Portsmouth against Chelsea

Taylor gets his first real touch of the ball and tries to play in Mornar but it is too easy for Bridge who continues to get vocal abuse from the crowd

Chelsea retain possession as they try to force the tired home side to chase the ball

Substitution for Portsmouth sees Berkovic, who has run himself ragged, make way for Matthew Taylor

Straight away Chelsea break into the space Pompey are now leaving at the back. Hasselbaink is fresh enough to out pace Pasanen but the angle is too narrow and he hits the side netting with his shot

Great ball in from the left by Yakubu. the outswinging cross is heading towards Mornar on the penalty spot but Terry, again, gets in front to avert the danger

Stefanovic is shown yellow after a bad foul on Hasselbaink. The Dutchman gets up to take the resulting free kick. While Pompey are still preparing he tries a quick low shot but it trickles through without troubling Hislop

A wonder ball from Lampard sends Hasselbaink free over the top. As Hislop comes out, the striker lifts the ball over his head only for it to come back off the crossbar. Crespo, however, as all strikers should, is following in and chests the ball over the line. 2-0 Chelsea

Crespo is booked for diving in the Portsmouth box after going down like a girl. the fall was theatric but replays show that he had a case after the defender put a leg out as he turned

From the corner a good delivery gives Yakubu a half chance but he is reaching backwards to head and can't direct it on target

Played short and all they eventually get from it is a corner

Terry gives away a foul in his battle with Mornar to give Pompey a free kick in front of goal but a long way out.

Goal scorer Parker is the latest Chelsea man to leave the feild to be replaced by Joe Cole

Corner comes to nothing as a heap of players tumble over in the six yard box. The referee awards in Chelsea's favour

Free kick from Berkovic clips the wall and sails over Sullivan's goal for a corner

Hesitant defending from Chelsea allows Pompey to regain possession on the edge of the box when it should have been cleared. LuaLua is fouled before he can soot

Gudjohnsen makes way for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Disputed corner ball is played quickly across the goal but Terry, yet again, is alive to the danger and is fouled in the process of cutting out the cross

Portsmouth are certainly having their chances as the game becomes more stretched but they need to start making them count if they are to get anything from this match

Mornar wins a header and puts it across the box to Yakubu who lays it back outside the box to LuaLua. On the half volley he strikes it cleanly enough but directs it just high and wide

A through ball for Yakubu to chase sets up a battle of the big men as a covering Terry has to use all his strength to hold off the striker. Crowd appeal for a penalty but in fact Terry plays the situation perfectly to guide the ball back to Sullivan. Great defending

LuaLua has a chance to make a mark. A virtual free header on the penalty spot is was wasted by the substitute

Dangerous moment for Pompey as Crespo finds space behind the last defender but Gudjohnsen's ball over the top is not good enough. Crespo must be wondering why it was not given to him on the floor

Substitution takes an age as Mutu ambles across the pitch, much to the annoyance of the home crowd

Substitution for Chelsea as Mutu, who has not had the best of matches, makes way for Hernan Crespo who has been absent from the Chelsea side of late with an injury

Ball over the top for Mutu to chase but Pasanen holds him off and clears into touch

Lampard shoots from all of 30 yards and the effort is still rising as it reaches the stands

Makelele shows his strength to win the ball in the middle and ride a couple of challenges. Stands strong and releases Lampard

Sullivan comes a long way out of his goal to challenge Mornar for a looping cross. Has to be sure and is as he wins the dual

Stefanovic is gifted the freedom of Fratton Park as he receives a ball on the left with no one anywhere near him. With all the time in the world he plays an awful cross to the feet of the first Chelsea man. Very disappointing from a good position

Berger cannot continue and has to leave the action. In his place comes the on loan striker from Newcastle, Lomana Tresor LuaLua

Portsmouth keep possession and probe the Chelsea back line looking for an opening. Berkovic plays a clever, disguised back heel into the box down the left anticipating a run that Stefanovic didn't make

Berger has twisted his ankle in to process and is now off the pitch to receive treatment

A delightful chipped ball over the top from Quashie looks to have put Berger away. He needed a good first touch to bring the ball down but he is unable to make any contact

Lampard forward to Gronkjaer who gets a cross out from under his feet in the Portsmouth box that just fails to reach its target

Pompey try to play themselves out of trouble but Lampard is strong and robs Faye of the ball

A flowing Chelsea move sees Lampard getting forward and exchanging passes with Gujohnsen on the edge of the box. A neat back hell from the striker into Lampard's path allows him to shoot low and hard but at the feet of Hislop who prevents a goal by getting down well

From the clearance Portsmouth break and a run down the left by Yakubu is halted but Parker who kicks him up in the air to become the first player in the referee's book

Mistake by Stefanovic gifts the ball to Chelsea who start playing the ball around in the Pompey half. A clumsy challenge by Mornar gives Mutu a free kick just wide of the left corner of the box. Played low and hard but Pompey clear

No changes by either side at the break as Chelsea get the second half under way

Half time whistle is sounded and a thoroughly compelling half comes to a close. The crowd have been treated to plenty of chances for both sides, two massively committed teams playing as if it is a cup tie and some nice touches of skill. Chelsea had the upper hand near the start but Pompey have fought their way back into it and deserve to have gone in at least level.

Yakubu wriggles free of his markers inside the Chelsea half to get off a powerful, waist level shot that calls on Sullivan to prove his worth, diving at full stretch to repel to strike

One minute of added time announced

Portsmouth, with Berkovic as the driving force, edge up the pitch until the ball comes to Faye, with Chelsea seemingly unwilling to close him down. The crowd want him to shoot, so he does and the ball sails a long, long way over

Quick throw from the Scot sets up a Chelsea counter attack and Lampard, arriving late from deep will be disappointed not to have done better with a shot from outside the area

Corner is too close to the keeper and Sullivan collects easily

Berkovic does well to retain pssession and play a delightful pass out to Mornar who surges forward to win a corner

Yakubu is penalised for being too heavy handed as Pompey attack

Chelsea have to play a lot of quick, first touch passes under pressure from the Pompey midfield. They do, and find a bit of space for Makelele to play a ball forward for Melchiot to chase. But it is too heavy and goes for a corner

Gronkjaer, hugging the left touchline, recieves the ball, cuts inside and tries to curl a right footed shot into the top right hand corner of the net. Not too far away but there were a number of team mates who will be annoyed with his greed

Stefanovic is given room on the left to place his cross. Mornar is the target but Terry is with him every inch of the way and does enough to deny him a decent chance

Long ball forward for Mutu to chase. pasanen, though, is calm under the pressure and heads back to his keeper

Quashie swings in a cross with no particular target. Half hearted appeals for a penalty from the crowd as Mornar backs in to Terry but nothing is, rightly, given

A good 15 minute spell for Portsmouth who are, for the moment, camped in the Chelsea half

Berger twists and turns his way around the middle of the pitch, looking for an opening. Turns back on himself and swings his left foot to fire a dipping, curving effort goalwards. Sullivan is beaten but the post denies the Czech international a sensational equaliser

Quashie takes a snap shot from just outside the box on the left. Worth a pop but in the end the effort flashes across the box to safety from a Chelsea point of view

The two chances for Pompey have lifted both the crowd and the players after their performance had threatened to loose momentum

Bridge makes a typically energetic overlapp down the left and is unlucky that his cross is blocked

Quashie and Terry get caught up in a wrestling match mid -way into the Chelsea half. Award goes in favour of the home side but the free kick comes to nothing

Mix up at the back for Chelsea. Back pass from Terry to Sullivan who fires the clearance straigh at his team mate. Ball deflects to the path of Yakubu is space running into the box. The striker fires a powerful straight shot that keeps rising and goes over. Should have been one-one but isn't

Rare chance for Portsmouth as a ball breaks to Berger in front of goal around 25 yards out. Parker is quick enough to close him down an block

Great football from Chelsea. Ball in from the right by Parker finds Mutu, quick back heel to Lampard who plays a one-two with Gudjohnsen and looks to be in on goal until an outstretched Pompey leg nicks the ball from his feet

Mutu wastes the dead ball by sending it too high and long for the waiting Terry

Dangerous inswinging cross from Parker sees De Zuuw take no chances and head the ball out for a corner, almost stealing the ball from his keeper's hands

Makelele intercepts a cross and releases Gronkjaer who makes up quick ground going forward before a wayward pass

After a high octane start the goal seems to have knocked some of the stuffing out of the home side

Parker , bearing down on Pompey's box lays the ball left to Mutu who is in acres of space inside the home side's penalty area. Lots of Blue shirts are back but to little effect as Mutu gives it back to Parker who has the simple task of finding the net from directly in front of goal, 8 yards out. No mistake is made and Parker opens his Chelsea account. 1-0

Tempers are starting to flare due to the frenetic pace and persistent fouls. Mutu kicks out at Qushie after a foul but no card is shown

Quick sideways free kick from Mutu whilst Pompey are still organising gives Gronkjaer a shooting opportunity. From all of 30 yards a powerful effort is not too far away but Hislop looked to have his top right corner covered

Mornar takes his offside count to four

Stefanovic lobs an long ball forward for Mornar to chase down the left forcing Melchiot to come across to hoof the ball away

Mornar is pulled up, correctly, for offside for the third time already

In a congested midfield, Chelsea are struggling to put together and decent passing moves

A firey opening is peppered with fouls - Lampard the latest to be given a talking to by referee Graham Poll

Gronkjaer, putting himself around in the early stages, finds space on the left and a cross-come-shot runs narrowly wide of Hislop's left hand upright

Berkovic rides several tackles just inside the Chelsea half. Settling on the ball he plays a beautiful weighted pass behind the Chelsea back line. Sullivan is lively enough to get to it just ahead of the oncoming Yakubu

Surging run across the centre of the park by Gronkjaer is ended by Berger who cleverly shepherds him out for a Pompey throw on the half way line

A throw in to Gronkjaer sees the ball bounce up and Primus pulled up for a high, dangerous foul on the Chelsea man on the left, level with the six yard box

Corner comes to nothing as the crowds venom continues to be poored on former Southampton man Bridge

Gronkjaer shows fine skill as he back heels a ball out wide on the left to the overlapping Bridge, wrong footing the entire Pompey defence. Great ball in from the full back flashes across the six yard box begging for a touch but it is put out safely for a corner

Mornar shows Pompey's spirit by chasing down Melchiot deep in his own half

Parker has the ball in the net after a shot from distance but the referee had blown up for a foul on Faye long before the effort

Massive jeers mark out that Bridge is on the ball

Portsmouth kick off and straight away Sullivan gets a touch

Terry returns to the Chelsea defence for the game at Fratton Park and Parker is also back in the starting line up. Sullivan continues to deputise for the injured Cudicini and today's front two are Mutu and Gudjohnsen. Chelsea will be looking to keep pressure up on the top two and keep alive their slim title hopes. Two teams desperate for points for different reasons, a full house and, no doubt, some 'new offside rule controversy' means a cracking game is in prospect

With Smirtin unable to play against the side that are paying his wages Portsmouth start with Yakubu and Mornar up front with Berkovic sitting just in front of a midfield three. With Leeds winning yesterday there is more pressure on the home side to collect points

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Disputed corner ball is played quickly across the goal but Terry, yet again, is alive to the danger and is fouled in the process of cutting out the cross

Portsmouth are certainly having their chances as the game becomes more stretched but they need to start making them count if they are to get anything from this match

Mornar wins a header and puts it across the box to Yakubu who lays it back outside the box to LuaLua. On the half volley he strikes it cleanly enough but directs it just high and wide

A through ball for Yakubu to chase sets up a battle of the big men as a covering Terry has to use all his strength to hold off the striker. Crowd appeal for a penalty but in fact Terry plays the situation perfectly to guide the ball back to Sullivan. Great defending

LuaLua has a chance to make a mark. A virtual free header on the penalty spot is was wasted by the substitute

Dangerous moment for Pompey as Crespo finds space behind the last defender but Gudjohnsen's ball over the top is not good enough. Crespo must be wondering why it was not given to him on the floor

Substitution takes an age as Mutu ambles across the pitch, much to the annoyance of the home crowd

Substitution for Chelsea as Mutu, who has not had the best of matches, makes way for Hernan Crespo who has been absent from the Chelsea side of late with an injury

Ball over the top for Mutu to chase but Pasanen holds him off and clears into touch

Lampard shoots from all of 30 yards and the effort is still rising as it reaches the stands

Makelele shows his strength to win the ball in the middle and ride a couple of challenges. Stands strong and releases Lampard

Sullivan comes a long way out of his goal to challenge Mornar for a looping cross. Has to be sure and is as he wins the dual

Stefanovic is gifted the freedom of Fratton Park as he receives a ball on the left with no one anywhere near him. With all the time in the world he plays an awful cross to the feet of the first Chelsea man. Very disappointing from a good position

Berger cannot continue and has to leave the action. In his place comes the on loan striker from Newcastle, Lomana Tresor LuaLua

Portsmouth keep possession and probe the Chelsea back line looking for an opening. Berkovic plays a clever, disguised back heel into the box down the left anticipating a run that Stefanovic didn't make

Berger has twisted his ankle in to process and is now off the pitch to receive treatment

A delightful chipped ball over the top from Quashie looks to have put Berger away. He needed a good first touch to bring the ball down but he is unable to make any contact

Lampard forward to Gronkjaer who gets a cross out from under his feet in the Portsmouth box that just fails to reach its target

Pompey try to play themselves out of trouble but Lampard is strong and robs Faye of the ball

A flowing Chelsea move sees Lampard getting forward and exchanging passes with Gujohnsen on the edge of the box. A neat back hell from the striker into Lampard's path allows him to shoot low and hard but at the feet of Hislop who prevents a goal by getting down well

From the clearance Portsmouth break and a run down the left by Yakubu is halted but Parker who kicks him up in the air to become the first player in the referee's book

Mistake by Stefanovic gifts the ball to Chelsea who start playing the ball around in the Pompey half. A clumsy challenge by Mornar gives Mutu a free kick just wide of the left corner of the box. Played low and hard but Pompey clear

No changes by either side at the break as Chelsea get the second half under way

Half time whistle is sounded and a thoroughly compelling half comes to a close. The crowd have been treated to plenty of chances for both sides, two massively committed teams playing as if it is a cup tie and some nice touches of skill. Chelsea had the upper hand near the start but Pompey have fought their way back into it and deserve to have gone in at least level.

Yakubu wriggles free of his markers inside the Chelsea half to get off a powerful, waist level shot that calls on Sullivan to prove his worth, diving at full stretch to repel to strike

One minute of added time announced

Portsmouth, with Berkovic as the driving force, edge up the pitch until the ball comes to Faye, with Chelsea seemingly unwilling to close him down. The crowd want him to shoot, so he does and the ball sails a long, long way over

Quick throw from the Scot sets up a Chelsea counter attack and Lampard, arriving late from deep will be disappointed not to have done better with a shot from outside the area

Corner is too close to the keeper and Sullivan collects easily

Berkovic does well to retain pssession and play a delightful pass out to Mornar who surges forward to win a corner

Yakubu is penalised for being too heavy handed as Pompey attack

Chelsea have to play a lot of quick, first touch passes under pressure from the Pompey midfield. They do, and find a bit of space for Makelele to play a ball forward for Melchiot to chase. But it is too heavy and goes for a corner

Gronkjaer, hugging the left touchline, recieves the ball, cuts inside and tries to curl a right footed shot into the top right hand corner of the net. Not too far away but there were a number of team mates who will be annoyed with his greed

Stefanovic is given room on the left to place his cross. Mornar is the target but Terry is with him every inch of the way and does enough to deny him a decent chance

Long ball forward for Mutu to chase. pasanen, though, is calm under the pressure and heads back to his keeper

Quashie swings in a cross with no particular target. Half hearted appeals for a penalty from the crowd as Mornar backs in to Terry but nothing is, rightly, given

A good 15 minute spell for Portsmouth who are, for the moment, camped in the Chelsea half

Berger twists and turns his way around the middle of the pitch, looking for an opening. Turns back on himself and swings his left foot to fire a dipping, curving effort goalwards. Sullivan is beaten but the post denies the Czech international a sensational equaliser

Quashie takes a snap shot from just outside the box on the left. Worth a pop but in the end the effort flashes across the box to safety from a Chelsea point of view

The two chances for Pompey have lifted both the crowd and the players after their performance had threatened to loose momentum

Bridge makes a typically energetic overlapp down the left and is unlucky that his cross is blocked

Quashie and Terry get caught up in a wrestling match mid -way into the Chelsea half. Award goes in favour of the home side but the free kick comes to nothing

Mix up at the back for Chelsea. Back pass from Terry to Sullivan who fires the clearance straigh at his team mate. Ball deflects to the path of Yakubu is space running into the box. The striker fires a powerful straight shot that keeps rising and goes over. Should have been one-one but isn't

Rare chance for Portsmouth as a ball breaks to Berger in front of goal around 25 yards out. Parker is quick enough to close him down an block

Great football from Chelsea. Ball in from the right by Parker finds Mutu, quick back heel to Lampard who plays a one-two with Gudjohnsen and looks to be in on goal until an outstretched Pompey leg nicks the ball from his feet

Mutu wastes the dead ball by sending it too high and long for the waiting Terry

Dangerous inswinging cross from Parker sees De Zuuw take no chances and head the ball out for a corner, almost stealing the ball from his keeper's hands

Makelele intercepts a cross and releases Gronkjaer who makes up quick ground going forward before a wayward pass

After a high octane start the goal seems to have knocked some of the stuffing out of the home side

Parker , bearing down on Pompey's box lays the ball left to Mutu who is in acres of space inside the home side's penalty area. Lots of Blue shirts are back but to little effect as Mutu gives it back to Parker who has the simple task of finding the net from directly in front of goal, 8 yards out. No mistake is made and Parker opens his Chelsea account. 1-0

Tempers are starting to flare due to the frenetic pace and persistent fouls. Mutu kicks out at Qushie after a foul but no card is shown

Quick sideways free kick from Mutu whilst Pompey are still organising gives Gronkjaer a shooting opportunity. From all of 30 yards a powerful effort is not too far away but Hislop looked to have his top right corner covered

Mornar takes his offside count to four

Stefanovic lobs an long ball forward for Mornar to chase down the left forcing Melchiot to come across to hoof the ball away

Mornar is pulled up, correctly, for offside for the third time already

In a congested midfield, Chelsea are struggling to put together and decent passing moves

A firey opening is peppered with fouls - Lampard the latest to be given a talking to by referee Graham Poll

Gronkjaer, putting himself around in the early stages, finds space on the left and a cross-come-shot runs narrowly wide of Hislop's left hand upright

Berkovic rides several tackles just inside the Chelsea half. Settling on the ball he plays a beautiful weighted pass behind the Chelsea back line. Sullivan is lively enough to get to it just ahead of the oncoming Yakubu

Surging run across the centre of the park by Gronkjaer is ended by Berger who cleverly shepherds him out for a Pompey throw on the half way line

A throw in to Gronkjaer sees the ball bounce up and Primus pulled up for a high, dangerous foul on the Chelsea man on the left, level with the six yard box

Corner comes to nothing as the crowds venom continues to be poored on former Southampton man Bridge

Gronkjaer shows fine skill as he back heels a ball out wide on the left to the overlapping Bridge, wrong footing the entire Pompey defence. Great ball in from the full back flashes across the six yard box begging for a touch but it is put out safely for a corner

Mornar shows Pompey's spirit by chasing down Melchiot deep in his own half

Parker has the ball in the net after a shot from distance but the referee had blown up for a foul on Faye long before the effort

Massive jeers mark out that Bridge is on the ball

Portsmouth kick off and straight away Sullivan gets a touch

Terry returns to the Chelsea defence for the game at Fratton Park and Parker is also back in the starting line up. Sullivan continues to deputise for the injured Cudicini and today's front two are Mutu and Gudjohnsen. Chelsea will be looking to keep pressure up on the top two and keep alive their slim title hopes. Two teams desperate for points for different reasons, a full house and, no doubt, some 'new offside rule controversy' means a cracking game is in prospect

With Smirtin unable to play against the side that are paying his wages Portsmouth start with Yakubu and Mornar up front with Berkovic sitting just in front of a midfield three. With Leeds winning yesterday there is more pressure on the home side to collect points

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