Sunday Times
Chelsea on a Sky Blues cruise Coventry 0 Chelsea 2
Joe Lovejoy at Ricoh Arena
CHELSEA moved routinely into the semi-finals of the FA Cup with their fifth win in as many matches under Guus Hiddink, but the new manager’s 100% record is sure to come in for a much sterner test than this in Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Juventus. Nicolas Anelka, absent yesterday with a foot injury, may be fit for the trip to Turin.
Coventry’s Chris Coleman said beforehand that the Premier League team would need to be at their best to win at the Ricoh Arena, which was sold out for the first time since it was opened in 2005. He was wrong.
Chelsea hardly had to change out of second gear to dispose of disappointingly poor opposition, whose performance reflected their status in the bottom half of the Championship. Coleman’s post-match complaint that the referee, Steve Bennett, had been “too smug and friendly” with the Chelsea players and had “talked down” to the home team had the sour-grapes taste of a bad loser.
Coventry have lost to Sheffield United, Derby and Cardiff recently, and how they accounted for Blackburn in the last round of the Cup is a mystery after this performance. Hiddink was spot on when he spoke of “a very good end to a normal day’s work”. He added: “I thought we controlled the game well and made a beautiful second goal which killed it.”
The outcome was never in doubt from the 15th minute, when Scott Dann, Coventry’s centre-half and captain, feebly surrendered possession to the resurgent Didier Drogba, whose powerful, driven finish provided him with his third goal in the last four matches.
Drogba immediately ran to Michael Essien, whose return, after a six-month absence, was Chelsea’s post-match focus. Essien, who replaced John Obi Mikel after 64 minutes, is a more accomplished option for the midfield anchor role, and Hiddink intends to restore him to the starting line-up sooner rather than later. Chelsea’s second goal, which removed any lingering hopes the home crowd may have entertained, came in the 72nd minute when Ricardo Quaresma’s break and cross from the right enabled the charging Alex to score with an emphatic finish at the far post.
Coventry were tediously reliant on the long ball and their most dangerous weapon was Aron Gunnarsson’s long throw, so it was not without irony that the second goal started from one of these howitzer hurls from the Icelander, cleared by Michael Ballack for Quaresma to break away and centre to the onrushing Alex. Much was made by Coleman of the fact that Alex and Drogba had been off the field receiving treatment for a clash of heads and were allowed back on too early when Gunnarsson took the throw. It was a moot point, and not one of major consequence.
The two goals apart, the best chance saw Frank Lampard’s dipping free kick from distance tipped over the bar by Kieran Westwood for the save of the match. Coventry’s outstanding opportunity came midway through the first half when Leon Best, playing in a protective mask, left Alex on his backside and evaded John Terry, only to shoot as if the mask was a blindfold. Clinton Morrison’s finishing was similarly woeful late on.
Hiddink said that he had fined Ashley Cole for being drunk and disorderly in the early hours of Thursday morning but, after “assessing all the facts”, he had not considered dropping him. It had been “a little thing we had to cope with” and the issue was now closed. The manager preferred to discuss the return of Essien and Ricardo Carvalho, who was an unused substitute here, which had brought his squad back up to something approaching full strength. Of Drogba’s improved form, Hiddink said: “From the first day, when I saw him in our Cup tie at Watford, and after that in training, he has been working very hard. I don’t know what happened before I came, but I haven’t had any complaints about his attitude or his commitment.
“I have devised a specific programme for him to work on his positioning. I don’t have to force him to do that extra work, he does it willingly.”
Last night, Hiddink had already turned his attention to Tuesday evening, arriving back at his west London home in time to watch the Turin derby between Juventus and Torino. No doubt he was pondering a starting role return for Essien. “I have many hours between now and the start of the Juve game to make a decision,” he said. “It is very good to have him back. You could see today he played 30 minutes but he has to pick up the game rhythm. The other players in the team you can see have the game rhythm.”
Coleman said: “This was the biggest game for the club at this new stadium, but we need to move on. It is going to be difficult against Bristol City on Tuesday, but we’ve got to get back on it. We will have to get back to reality.”
COVENTRY: Westwood 6, Wright 5, Dann 4, Turner 5, Hall 5, Henderson 6, Doyle 5 (Beuzelin 59min, 5), Gunnarsson 7, Eastwood 5, Best 5, Morrison 5
CHELSEA: Cech 6, Bosingwa 6, Alex 6, Terry 6, A Cole 6, Ballack 6, Mikel 5 (Essien 64min), Lampard 6, Kalou 5 (Quaresma h-t, 6), Drogba 7 (Di Santo 80min), Malouda 4
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Telegraph:
Chelsea too strong for Coventry and ease in to FA Cup semi-finals
Never mind Cardiff’s heroics last year, when the cream of the Premier League take the FA Cup seriously there can, sadly, only be one outcome. Hence, there was never much likelihood of Coventry upsetting Chelsea, let alone threaten the class of ’87’s unrivalled place in Sky Blues history. By Clive White
Now it’s back to the long shot of Championship promotion and a match at Ashton Gate for Chris Coleman’s side while Guus Hiddink’s team moves on to the San Siro on Tuesday, dreaming of European glory. As a preparation for their match with Juventus this tie was next to useless – unless, of course, Claudio Ranieri is of a mind to get his Italian all-stars to start pumping it long like Coventry.
The ingredients for an upset yesterday were all there on Coventry’s side: they have been in good form at home recently, beating the Championship’s top two Wolves and Birmingham, not to mention Blackburn Rovers in the previous round. Coleman was confident and it wasn’t difficult to see how the Ricoh Arena could become a cauldron for the opposition if Coventry’s tails were up. Perhaps they just needed a lucky break, say, a deflection into Petr Cech’s goal off someone’s knee, a la Gary Mabbutt in ’87. No, on second thoughts, perhaps not.
Chelsea were just too good, which is not to say they were great, even if Hiddink did punctuate his post-match comments with liberal use of the word “beautiful”, as the Dutch tend to do. They gave the impression they had an extra engine in reserve never mind extra gears had Coventry come up with something special. Coleman admitted as much, but did have one or two gripes afterwards.
Firstly, he criticised referee Steve Bennett’s decision to allow two Chelsea players – Didier Drogba and Alex – back onto the field of play prematurely after sustaining injury, from which point Chelsea broke upfield and scored the match-clinching second goal – through Alex - and secondly, he objected to what he saw as Bennett’s smugness.
“He was too smug towards us,” said Coleman. “Talking to my players – my senior players – they were saying he was very, very friendly with some of the Chelsea boys. I understand it’s Chelsea and sometimes you can be in awe of great players – and they are great players – but he had to do a job. They [the Coventry players] weren’t happy with him, they weren’t happy with his attitude.”
Instead of the flying start, which City so desperately needed, they got a false one. A backward header by Ben Turner to Scott Dann after 15 minutes should have presented no difficulty to the Coventry captain, but instead of dealing with it emphatically, he dallied and was dispossessed by Drogba. The Chelsea striker is in the mood these to make his own chances without being handed one on a plate and he nonchalantly took the ball wide of Keiren Westwood in goal before wellying home his sixth goal of the season.
“He is dangerous,” said Hiddink, who does a nice line in understatement, “and it is good for the whole group that we have him back. He still makes little mistakes, but he can improve. For me he is a guy who has been working hard from day one. I don’t want to judge what happened before.”
Coventry’s back four never really recovered from that and the insides of an old central defender like Coleman must have been churning on the touchline. Coventry didn’t want for effort but the quality just wasn’t there. Once in the first half Leon Best, the hero of their win over Blackburn, went on a winding run that his namesake would have been proud but then finished with a shot that was more Clyde Best than George Best.
At times in the first half it was as much as Coventry could do to get out of their own half never mind threaten Cech’s goal; perhaps it was his lurid orange outfit that repelled them. About the closest Coventry came to making a game of it was when Clinton Morrison came within inches of connecting with a speculative overhead kick to a long throw from Aron Gunarsson after 66 minutes.
Four minutes later the game was up for them. Drogba and Alex banged heads in the Chelsea area – not that they needed to – and had to wait on the touchline for permission to return to the fray after treatment, which they did a little too promptly for Coleman’s liking. To make matters worse, Drogba was the one who sent substitute Ricardo Quaresma on his way with a right-wing break and from his cross Alex powered home like the goalscorer he isn’t.
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Coventry 0 Chelsea 2: Coventry give up without a fight as Hiddink's men stay on the trophy trailBy PATRICK COLLINS
A few moments after the final whistle, Guus Hiddink was asked for his reaction to reaching an FA Cup semi-final. He said he was pleased with the result and satisfied with the performance. He added: 'Coventry are not a difficult team to play.'The Chelsea coach realised his error immediately. He winced, apologised for his English and insisted that Coventry had, in fact, been extremely difficult opponents. And although Hiddink seems an honest man, nobody believed him.For Chelsea's progress to the last four was almost indecently simple. They went through their paces, ticked their boxes, completed their chores and accepted their reward without spilling a drop of surplus sweat.
The anticipated gap in class was revealed as a chasm. They have surely experienced more arduous examinations on the training ground. Even those of us who still detect a dusting of magic in the oldest Cup competition in the world cannot begin to defend such palpable mismatches at the quarter-final stage.It is traditional to console the underdogs by claiming that they gave it a real go, never conceded an inch, did themselves proud. In reality, none of those cliches rings particularly true.
Coventry were unduly cautious, indifferently organised and utterly devoid of guile. Take away the odd, vaguely neanderthal long throw from Aron Gunnarsson and they offered nothing to hurt Chelsea.Not until the game was dead and buried in the last 15 minutes did they even contemplate genuine enterprise as opposed to dour containment.
Coventry's manager Chris Coleman, while admitting that his men had been beaten out of sight by a vastly superior football team, erected a daft little smokescreen by suggesting that the referee Steve Bennett had been on overly friendly terms with the Chelsea stars, that he had spoken dismissively to the honest yeomen of Coventry.In short, that he had been a trifle 'smug'. It was a curious distraction, almost Warnockian in its paranoia, and the best we can say is that his heart was not really in it.He had been rather more frank in his programme notes, where he announced: 'We have always said that the League is the most important thing.' Which is rather sad, if undeniably true.The Coventry public were rather more enthusiastic. They maintained the noise from start to finish, bawling their support for a lost cause and cheerfully abusing their Chelsea player of choice.
Frank Lampard was lightly burned and Didier Drogba energetically derided. But, inevitably, the heaviest flak was reserved for Ashley Cole. Throughout the 90 minutes, his every touch was greeted with a barrage of boos.He affected indifference, but on occasion he looked quite hurt. For Ashley knows, better than most, just what boos can do to a man.Yet these diverting sideshows could not divert the inevitable course of the game. Within two minutes of a dire first half, Drogba was whipping a self-made opportunity past the far post.After 15 soporific minutes, an innocuous ball came drifting towards the Coventry back line. Scott Dann had two chances to clear, and declined both. Drogba seized the subsequent chance with punitive efficiency.
From there on, it became a lesson in pass and move, with Chelsea possession secure beyond challenge and the odd half-chance emerging from their total domination.The wonder was that half-time arrived with only a goal's difference between the sides, the more so since Coventry's central defenders were the football equivalent of 'walking wickets'.Chelsea brought on Ricardo Quaresma for Salomon Kalou at the interval, and later felt sufficiently at ease to involve the massively influential Michael Essien for the last 25 minutes. Six minutes later, the game was put to bed.It was a curiously assembled goal. Drogba and his central defender team-mate Alex clashed heads inside the Chelsea box. After treatment, they demanded to return as Gunnarsson wound himself up for yet another throw.
Referee Bennett held them back, then waved them on as the ball was contested. It was knocked clear to Quaresma, who made urgent strides down the right, saw the pass early and played it perfectly.Alex, careering forward, met the cross with a striker's precision. Poor old Coleman worked hard to find something sinister in Bennett's conduct at that throw but, once again, his heart was not in it.So Chelsea came sauntering home, with a Wembley semi-final secure and Juventus appearing on their radar for a Champions League collision on Tuesday.Their season could yet be memorable, as they continue to fight on several fronts. But one thing is certain: the next few weeks will offer all manner of tests. And every one will be infinitely more demanding than yesterday's gentle stroll in the Warwickshire sunshine.
COVENTRY (4-3-1-2): Westwood; Wright, Dann, Turner, Hall; Henderson, Doyle (Beuzelin 59min), Gunnarsson; Eastwood; Morrison, Best. Subs (not used): Marshall, Ward, Osbourne, McPake, Simpson, Thornton. Booked: Beuzelin.CHELSEA (4-3-3): Cech; Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, A Cole; Ballack, Mikel (Essien 65), Lampard; Kalou (Quaresma 46), Drogba (Di Santo 80), Malouda.Subs (not used): Hilario, Carvalho, Quaresma, Belletti, Mancienne.Referee: S Bennett (Kent).
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Indy:
No romance for Coventry as Hiddink's honeymoon goes on
Coventry City 0 Chelsea 2
By James Corrigan at the Ricoh Arena
Five out of five and at least one visit to Wembley booked in for the fans. Guus Hiddink's first four weeks in charge must now be credited as being the start of dreams. Of a billionaire's dream at that. In truth, though, anything but advancement from this rather dull FA Cup quarter-final would have been disappointing for Guy the Gorilla, never mind Guus the Genius; particularly as Hiddink fielded his strongest XI. With the Champions' League return leg at Juventus looming on Tuesday, it was, as the Coventry manager, Chris Coleman, called it, "the greatest compliment".
Perhaps Hiddink was thinking back to the club's humiliating exit at the same stage against Barnsley last year; or perhaps he was expecting rather more from a Coventry side who never truly managed to raise themselves above their Championship standing. Then again, maybe Hiddink truly does hold the old competition in such high esteem. "We don't have priority for the Champions' League," he said. "The FA Cup is not just respected in England but worldwide."
Certainly it would have been no surprise to see him "rest" Ashley Cole after his arrest outside a West End nightspot in the early hours of Thursday morning. Hiddink maintained that after "addressing the issue" with the England defender he did not think about dropping him – "not for a single moment". As it was, Cole's performance was both sober and orderly; a description that neatly summed up Chelsea.
Coleman billed it as "the biggest game in the history of this stadium", which seeing as it has been in use since August 2005 was not the grandest of statements. Nevertheless, this was the first time the Ricoh Arena had been at capacity. Well, that is not strictly true, as Oasis had also managed to raise the sold-out signs. Coleman was certainly looking back in anger about the referee's display.
"I was disappointed with [Steve] Bennett," said the Welshman. "He was too smug towards us. Some of my players said he was very friendly to the Chelsea players. They weren't happy with his attitude."
Coleman admitted Coventry did not exactly help themselves; especially with the first goal. Just 15 minutes had gone when a boot upfield was first allowed towards their area by Ben Turner, where it was then miscontrolled by Scott Dann as the bulk of Didier Drogba was bearing down on him. The Ivorian's finish from a rapidly diminishing angle – Drogba's third goal in four games – was one of the game's two moments of class.
The other came with the lightning-swift break which led to a second goal that Coleman was to dispute vehemently and Hiddink was to label "beautiful". Alas, in between the fare was all too ugly as Chelsea struggled to find the killer ball and Coventry embarked on their wild Guus chase.
Leon Best created the home side's finest chance with a jinking run before shooting over, and Frank Lampard and the rejuvenated Drogba both went close. The game was made to wait until the 72nd minute for the second goal. Coleman's ire was again directed towards Bennett, whom he believed waved on Alex and Drogba too quickly when the pair had been forced to leave the pitch after receiving treatment for a clash of heads.
Chelsea were down to nine men as they tried to defend one of many Aron Gunnarsson long throw-ins. But before the ball had bounced the two Blues were running back on, and within 30 seconds Alex had side-footed into the net up at the other end following a cross by the substitute Ricardo Quaresma. It was a bizarre passage, which probably stemmed from a bizarre law. Even Hiddink admitted: "That rule needs to be reconsidered."
For now he has more pressing concerns. Nicolas Anelka is doubtful to figure in Turin, where Chelsea will seek to convert their 1-0 advantage, while he has a quandary about whether to start Michael Essien. Yesterday the midfielder came on with 25 minutes remaining for his first action in six months following an anterior cruciate ligament injury. It was a pleasing sight for the Blues. Indeed, everything looks that much rosier now.
Attendance: 31,407.
Referee: Steve Bennett.
Man of the match: Drogba.
Match rating: 5/10.
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Observer:
Drogba strikes as Coventry go out with a whimper
Coventry City 0 Chelsea 2 Drogba 15, Alex 72
Paul Wilson at the Ricoh Arena Didier Drogba scored, Ashley Cole was booed, Michael Essien made his first appearance for six months and Alex rounded things off with one of the stranger goals of the season. Oh... and Chelsea ended up in the FA Cup semi-finals. This was another occasion when the fabled drama and romance of the competition were somewhere else. ITV might have had more luck screening a Tic Tac commercial.
Perhaps that is a little harsh on Coventry City, who tried hard without ever looking remotely in Chelsea's class, though the underdogs hardly helped themselves by conceding a soft early goal that allowed the Premier League side to take it easy. "Chelsea are good enough to make their own goals," Chris Coleman said. "They don't need any help from us. That was a bit of nerves on our part."
The Coventry manager had promised he did not want to go out of the Cup with a whimper and felt his team might be able to match their opponents if one or two of the Chelsea players had an off-day, but whimper it was and it was the City players who had the off-day, particularly the centre-back pairing of Scott Dann and Ben Turner. Dann had already had a lucky escape as early as the second minute when he let the ball bounce and saw Drogba whisk past him to shoot wide. But when he repeated the error 13 minutes later the Ivorian striker was less forgiving.
Turner put his fellow defender under pressure with a weak and misdirected clearing header, yet even so Dann had time to deal with the situation but instead allowed Drogba to push him off the ball. Once goalside the rejuvenated striker expertly rounded Keiren Westwood and scored from a narrow angle.
That goal killed the game as a contest. Leon Best put Coventry's best chance of the first half high over the bar and Chelsea came close to another goal when Westwood had to tip over Frank Lampard's 25-yard free-kick. Chelsea operated at half pace for the rest of the game, perhaps with an eye on their Champions League game in Turin on Tuesday, and felt comfortable enough to send on Essien for the last half hour, to feel his way back to match fitness after knee-ligament surgery. According to Guus Hiddink, the Ghanaian is unlikely to start against Juventus and Nicolas Anelka is rated doubtful as well.
By that stage of the second half Coventry were pinning most of their attacking hopes on long throws from Aron Gunnarsson, rather an odd sight to behold as the tight sidelines of the Ricoh Arena necessitate a round-the-corner run-up, a bit like a high jumper approaching the bar. When Gunnarsson reached the touchline one did not quite know whether to expect a throw or a Fosbury flop, though one of his lobs was almost turned in by Clinton Morrison after 70 minutes. His next one led directly to Chelsea's second goal.
The visitors were forced to defend it with Drogba and Alex off the field receiving treatment after an accidental collision. Referee Steve Bennett waved them on as the throw came in, Michael Ballack cleared, Florent Malouda made space in the middle and found Ricardo Quaresma on the right, and when the cross came in Alex was on the end after running the length of the pitch. More bizarre still was Coleman moaning about it.
"The referee shouldn't have let them back on the pitch so quickly," he said. "He's supposed to see where the ball bounces first. But my players weren't very happy with his attitude. He was on very friendly terms with the Chelsea players and smug towards us."
Unsurprisingly, Hiddink failed to see the logic in that argument. "We scored a beautiful goal on the counter," he said. "But I do think the rule needs looking at. We were at a disadvantage, having to defend a throw with two of our tallest players off the field. Referees should be able to wait until the teams are equal."
On this evidence, even Coleman must accept that might be a very long wait.
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NOTW:
COVENTRY 0, CHELSEA 2 Didier Drogba is cooking for Guus From ROB BEASLEY at the Ricoh Arena, 07/03/2009
WHO let the Drog out? Guus Hiddink of course — and Chelsea are now reaping the richest of rewards.
It’s five wins in row for the Dutch boss and three goals in four for the infuriating Ivorian. Drogba has been reborn under Chelsea’s ‘interim coach’. The sulky, brooding, malcontent has become a silky, barn-storming, marauder.
He’s scored as many goals in the last fortnight as he had all season under the axed Big Phil Scolari. A cynic would say he’s playing to get away — and Drogba’s certainly hinted at it often enough in recent times.
But it might just be that a bit of love and comfort from Hiddink has done far more than the hardline approach of the Brazilian, who famously banished the Blues striker to train with the youth team after a 3-0 thrashing at Manchester United.
At the Ricoh arena the ‘old’ Drogba turned up and there’s no doubting that, at his brilliant best, Drogba is a massive asset for Chelsea, a tormentor of even the best of defences. Which is why he had so much fun here in the Midlands.
Because, on this performance, Coventry skipper Scott Dann and poor old Ben Turner could never be described as top-drawer defenders.
There they were with one man to mark between them and still City’s centre-backs couldn’t cope. Turner was in turmoil as early as the second minute when Drogba taunted and teased him to escape in the area before dragging his shot disappointingly wide. But Drogba was not so wasteful with 15 minutes gone.
Again he terrorised Turner before committing keeper Kieren Westwood with a clever feint followed by a fearsome left-foot shot to convert an early goal and dampen the excitement and expectation of the first full house at the Ricoh for a football match.
There were 31,407 packed into the ground, including 5,500 travelling Chelsea fans, who noisily contributed to the atmosphere.That attendance has been topped only by a concert here by American rockers Bon Jovi last summer.
Drogba was delighted with his second goal in a week and he ran down the touchline to the Chelsea bench to share the moment with fit-again team-mate Michael Essien.
The Ghana international, who has played just two games for the Blues this season, was back in the squad for the first time since rupturing knee ligaments playing for his country way back in early September.
It was a demonstration of team togetherness and unity, something Chelsea have been accused of lacking this term. But the Blues now look back in business for the business end of the season.
Not that Coventry rolled over and lay down. Boss Chris Coleman would not allow that. In fact, masked raider Leon Best embarrassed Alex and Chelsea captain John Terry with a searing 24th-minute run into the box but then ruined it all by blazing wildly over.
Frank Lampard’s free-kick 10 minutes later was a better lesson in accuracy. The England star’s drive was arrowing for the top corner when highly-rated City goalkeeper Westwood threw himself full-length to his left to touch it past the angle with his fingertips.
That let-off sparked an instant reaction from City — with Freddie Eastwood smashing a fierce shot. It was Coventry's first on target but it flew straight into the arms of Petr Cech. Mind you, Chelsea were labouring to add to their early lead, with Drogba and Salomon Kalou both off target just before the break.
After the interval City began to hope they could rescue the game. They began to get a territorial foothold in the Chelsea half and the long throws of Aron Gunnarsson were the biggest danger to a Chelsea defence that’s had trouble this term dealing with high balls into the middle. It raised the noise to unprecedented levels that even Bon Jovi would have struggled to match but it was from one such long throw that Chelsea actually killed the game.
Both sides were unhappy with events in the lead-up to the Londoners’ crucial second goal.
Chelsea’s Alex and Drogba clashed heads trying to clear an aerial assault and crashed to the turf. It looked serious enough for both Chelsea and Coventry’s physios to race on to the pitch to offer first aid to the stricken pair. But once they were recovered, referee Steve Bennett ordered them off the pitch. That left Chelsea to defend a Gunnarsson special with only nine men — and they were not happy about it.
But it was soon City’s turn to moan as Chelsea had the last laugh. Michael Ballack won a towering header to clear the throw and impressive sub Ricardo Quaresma scampered away down the right to lead a telling counter-attack.
The on-loan winger then clipped over a superb ball into the middle where, of all people, Alex was on hand to finish off.
He and Drogba had raced back on to the pitch as soon as Gunnarsson had launched his latest missile and moments later the Brazilian centre-back was charging forward to seal an April trip to Wembley for Chelsea’s third FA Cup semi-final in four years. And with Essien and Ricardo Carvalho back again they could just be coming good at the right time.
Both could feature against Juventus in Turin on Tuesday as Hiddink hunts down silverware on a second front.
Smug
But Chris Coleman accused ref Bennett of being too “friendly” with Chelsea’s stars and complained: “I was disappointed with Bennett. He was too smug. My senior players said he was very friendly with the Chelsea boys.
“I know people respect great players and sometimes they can be in awe of them.”
Coleman was angry over the build-up to Chelsea’s second goal. Drogba and Alex clashed heads and Bennett ordered the pair off the pitch while City’s Gunnarsson launched a long throw-in.
But as soon as the ball had left Gunnarsson’s hands they stormed back on to the pitch as the visitors broke away to score.
Coleman moaned: “I was not happy with the way Alex and Drogba re-entered the field after treatment. Then who scores Chelsea’s second goal? Alex!”
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink was also unhappy. He said: “We had two of our best headers of the ball off the field when we had to defend a dangerous situation.”
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