difficult draw, although Scolari claimed not to care about that. He added that he cannot worry about things which are beyond his control. He will take qualification however it comes.
The build-up to the match had been dominated by the talk of Didier Drogba and a possible transfer to Internazionale. The Ivorian made an appearance off the bench, moreover, but it was the club's other striker who threatened to make happier headlines for them.
Anelka scored with Chelsea's first serious attack, yet his goal was merely the prompt for Bordeaux to haul themselves off the canvas. Chelsea would not have deserved victory but it was galling for them that they should freeze when the excellent Yoann Gourcuff swung over a late corner from the left. Alou Diarra was given the freedom of the area, with John Terry having failed to track his run, and the goalkeeper Petr Cech could only watch as the former Liverpool reserve's header rippled the corner of his net.
Bordeaux had been billed in some quarters as being tired and injury-hit, the underdog tag firmly affixed and not only because of the 4-0 beating they took at Stamford Bridge. Yet last night they showed themselves to be neat and urgent, with menace in the midfield trio behind the centre-forward Marouane Chamakh.
At the heart of their performance was Gourcuff, a one-time Arsenal target who is on loan from Milan. His weighted ball over Ashley Cole ushered in Mathieu Chalme for the chance of the first half - the full-back's shot was beaten away by Cech - and shortly afterwards, when Michael Ballack gave the ball away, Gourcuff drew another save out of Cech with a 20-yard shot. The goalkeeper had earlier been forced to palm Fernando's speculative drive past a post.
Chelsea's recent away form in the Champions League has been something of a curiosity. All-conquering on their travels in domestic football, they stepped out in south-west France without a European win in 12 months. Indeed, they had won in only five of their previous 23 away ties.Their previous victory came at Rosenborg and on that night Drogba cut through the sub-zero temperatures to score two early goals.
He felt a chill wind of a different nature here, the fallout from his alleged meeting on Monday with Internazionale's technical director darkening his mood and placing a further cloud over what he has since claimed have been the toughest six months of his career.
It might sound implausible, given their status as the Premier League leaders, but there was a pre-match feeling that Chelsea were embattled. Scolari had fuelled it with his tetchy performance at Tuesday's press conference, where he railed against the Drogba allegation. Such are the margins and expectation levels at one of Europe's most high-profile clubs.
There was an niggling undercurrent to the match. Three Chelsea men were booked inside seven minutes halfway through the first period, including Lampard for a lunge at Chamakh, and the willingness of Bordeaux's players to square up to their counterparts and crowd the referee suggested that matters could get out of hand.
Chelsea had not mustered a single attempt on goal during the first half and Anelka's goal came out of nothing 15 minutes into the second period. Lampard sent out a precision pass which Diarra could not cut out and Anelka's finish, for his 14th goal of the season, was of the highest order. Dropping his shoulder once and then twice to unnerve the goalkeeper Mathieu Valverde, he slotted the ball calmly past him. When he was substituted for Drogba minutes later, the France international was given a warm ovation from all corners of the ground.
Chelsea began to look threatening on the counter but the game would turn. Diarra's equaliser was followed by Lampard's second booking for a foul on Fernando and there was even a late scare following another corner from Gourcuff. Chelsea still have work to do.
Blues hit the buffers
Last night saw Chelsea's fifth failure to win in the past month
Oct 26 PL v Liverpool (h) 0-1
Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten home run ends courtesy of Xabi Alonso's deflected early goal for Liverpool
Nov 4 CL v Roma (a) 1-3
A chastening defeat is compounded by the late sending off of Deco
Nov 12 CC v Burnley (h) 1-1 (4-5 pens)
Didier Drogba lands himself in trouble by hurling a coin back at visiting fans
Nov 22 PL v Newcastle (h) 0-0
Luiz Felipe Scolari's side again fail to break down opponents at home as Newcastle gain a well-earned point
Nov 26 CL v Bordeaux (a) 1-1
A late equaliser pegs back Chelsea, who have Frank Lampard sent off
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Mail:
Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1 - Blues choke as Lampard finds the red tastes sourby NEIL ASHTON
Given a ‘kick up the backside’ by John Terry when they were beaten 3-1 by Roma, Chelsea were left kicking and screaming in France.
They kicked lumps out of a feisty Bordeaux team, picking up a mandatory UEFA fine after four Chelsea players were booked and Frank Lampard was sent off for only the second time in his Chelsea career.
At the final whistle they were screaming, pointing accusing fingers at each other after they failed to spot the diagonal run of Alou Diarra when he scored Bordeaux’s equaliser seven minutes from time. The Bordeaux midfielder was like a beat bobby, patrolling the pitch before he was given the freedom of France to flex his neck muscles and power a bullet of a header beyond Petr Cech.
What a blow for Chelsea, seemingly home and hosed when Nicolas Anelka scored his 14th goal of the season on the hour. Then they were through to the second round, concentrating on winning the group when they play CFR Cluj in 12 days at Stamford Bridge and escaping European football’s top teams in the next phase.
That was the prize on offer until their non-existent marking at an 83rd-minute corner and Lampard’s clumsy tackle a minute later, earning the midfielder a second caution, left them clinging on to a point.
They blew it. Big time. Now they must beat Cluj, the price they pay for losing out on a head-to-head with Roma if Luciano Spalletti’s team are beaten by Bordeaux in the final group game. This was tense but it will be nothing to compare with the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge when it could be win-or-bust for Big Phil.
Chelsea have never been knocked out in the group stages of the Champions League and this multi-million pound outfit, not to mention their highly-paid manager, cannot fail at the first hurdle.
They will be without Lampard, suspended after he was hoodwinked into making a foolish tackle on the impressive Fernando, to leave Chelsea finishing a nervy night with 10 men. They have now not won away in Europe since beating Rosenborg a year ago.
With the manager employing a high-risk strategy of stick-or-twist with his strikers, Scolari had appeared to cash in his chips with a move that was as cunning as it was decisive.
Didier Drogba raised the stakes when he met Inter Milan director Marco Branca on Monday but Chelsea’s manager called his bluff when he left him on the bench. Scolari called it right, relying on the form of top-scorer Anelka to see them through to the second round of the competition.
They nearly squeaked through, scoring with their first shot of the match when Anelka’s beautiful finish in the 60th minute left Bordeaux’s keeper Matthieu Valverde eating grass. It was a top-class moment, easily the best of his 14 goals for Chelsea so far this season. It was the response Scolari needed after a petulant first-half performance. Skipper John Terry, Joe Cole, Ashley Cole and Lampard had all been cautioned for over-zealous tackles on Bordeaux’s playmakers.
They were spoiling for a fight, flinging themselves into unnecessary tackles and taking their frustration out on opposition players. Remember, this is the team who were played off the park in September, returning to France on the end of a 4-0 thumping and fearing a repeat when they faced them at the Stade Chaban Delmas.
Confidence streaked through the Chelsea team back then, battering their way to victory and showing the desire, the hunger and the teamwork that had the hallmarks of the title winning sides of Jose Mourinho.
They were on it then, now they are off the pace. Brittle at the back, they lack purpose in midfield, where Michael Ballack and John Mikel Obi were virtually anonymous. Chelsea failed to register a single shot on target until Lampard’s first-time flick set Anelka in the clear, preferring to pick fights with the tricksters in Laurent Blanc’s team.
Youann Gouffran, an impressive figure on Bordeaux’s left, and the energetic striker Marouane Chamakh felt the pain, battered by one of Chelsea’s players every time they touched the ball. Gouffran was the instigator of Bordeaux’s early raids, teasing Jose Bosingwa with his step-overs and his electrifying pace before he swapped wings with Wendel.
They smelt blood when Ashley Cole was booked for a challenge on Matthieu Chalme, setting the trap for Chelsea’s players to collect another caution if he clipped Gouffran’s heels. Blanc’s team, so soundly beaten at Stamford Bridge, had them rattled, peppering Cech’s goal with shots from Gouffran and then the move of the night.
Zinedine Zidane is still fondly remembered in these parts and Gourcuff’s wonderful three-point turn before sending an exocet towards Cech was a nod firmly in the Frenchman’s direction. Chelsea responded after the break when Anelka scored and yet Bordeaux never tired.
They got their reward when Diarra’s header beat Cech at his near post, pouring forward in search of a winner as Chelsea threatened to collapse. Somehow they survived the onslaught with 10 men but if they fail to beat Cluj they can expect a bit more than a kick up the backside.
Match factsBORDEAUX (4-2-3-1): Valverde 6; Chalme 7, Diawara 6, Planus 6, Jurietti 7; Fernando 6, Diarra 6; Gouffran 7 (Cavenaghi 67, 6), Gourcuff 8, Wendel 7 (Obertan 75); Chamakh 7. Booked: Gourcuff, Jurietti, Chamakh.
CHELSEA (4-5-1): Cech 7; Bosingwa 6, Terry 6, Ivanovic 8, A Cole 5; J Cole 5 (Ferreira 85), Ballack 5, Mikel 6, Lampard 6, Malouda 5; Anelka 6 (Drogba 62, 6). Booked: Terry, A Cole, Lampard, J Cole. Sent off: Lampard.
Man of the match: Branislav Ivanovic. Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium).
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Indy:
Diarra thwarts Chelsea progress
Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1
By Sam Wallace at Stade Chaban-Delmas
However easy Luiz Felipe Scolari made this Chelsea manager's job look when he took over at the club in the summer, it is not looking anywhere near as simple now. Frank Lampard was sent off last night, a lead was squandered and now qualification for the next round of the Champions League comes down to an awkward home game against CFR Cluj next month.
Chelsea, who are now without an away win in Europe for a year, need to win at Stamford Bridge against the Romanian champions on 9 December to be sure but the way the boat is rocking at the moment nothing is completely certain for Scolari's team. They took the lead through Nicolas Anelka last night but they were never totally in control and when Bordeaux's captain Alou Diarra headed the equaliser it was no surprise. What is hard to comprehend is how quickly the Chelsea project, undertaken with such brio by Scolari this season is starting to look ragged.
They are the only one of the four English sides in the Champions League who have not already shored up qualification and the incoherence on the pitch is starting to reflect the uncertainty off it. Didier Drogba unwisely sounded off before last night's game about his miserable six months, chief scout Frank Arnesen is on his way out the door because of Roman Abramovich's cutbacks at the club. It does not seem a coincidence that things are starting to look tricky on the pitch, too.
It is rare for a player with Lampard's cunning to find himself sent off for what amounted to two clumsy tackles and he will miss the Cluj game at Stamford Bridge. Scolari said it should be a formality for Chelsea but even this is not certain.
John Terry would have to admit that after his heroics for England one week earlier this was far from his best performance, in fact it was him who allowed Diarra to rise unchallenged to head the ball in at Petr Cech's near post with seven minutes to go. Joe Cole struggled to have an impact on the game and an ankle injury means he is 50-50 to play Arsenal on Sunday. The wing-back style of rampaging full-backs that Scolari made his trademark earlier in the season was easily nullified by Bordeaux.
The sixth-placed team in the French championship made Chelsea look pretty ordinary having been completely blown away by them in west London in September. Laurent Blanc's team were simply quicker in the tackle, more solid in midfield and were not afraid to mix it up when the situation required. The Chelsea of old — let's be honest, even the Chelsea of Avram Grant last season — would have ground Bordeaux's kids into the dust having taken a lead but they are not so solid this time around.
They are still yet to win away in the Champions League this season and at times last night they were kept in the game by Cech's saves. Drogba's arrival in the game, after the hour when Anelka came off, did not elicit any reaction from the travelling support.
It seemed incredible that the first-half possession count gave 56 per cent in Chelsea's favour because they did not manage a shot on target before the break and only two after it. By contrast, Mathieu Chalmé and Yoan Gourcuff forced excellent full-length saves from Cech in the first half and the frustration began to tell among the visitors' players as Terry, Lampard and Ashley Cole all went into the Belgian referee's book within the space of eight minutes.
This kind of frailty will do them no good against Arsenal who, for the first time in a while, can at least take heart that one of their nearest rivals is starting to look as flaky as them. Anelka's goal was made by Lampard's quick-thinking. He played the ball first time through a momentary gap in the Bordeaux defence and Anelka took his own sweet time as he bore down on Matthieu Valverde's goal. He beat the goalkeeper at his left-hand post as two Bordeaux defenders converged on him.
The goal was Anelka's 14th of the season and arguably his most important yet. Chelsea never quite settled. Terry was too easily beaten when Yoan Gouffran cut in from the right wing and, with the Chelsea captain on a yellow card, he was reluctant to commit himself to the tackle. After Diarra headed in from Fernando Cavenaghi's corner, Chelsea were struggling.
More pain followed when Lampard was late in the tackle once again on Fernando and was given a red card but only after the referee Frank de Bleeckere had taken a long time to work out he had booked him earlier. Michael Ballack scrambled away a late deflected shot as Chelsea left France chastened and probably wondering what Sunday might hold for them.
Bordeaux (4-2-3-1): Valverde; Chalmé, Diawara, Planus, Jurietti; Fernando, Diarra; Gouffran (Cavenaghi, 67), Gourcuff, Wendel (Obertan, 76); Chamakh. Substitutes not used: Olimpa (gk), Bellion, Placente, Traoré, Tremoulinas.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, A Cole; Mikel; Malouda, Lampard, Ballack, J Cole (Ferreira, 85); Anelka (Drogba, 63). Substitutes not used: Cudicini (gk), Bridge, Kalou, Alex, Stoch.
Referee: F De Bleeckere (Belgium).
Group A
Results: Chelsea 4 Bordeaux 0, Roma 1 CFR Cluj 2; Bordeaux 1 Roma 3, CFR Cluj 0 Chelsea 0; Bordeaux 1 CFR Cluj 0, Chelsea 1 Roma 0; CFR Cluj 1 Bordeaux 2, Roma 3 Chelsea 1; Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1; CFR Cluj 1 Roma 3.
Remaining fixtures: 9 Dec: Chelsea v CFR Cluj, Roma v Bordeaux.
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Telegraph:
Frank Lampard sees red as Chelsea fail to capitalise on Nicolas Anelka advantageBordeaux (0) 1 Chelsea (0) 1 By John Ley in Bordeaux
Chelsea suffered another forgettable European away night when they failed to claim the win they needed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and finished with 10 men after Frank Lampard was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Chelsea were second best for long spells but when Nicolas Anelka stole a 60th minute goal against the run of play it seemed the gloom had been lifted off Chelsea. Yet, with seven minutes remaining, Alou Diarra headed Bordeaux equalizer and, two minutes later, Lampard was shown a red card for fouling Fernando, meaning he williss the visit of FC Cluj, a game they need to win to make certain of qualification.
Chelsea went into the game attempting to make up for a poor year in Europe. Since they won 4-0 in Norway, against Rosenborg a year ago, Chelsea had played six away games in the Champions League without a victory, including May Champions League penalty defeat by Manchester United in Moscow.
On the occasion of their last away win Didier Drogba scored twice in the opening 20 minutes. It was a bitterly cold night in Scandinavia and, on a similarly frosty evening in France, Drogba was left on the bench following the controversy over an alleged meeting with Inter Milan officials.
All the parties alleged to have been involved were keeping their heads down, though Drogba did reveal in an interview conducted over the weekend that he has suffered the worst six months of his life.
The striker was referring to a succession of injuries, his sending of in Moscow and the coin throwing incident against Burnley, a faux-pas that has cost him a three game suspension.
Given his domestic ban it was anticipated that Drogba would start on Wednesday night, with Nicolas Anelka kept on the bench ahead of Sunday’s Premier League visit of Arsenal, a key confrontation in the battle for domestic supremacy.
Instead, Anelka started, along with Michael Ballack with the German in the starting line-up for the first time since early October. Ballack had come on as a substitute in the previous two games following his recovery from a foot injury, and his return was welcome, given that Deco was absent through suspension, having been dismissed in the previous tie, the 3-1 defeat in the Olympic Stadium by Roma.
Given that the final of the Champions final takes place in the same arena, in May, it was a damaging reverse and it was Bordeaux who threatened first, with Fernando’s long range attempt tipped around his right post by Petr Cech in the sixth minute.
Shortly afterwards a tremendous through-ball, from Marouane Chamakh, fell invitingly for Yoan Gouffran but again Cech as equal to the threat, rushing out to gather at the forward’s feet.
The atmosphere inside this stylish bowl was magnificent, the Bordeaux fans sensing a chance to overtake Chelsea in Group A and when defender Matthieu Chalme struck a half volley from the edge of the area, it took another impressive save from Cech to deny the Frenchmen an opening goal.
In the 22nd minute John Terry, the Chelsea captain, was harshly cautioned after tripping with Yoann Gourcuff, who was also booked for his part in the incident in a game that was causing the visitors more problems than they may have anticipated.
Cech made a fourth impressive save, from Gourcuff – on loan from AC Milan -- after Ballack gave the ball away, then Frank Lampard received the game’s third yellow card for upending Chamakh – the most fouled player in the Champions League this season. Another booking followed in what was becoming a fractious and feisty affair when Ashley Cole fouled Chalme.
Joe Cole made a telling challenge inside his penalty area, on Franck Jurietti, as Bordeaux maintained the pressure. Indeed, by half-time Chelsea had failed to trouble Matthieu Valverde, the Bordeaux goalkeeper, or even win a corner.
The second half began in similar fashion, with Wendel and Chamakh combining for Gourcuff, whose cross was met by the head of Terry before Cech gathered under pressure.
Yet, on the hour and still against the run of play, Chelsea took an invaluable lead. Frank Lampard’s ball was missed by Alou Diarra, allowing Anelka a run at goal and the Frenchman held off a challenge from Marc Planus and the onrushing Valverde before finishing in some style.
It was Anelka’s 14th goal of the season but was to prove his last involvement. In the 62nd minute, with the job done and an eye on Arsenal, he was replaced, with Drogba coming on.
The goal seemed to inspire Chelsea and, seconds later a free kick from Lampard sailed just over the target.
Cech, who had been outstanding, almost erred when, rushing to clear from outside his area, he succeeded only in kicking the ball against a Bordeaux player but, fortunately for the goalkeeper, it rebounded into touch when it could see easily have ricocheted towards his goal.
Lampard was denied again, in the 79th minute, when he shot was parried by Valverde, but Bordeaux claimed a deserved equalizer when Diarra was left unmarked at the near post to convert Gourcuff’s corner.
And Chelsea’s frustration spilled over when, with five minuets remaining, Lampard was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Group A
Chelsea must beat Cluj to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. If Bordeaux win in Rome, they will be on 10 points, leaving Roma on nine. A draw would take Chelsea onto nine, but on head-to head results with Roma, they would go out.
To play: Dec 9: Chelsea v Cluj, Roma v Bordeaux.
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Times:
Chelsea's European prospects on a knife edge after late equaliserBordeaux 1 Chelsea 1
Matt Hughes, Bordeaux Luiz Felipe Scolari’s apprehension was well-founded. If the Chelsea manager was tetchy in the build-up to the match in Bordeaux last night, then pity his friends and family in the run-in to next month’s nail-biting encounter against CFR Cluj at Stamford Bridge, which Chelsea must win to make sure of qualification for the Champions League first knockout round.
After initially threatening to run away with group A, last year’s beaten finalists face the indignity of an eleventh-hour scrap to qualify. They should still do so comfortably against a limited side who have already been eliminated — Chelsea will not need even a point if Roma beat Bordeaux in the group’s other remaining fixture — but pressure can do strange things to the most accomplished teams, as was demonstrated here.
Scolari’s frustration will be compounded because, despite being second-best for long spells, his side had shown enough grit and determination to score the goal they needed — brilliantly taken by Nicolas Anelka — only to self-destruct. Chelsea were seven minutes away from qualification and seemingly cruising when the defensive deficiencies that led to the shock 3-1 defeat away to Roma this month returned with a vengeance, all the more surprising given that John Terry was again culpable. Yoann Gourcuff’s 83rd-minute corner from the right caused chaos in the penalty area, with Alou Diarra pulling away from Terry to head past Petr Cech, who could not be faulted after another outstanding display.
To make matters worse, Frank Lampard was sent off for the third time in his career soon after, the England midfield player picking up a second booking for a foul on Fernando, and he will miss the decisive match against Cluj.
Chelsea trudged out of the Stade Chaban-Delmas as if they had lost the game — almost as slowly as a disconsolate Lampard left the pitch — but these things are all about perspective. When he watches the match again today, Scolari will discover that Chelsea could easily have lost. They started with uncharacteristic hesitancy and were hanging on by the end.
Bordeaux used their extra man to full effect in the last five minutes as they pushed hard for a winner, which they might have got had Fernando Cavenaghi, a substitute, found the target when he was clear on goal in the final minute.
Scolari will contend that it should have been better, however, and he will hold a frank discussion with his players in the next few days to ascertain where they have lost their way. Despite their place at the top of the Barclays Premier League, Chelsea’s performances defy easy classification this season and some worrying trends are emerging.
A decent assessment would be “inconsistent at home, transcendent away”, yet even that summing-up is flawed because they have frequently failed to play well on European away days. Such travel-sickness is not a recent phenomenon — they have not won away from home in the Champions League in seven attempts stretching back almost a year, a dismal record that they must improve if they are to have a hope of reaching the final in Rome next May.
Chelsea began as badly as they had finished in the Italian capital three weeks ago, and without three excellent saves from Cech would have been behind at half-time. Gourcuff was their chief tormentor, demonstrating great touch and technique to get the better of Michael Ballack and Lampard in midfield. The France midfield player, 22, is on a season-long loan from AC Milan after failing to make an impact in two years in Italy, but on this evidence he is good enough to return to the San Siro.
In the first half, Gourcuff displayed the kind of artistry and vision usually the preserve of the suspended Deco. Bordeaux’s first chance came from nowhere, with Fernando’s shot from 40 yards requiring Cech to make a smart save low to his right.
A pass by Gourcuff caught Ashley Cole out of position, with Matthieu Chalmé shooting straight at the goalkeeper, before Gourcuff produced the moment of the match, an exquisite swivel followed by a left-foot shot saved by Cech. Chelsea’s discomfort spilt over into the kind of fractiousness often displayed by a tired toddler, with Terry, Lampard and Ashley Cole all being booked for late challenges in the space of five minutes.
Scolari decided against making changes at half-time, although with only forwards and defenders on the bench, he had few options to alter things in midfield, the area in which the game was drifting away.
Instead, the visiting team opted to hold what they had, dangerous tactics that looked like paying off when Anelka scored his second Champions League goal of the season and his fourteenth in all. Lampard’s through-ball caught Bordeaux unawares, with Souleymane Diawara hopelessly out of position as he was for most of his brief spell with Charlton Athletic, enabling Anelka to capitalise. The striker showed remarkable composure to dummy twice before beating Matthieu Valverde at the near post with the third swing of his right boot.
In a week dominated by the posturing of Didier Drogba, the forward formerly known as Le Incredible Sulk appeared to have taken Chelsea through to the next stage, but given the way they capitulated, Scolari’s changing mood will continue to be the focus. Mr Grumpy may be here to stay.
Bordeaux (4-2-3-1): M Valverde — M Chalmé, M Planus, S Diawara, F Jurietti — Fernando, A Diarra — Y Gouffran (sub: F Cavenaghi, 67min), Y Gourcuff, Wendel (sub: G Obertan, 76) — M Chamakh. Substitutes not used: K Olimpa, D Bellion, D Placente, A Traoré, B Trémoulinas. Booked: Gourcuff, Jurietti, Chamakh.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): P Cech — J Bosingwa, B Ivanovic, J Terry, A Cole — J O Mikel — J Cole (sub: P Ferreira, 83), M Ballack, F Lampard, F Malouda — N Anelka (sub: D Drogba, 62). Substitutes not used: C Cudicini, W Bridge, P Ferreira, S Kalou, Alex, M Stoch. Booked: Terry, Lampard, A Cole, J Cole. Sent off: Lampard.
Referee: F de Bleeckere (Belgium).
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Lampard sees red as Diarra's late header takes Chelsea to the wire• Bordeaux refuse to roll over after Anelka's strike• Draw means Scolari's side must wait to secure qualificationBordeaux 1 Diarra 83 Chelsea 1 Anelka 60
David Hytner at the Stade Chaban Delmas
It had appeared that with Nicolas Anelka's goal Chelsea had finally achieved calm after a difficult couple of days and a testing assignment in front of a vociferous crowd. A place in the knockout phase of the competition looked to be theirs.
They were struck, however, by an attack of the defensive jitters and after the stunning denouement, which included a sending-off for Frank Lampard, they had to face the reality. When they play Cluj at Stamford Bridge in two weeks' time, Luiz Felipe Scolari will need a win to ensure that his first shot at Europe's elite competition does not end in ignominy.
Other results may yet see them through, but anxieties will linger until the last 16 is reached. There is also the possibility that if Chelsea do progress, it will be as Group A runners-up, which should make for a more difficult draw, although Scolari claimed not to care about that. He added that he cannot worry about things which are beyond his control. He will take qualification however it comes.
The build-up to the match had been dominated by the talk of Didier Drogba and a possible transfer to Internazionale. The Ivorian made an appearance off the bench, moreover, but it was the club's other striker who threatened to make happier headlines for them.
Anelka scored with Chelsea's first serious attack, yet his goal was merely the prompt for Bordeaux to haul themselves off the canvas. Chelsea would not have deserved victory but it was galling for them that they should freeze when the excellent Yoann Gourcuff swung over a late corner from the left. Alou Diarra was given the freedom of the area, with John Terry having failed to track his run, and the goalkeeper Petr Cech could only watch as the former Liverpool reserve's header rippled the corner of his net.
Bordeaux had been billed in some quarters as being tired and injury-hit, the underdog tag firmly affixed and not only because of the 4-0 beating they took at Stamford Bridge. Yet last night they showed themselves to be neat and urgent, with menace in the midfield trio behind the centre-forward Marouane Chamakh.
At the heart of their performance was Gourcuff, a one-time Arsenal target who is on loan from Milan. His weighted ball over Ashley Cole ushered in Mathieu Chalme for the chance of the first half - the full-back's shot was beaten away by Cech - and shortly afterwards, when Michael Ballack gave the ball away, Gourcuff drew another save out of Cech with a 20-yard shot. The goalkeeper had earlier been forced to palm Fernando's speculative drive past a post.
Chelsea's recent away form in the Champions League has been something of a curiosity. All-conquering on their travels in domestic football, they stepped out in south-west France without a European win in 12 months. Indeed, they had won in only five of their previous 23 away ties.Their previous victory came at Rosenborg and on that night Drogba cut through the sub-zero temperatures to score two early goals.
He felt a chill wind of a different nature here, the fallout from his alleged meeting on Monday with Internazionale's technical director darkening his mood and placing a further cloud over what he has since claimed have been the toughest six months of his career.
It might sound implausible, given their status as the Premier League leaders, but there was a pre-match feeling that Chelsea were embattled. Scolari had fuelled it with his tetchy performance at Tuesday's press conference, where he railed against the Drogba allegation. Such are the margins and expectation levels at one of Europe's most high-profile clubs.
There was an niggling undercurrent to the match. Three Chelsea men were booked inside seven minutes halfway through the first period, including Lampard for a lunge at Chamakh, and the willingness of Bordeaux's players to square up to their counterparts and crowd the referee suggested that matters could get out of hand.
Chelsea had not mustered a single attempt on goal during the first half and Anelka's goal came out of nothing 15 minutes into the second period. Lampard sent out a precision pass which Diarra could not cut out and Anelka's finish, for his 14th goal of the season, was of the highest order. Dropping his shoulder once and then twice to unnerve the goalkeeper Mathieu Valverde, he slotted the ball calmly past him. When he was substituted for Drogba minutes later, the France international was given a warm ovation from all corners of the ground.
Chelsea began to look threatening on the counter but the game would turn. Diarra's equaliser was followed by Lampard's second booking for a foul on Fernando and there was even a late scare following another corner from Gourcuff. Chelsea still have work to do.
Blues hit the buffers
Last night saw Chelsea's fifth failure to win in the past month
Oct 26 PL v Liverpool (h) 0-1
Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten home run ends courtesy of Xabi Alonso's deflected early goal for Liverpool
Nov 4 CL v Roma (a) 1-3
A chastening defeat is compounded by the late sending off of Deco
Nov 12 CC v Burnley (h) 1-1 (4-5 pens)
Didier Drogba lands himself in trouble by hurling a coin back at visiting fans
Nov 22 PL v Newcastle (h) 0-0
Luiz Felipe Scolari's side again fail to break down opponents at home as Newcastle gain a well-earned point
Nov 26 CL v Bordeaux (a) 1-1
A late equaliser pegs back Chelsea, who have Frank Lampard sent off
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Mail:
Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1 - Blues choke as Lampard finds the red tastes sourby NEIL ASHTON
Given a ‘kick up the backside’ by John Terry when they were beaten 3-1 by Roma, Chelsea were left kicking and screaming in France.
They kicked lumps out of a feisty Bordeaux team, picking up a mandatory UEFA fine after four Chelsea players were booked and Frank Lampard was sent off for only the second time in his Chelsea career.
At the final whistle they were screaming, pointing accusing fingers at each other after they failed to spot the diagonal run of Alou Diarra when he scored Bordeaux’s equaliser seven minutes from time. The Bordeaux midfielder was like a beat bobby, patrolling the pitch before he was given the freedom of France to flex his neck muscles and power a bullet of a header beyond Petr Cech.
What a blow for Chelsea, seemingly home and hosed when Nicolas Anelka scored his 14th goal of the season on the hour. Then they were through to the second round, concentrating on winning the group when they play CFR Cluj in 12 days at Stamford Bridge and escaping European football’s top teams in the next phase.
That was the prize on offer until their non-existent marking at an 83rd-minute corner and Lampard’s clumsy tackle a minute later, earning the midfielder a second caution, left them clinging on to a point.
They blew it. Big time. Now they must beat Cluj, the price they pay for losing out on a head-to-head with Roma if Luciano Spalletti’s team are beaten by Bordeaux in the final group game. This was tense but it will be nothing to compare with the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge when it could be win-or-bust for Big Phil.
Chelsea have never been knocked out in the group stages of the Champions League and this multi-million pound outfit, not to mention their highly-paid manager, cannot fail at the first hurdle.
They will be without Lampard, suspended after he was hoodwinked into making a foolish tackle on the impressive Fernando, to leave Chelsea finishing a nervy night with 10 men. They have now not won away in Europe since beating Rosenborg a year ago.
With the manager employing a high-risk strategy of stick-or-twist with his strikers, Scolari had appeared to cash in his chips with a move that was as cunning as it was decisive.
Didier Drogba raised the stakes when he met Inter Milan director Marco Branca on Monday but Chelsea’s manager called his bluff when he left him on the bench. Scolari called it right, relying on the form of top-scorer Anelka to see them through to the second round of the competition.
They nearly squeaked through, scoring with their first shot of the match when Anelka’s beautiful finish in the 60th minute left Bordeaux’s keeper Matthieu Valverde eating grass. It was a top-class moment, easily the best of his 14 goals for Chelsea so far this season. It was the response Scolari needed after a petulant first-half performance. Skipper John Terry, Joe Cole, Ashley Cole and Lampard had all been cautioned for over-zealous tackles on Bordeaux’s playmakers.
They were spoiling for a fight, flinging themselves into unnecessary tackles and taking their frustration out on opposition players. Remember, this is the team who were played off the park in September, returning to France on the end of a 4-0 thumping and fearing a repeat when they faced them at the Stade Chaban Delmas.
Confidence streaked through the Chelsea team back then, battering their way to victory and showing the desire, the hunger and the teamwork that had the hallmarks of the title winning sides of Jose Mourinho.
They were on it then, now they are off the pace. Brittle at the back, they lack purpose in midfield, where Michael Ballack and John Mikel Obi were virtually anonymous. Chelsea failed to register a single shot on target until Lampard’s first-time flick set Anelka in the clear, preferring to pick fights with the tricksters in Laurent Blanc’s team.
Youann Gouffran, an impressive figure on Bordeaux’s left, and the energetic striker Marouane Chamakh felt the pain, battered by one of Chelsea’s players every time they touched the ball. Gouffran was the instigator of Bordeaux’s early raids, teasing Jose Bosingwa with his step-overs and his electrifying pace before he swapped wings with Wendel.
They smelt blood when Ashley Cole was booked for a challenge on Matthieu Chalme, setting the trap for Chelsea’s players to collect another caution if he clipped Gouffran’s heels. Blanc’s team, so soundly beaten at Stamford Bridge, had them rattled, peppering Cech’s goal with shots from Gouffran and then the move of the night.
Zinedine Zidane is still fondly remembered in these parts and Gourcuff’s wonderful three-point turn before sending an exocet towards Cech was a nod firmly in the Frenchman’s direction. Chelsea responded after the break when Anelka scored and yet Bordeaux never tired.
They got their reward when Diarra’s header beat Cech at his near post, pouring forward in search of a winner as Chelsea threatened to collapse. Somehow they survived the onslaught with 10 men but if they fail to beat Cluj they can expect a bit more than a kick up the backside.
Match factsBORDEAUX (4-2-3-1): Valverde 6; Chalme 7, Diawara 6, Planus 6, Jurietti 7; Fernando 6, Diarra 6; Gouffran 7 (Cavenaghi 67, 6), Gourcuff 8, Wendel 7 (Obertan 75); Chamakh 7. Booked: Gourcuff, Jurietti, Chamakh.
CHELSEA (4-5-1): Cech 7; Bosingwa 6, Terry 6, Ivanovic 8, A Cole 5; J Cole 5 (Ferreira 85), Ballack 5, Mikel 6, Lampard 6, Malouda 5; Anelka 6 (Drogba 62, 6). Booked: Terry, A Cole, Lampard, J Cole. Sent off: Lampard.
Man of the match: Branislav Ivanovic. Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium).
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Indy:
Diarra thwarts Chelsea progress
Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1
By Sam Wallace at Stade Chaban-Delmas
However easy Luiz Felipe Scolari made this Chelsea manager's job look when he took over at the club in the summer, it is not looking anywhere near as simple now. Frank Lampard was sent off last night, a lead was squandered and now qualification for the next round of the Champions League comes down to an awkward home game against CFR Cluj next month.
Chelsea, who are now without an away win in Europe for a year, need to win at Stamford Bridge against the Romanian champions on 9 December to be sure but the way the boat is rocking at the moment nothing is completely certain for Scolari's team. They took the lead through Nicolas Anelka last night but they were never totally in control and when Bordeaux's captain Alou Diarra headed the equaliser it was no surprise. What is hard to comprehend is how quickly the Chelsea project, undertaken with such brio by Scolari this season is starting to look ragged.
They are the only one of the four English sides in the Champions League who have not already shored up qualification and the incoherence on the pitch is starting to reflect the uncertainty off it. Didier Drogba unwisely sounded off before last night's game about his miserable six months, chief scout Frank Arnesen is on his way out the door because of Roman Abramovich's cutbacks at the club. It does not seem a coincidence that things are starting to look tricky on the pitch, too.
It is rare for a player with Lampard's cunning to find himself sent off for what amounted to two clumsy tackles and he will miss the Cluj game at Stamford Bridge. Scolari said it should be a formality for Chelsea but even this is not certain.
John Terry would have to admit that after his heroics for England one week earlier this was far from his best performance, in fact it was him who allowed Diarra to rise unchallenged to head the ball in at Petr Cech's near post with seven minutes to go. Joe Cole struggled to have an impact on the game and an ankle injury means he is 50-50 to play Arsenal on Sunday. The wing-back style of rampaging full-backs that Scolari made his trademark earlier in the season was easily nullified by Bordeaux.
The sixth-placed team in the French championship made Chelsea look pretty ordinary having been completely blown away by them in west London in September. Laurent Blanc's team were simply quicker in the tackle, more solid in midfield and were not afraid to mix it up when the situation required. The Chelsea of old — let's be honest, even the Chelsea of Avram Grant last season — would have ground Bordeaux's kids into the dust having taken a lead but they are not so solid this time around.
They are still yet to win away in the Champions League this season and at times last night they were kept in the game by Cech's saves. Drogba's arrival in the game, after the hour when Anelka came off, did not elicit any reaction from the travelling support.
It seemed incredible that the first-half possession count gave 56 per cent in Chelsea's favour because they did not manage a shot on target before the break and only two after it. By contrast, Mathieu Chalmé and Yoan Gourcuff forced excellent full-length saves from Cech in the first half and the frustration began to tell among the visitors' players as Terry, Lampard and Ashley Cole all went into the Belgian referee's book within the space of eight minutes.
This kind of frailty will do them no good against Arsenal who, for the first time in a while, can at least take heart that one of their nearest rivals is starting to look as flaky as them. Anelka's goal was made by Lampard's quick-thinking. He played the ball first time through a momentary gap in the Bordeaux defence and Anelka took his own sweet time as he bore down on Matthieu Valverde's goal. He beat the goalkeeper at his left-hand post as two Bordeaux defenders converged on him.
The goal was Anelka's 14th of the season and arguably his most important yet. Chelsea never quite settled. Terry was too easily beaten when Yoan Gouffran cut in from the right wing and, with the Chelsea captain on a yellow card, he was reluctant to commit himself to the tackle. After Diarra headed in from Fernando Cavenaghi's corner, Chelsea were struggling.
More pain followed when Lampard was late in the tackle once again on Fernando and was given a red card but only after the referee Frank de Bleeckere had taken a long time to work out he had booked him earlier. Michael Ballack scrambled away a late deflected shot as Chelsea left France chastened and probably wondering what Sunday might hold for them.
Bordeaux (4-2-3-1): Valverde; Chalmé, Diawara, Planus, Jurietti; Fernando, Diarra; Gouffran (Cavenaghi, 67), Gourcuff, Wendel (Obertan, 76); Chamakh. Substitutes not used: Olimpa (gk), Bellion, Placente, Traoré, Tremoulinas.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, A Cole; Mikel; Malouda, Lampard, Ballack, J Cole (Ferreira, 85); Anelka (Drogba, 63). Substitutes not used: Cudicini (gk), Bridge, Kalou, Alex, Stoch.
Referee: F De Bleeckere (Belgium).
Group A
Results: Chelsea 4 Bordeaux 0, Roma 1 CFR Cluj 2; Bordeaux 1 Roma 3, CFR Cluj 0 Chelsea 0; Bordeaux 1 CFR Cluj 0, Chelsea 1 Roma 0; CFR Cluj 1 Bordeaux 2, Roma 3 Chelsea 1; Bordeaux 1 Chelsea 1; CFR Cluj 1 Roma 3.
Remaining fixtures: 9 Dec: Chelsea v CFR Cluj, Roma v Bordeaux.
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Telegraph:
Frank Lampard sees red as Chelsea fail to capitalise on Nicolas Anelka advantageBordeaux (0) 1 Chelsea (0) 1 By John Ley in Bordeaux
Chelsea suffered another forgettable European away night when they failed to claim the win they needed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and finished with 10 men after Frank Lampard was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Chelsea were second best for long spells but when Nicolas Anelka stole a 60th minute goal against the run of play it seemed the gloom had been lifted off Chelsea. Yet, with seven minutes remaining, Alou Diarra headed Bordeaux equalizer and, two minutes later, Lampard was shown a red card for fouling Fernando, meaning he williss the visit of FC Cluj, a game they need to win to make certain of qualification.
Chelsea went into the game attempting to make up for a poor year in Europe. Since they won 4-0 in Norway, against Rosenborg a year ago, Chelsea had played six away games in the Champions League without a victory, including May Champions League penalty defeat by Manchester United in Moscow.
On the occasion of their last away win Didier Drogba scored twice in the opening 20 minutes. It was a bitterly cold night in Scandinavia and, on a similarly frosty evening in France, Drogba was left on the bench following the controversy over an alleged meeting with Inter Milan officials.
All the parties alleged to have been involved were keeping their heads down, though Drogba did reveal in an interview conducted over the weekend that he has suffered the worst six months of his life.
The striker was referring to a succession of injuries, his sending of in Moscow and the coin throwing incident against Burnley, a faux-pas that has cost him a three game suspension.
Given his domestic ban it was anticipated that Drogba would start on Wednesday night, with Nicolas Anelka kept on the bench ahead of Sunday’s Premier League visit of Arsenal, a key confrontation in the battle for domestic supremacy.
Instead, Anelka started, along with Michael Ballack with the German in the starting line-up for the first time since early October. Ballack had come on as a substitute in the previous two games following his recovery from a foot injury, and his return was welcome, given that Deco was absent through suspension, having been dismissed in the previous tie, the 3-1 defeat in the Olympic Stadium by Roma.
Given that the final of the Champions final takes place in the same arena, in May, it was a damaging reverse and it was Bordeaux who threatened first, with Fernando’s long range attempt tipped around his right post by Petr Cech in the sixth minute.
Shortly afterwards a tremendous through-ball, from Marouane Chamakh, fell invitingly for Yoan Gouffran but again Cech as equal to the threat, rushing out to gather at the forward’s feet.
The atmosphere inside this stylish bowl was magnificent, the Bordeaux fans sensing a chance to overtake Chelsea in Group A and when defender Matthieu Chalme struck a half volley from the edge of the area, it took another impressive save from Cech to deny the Frenchmen an opening goal.
In the 22nd minute John Terry, the Chelsea captain, was harshly cautioned after tripping with Yoann Gourcuff, who was also booked for his part in the incident in a game that was causing the visitors more problems than they may have anticipated.
Cech made a fourth impressive save, from Gourcuff – on loan from AC Milan -- after Ballack gave the ball away, then Frank Lampard received the game’s third yellow card for upending Chamakh – the most fouled player in the Champions League this season. Another booking followed in what was becoming a fractious and feisty affair when Ashley Cole fouled Chalme.
Joe Cole made a telling challenge inside his penalty area, on Franck Jurietti, as Bordeaux maintained the pressure. Indeed, by half-time Chelsea had failed to trouble Matthieu Valverde, the Bordeaux goalkeeper, or even win a corner.
The second half began in similar fashion, with Wendel and Chamakh combining for Gourcuff, whose cross was met by the head of Terry before Cech gathered under pressure.
Yet, on the hour and still against the run of play, Chelsea took an invaluable lead. Frank Lampard’s ball was missed by Alou Diarra, allowing Anelka a run at goal and the Frenchman held off a challenge from Marc Planus and the onrushing Valverde before finishing in some style.
It was Anelka’s 14th goal of the season but was to prove his last involvement. In the 62nd minute, with the job done and an eye on Arsenal, he was replaced, with Drogba coming on.
The goal seemed to inspire Chelsea and, seconds later a free kick from Lampard sailed just over the target.
Cech, who had been outstanding, almost erred when, rushing to clear from outside his area, he succeeded only in kicking the ball against a Bordeaux player but, fortunately for the goalkeeper, it rebounded into touch when it could see easily have ricocheted towards his goal.
Lampard was denied again, in the 79th minute, when he shot was parried by Valverde, but Bordeaux claimed a deserved equalizer when Diarra was left unmarked at the near post to convert Gourcuff’s corner.
And Chelsea’s frustration spilled over when, with five minuets remaining, Lampard was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Group A
Chelsea must beat Cluj to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. If Bordeaux win in Rome, they will be on 10 points, leaving Roma on nine. A draw would take Chelsea onto nine, but on head-to head results with Roma, they would go out.
To play: Dec 9: Chelsea v Cluj, Roma v Bordeaux.
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Times:
Chelsea's European prospects on a knife edge after late equaliserBordeaux 1 Chelsea 1
Matt Hughes, Bordeaux Luiz Felipe Scolari’s apprehension was well-founded. If the Chelsea manager was tetchy in the build-up to the match in Bordeaux last night, then pity his friends and family in the run-in to next month’s nail-biting encounter against CFR Cluj at Stamford Bridge, which Chelsea must win to make sure of qualification for the Champions League first knockout round.
After initially threatening to run away with group A, last year’s beaten finalists face the indignity of an eleventh-hour scrap to qualify. They should still do so comfortably against a limited side who have already been eliminated — Chelsea will not need even a point if Roma beat Bordeaux in the group’s other remaining fixture — but pressure can do strange things to the most accomplished teams, as was demonstrated here.
Scolari’s frustration will be compounded because, despite being second-best for long spells, his side had shown enough grit and determination to score the goal they needed — brilliantly taken by Nicolas Anelka — only to self-destruct. Chelsea were seven minutes away from qualification and seemingly cruising when the defensive deficiencies that led to the shock 3-1 defeat away to Roma this month returned with a vengeance, all the more surprising given that John Terry was again culpable. Yoann Gourcuff’s 83rd-minute corner from the right caused chaos in the penalty area, with Alou Diarra pulling away from Terry to head past Petr Cech, who could not be faulted after another outstanding display.
To make matters worse, Frank Lampard was sent off for the third time in his career soon after, the England midfield player picking up a second booking for a foul on Fernando, and he will miss the decisive match against Cluj.
Chelsea trudged out of the Stade Chaban-Delmas as if they had lost the game — almost as slowly as a disconsolate Lampard left the pitch — but these things are all about perspective. When he watches the match again today, Scolari will discover that Chelsea could easily have lost. They started with uncharacteristic hesitancy and were hanging on by the end.
Bordeaux used their extra man to full effect in the last five minutes as they pushed hard for a winner, which they might have got had Fernando Cavenaghi, a substitute, found the target when he was clear on goal in the final minute.
Scolari will contend that it should have been better, however, and he will hold a frank discussion with his players in the next few days to ascertain where they have lost their way. Despite their place at the top of the Barclays Premier League, Chelsea’s performances defy easy classification this season and some worrying trends are emerging.
A decent assessment would be “inconsistent at home, transcendent away”, yet even that summing-up is flawed because they have frequently failed to play well on European away days. Such travel-sickness is not a recent phenomenon — they have not won away from home in the Champions League in seven attempts stretching back almost a year, a dismal record that they must improve if they are to have a hope of reaching the final in Rome next May.
Chelsea began as badly as they had finished in the Italian capital three weeks ago, and without three excellent saves from Cech would have been behind at half-time. Gourcuff was their chief tormentor, demonstrating great touch and technique to get the better of Michael Ballack and Lampard in midfield. The France midfield player, 22, is on a season-long loan from AC Milan after failing to make an impact in two years in Italy, but on this evidence he is good enough to return to the San Siro.
In the first half, Gourcuff displayed the kind of artistry and vision usually the preserve of the suspended Deco. Bordeaux’s first chance came from nowhere, with Fernando’s shot from 40 yards requiring Cech to make a smart save low to his right.
A pass by Gourcuff caught Ashley Cole out of position, with Matthieu Chalmé shooting straight at the goalkeeper, before Gourcuff produced the moment of the match, an exquisite swivel followed by a left-foot shot saved by Cech. Chelsea’s discomfort spilt over into the kind of fractiousness often displayed by a tired toddler, with Terry, Lampard and Ashley Cole all being booked for late challenges in the space of five minutes.
Scolari decided against making changes at half-time, although with only forwards and defenders on the bench, he had few options to alter things in midfield, the area in which the game was drifting away.
Instead, the visiting team opted to hold what they had, dangerous tactics that looked like paying off when Anelka scored his second Champions League goal of the season and his fourteenth in all. Lampard’s through-ball caught Bordeaux unawares, with Souleymane Diawara hopelessly out of position as he was for most of his brief spell with Charlton Athletic, enabling Anelka to capitalise. The striker showed remarkable composure to dummy twice before beating Matthieu Valverde at the near post with the third swing of his right boot.
In a week dominated by the posturing of Didier Drogba, the forward formerly known as Le Incredible Sulk appeared to have taken Chelsea through to the next stage, but given the way they capitulated, Scolari’s changing mood will continue to be the focus. Mr Grumpy may be here to stay.
Bordeaux (4-2-3-1): M Valverde — M Chalmé, M Planus, S Diawara, F Jurietti — Fernando, A Diarra — Y Gouffran (sub: F Cavenaghi, 67min), Y Gourcuff, Wendel (sub: G Obertan, 76) — M Chamakh. Substitutes not used: K Olimpa, D Bellion, D Placente, A Traoré, B Trémoulinas. Booked: Gourcuff, Jurietti, Chamakh.
Chelsea (4-1-4-1): P Cech — J Bosingwa, B Ivanovic, J Terry, A Cole — J O Mikel — J Cole (sub: P Ferreira, 83), M Ballack, F Lampard, F Malouda — N Anelka (sub: D Drogba, 62). Substitutes not used: C Cudicini, W Bridge, P Ferreira, S Kalou, Alex, M Stoch. Booked: Terry, Lampard, A Cole, J Cole. Sent off: Lampard.
Referee: F de Bleeckere (Belgium).
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