Fulham against Chelsea

An excellent run down the right from Hayles brings Fulham a corner as Huth challenges...

Gudjohnsen crosses low from the right and Fulham scramble it away. Decent run from the substitute

Marlet gets a touch, but it doesn't really amount to much... Ouaddou fells Gronkjaer and the first yellow card of the night is the result

Repeat performance - it's another corner as Chelsea clear their lines

This time the attack leads to a corner. Chelsea under pressure

From it, they win another... decent spell for the hosts, this one

Davis and Ouaddou gang up to dispossess him and Fulham move forward to win a throw on the right

Lampard has space in midfield for Chelsea...

Marlet crosses, Hayles gets a touch - Gallas gets it away

Marlet chases a long through ball, and Cudicini reads the situation well to gather

Chelsea clip the ball forward: aimless and careless, it's straight into touch

Zola's off and Eidur Gudjohnsen on: another switch for Chelsea as the game heads for the final 15 minutes

Gronkjaer gets away at the other end, and Van der Sar makes a good block at his near post

Boa Morte then looks for Hayles - more good work from Huth

Boa Morte turns on the pace and Marlet gets a touch to his through ball - it's wide of the mark, though. Fulham at speed

In the end, Knight hits a shot which skews a long, long way wide

Good skills by Malbranque, who shuffles away from two defenders before winning a free-kick which can be swung into the area...

He gets his head to a Blues corner, but that's well wide of the far post

Huth, who has had an excellent game for Chelsea, intercepts to bring an end to all that

A frustratd Hasselbaink gives away a free-kick... Fulham try a spot of keep-ball

Indeed he does, replacing Zenden

Chelsea looking set to make a change - Jesper Gobkjaer ready to join the fray...

Boa Morte motors towards the edge of the area but just loses control at the vital moment - great skills in the build-up, though

Legwinski crosses low for Fulham after Marlet's through ball - Chelsea have defended well tonight and do so again

Off goes Inamoto and on comes Luis Boa Morte as Tigana makes a Fulham change

The Hasselbaink goal drought goes on... for now

Hasslebaink gets there, but his snapshot flies over Van der Sar's crossbar

Snappier from the Blues - good movement in midfield, with Zola involved...

Chelsea's corner... Fulham's clearance... neither side's set pieces have been much to write home about

De Lucas and Lampard link - Zola carries on the move and then Knight breaks it up

Stanic gets there well for Chelsea and is then caught by a Davis challenge... the Blues player is soon back on his feet

Legwinski has some space through the middle...

Tigana's side have started this period the brighter - what can Chelsea offer in response?

Hayles is again baulked by Huth as he attempts to make progress down the Fulham right

Ouaddou provides, Marlet volleys from the edge of the area - just wide. Superb effort from the Fulham striker

Plenty of action in this half, which has been frenetic and competitive

Legwinski slides the ball towards Hayles, who is thwarted... Davis tries a long-ranger but sees it deflected to safety

Zola clips the ball towards Hasselbaink, and there are one or two anxious moments for Fulham before it's cleared

At the other end, Inamoto attempts an ambitious volley and sees it skew wildly wide

He swings the ball in from the right, but Hasselbaink can't get a proper connection and the chance is gone

Better from Chelsea here, and De Lucas is involved...

It comes to nothing - the ball is cleared comfortably enough

But here come the home side again, and they win a throw deep inside Chelsea territory

It ends with a Fulham free-kick around half-way... Marlet takes the ball on but is crowded out

We're under way in the second half - scrappy period of play in midfield

That's the end of the half - no goals, but a handful of decent chances

But they have a late scare as Zola tries a shot, and the block nearly puts Hasselbaink clear in the area

Legwinski has the ball, and Tigana's side are playing with poise as the half draws to a close

Inamoto's made quite an impression since joining Fulham - he nearly augmented his reputation there

He turns and shoots low, and Cudicini makes a fine save

Inamoto finds space inside the area...

Huth gets there to make sure Chelsea don't come to any harm

Fulham have a throw midway inside the Chelsea half, and the ball is aimed towards Marlet

Hayles is penalised after a tangle with Gallas. He doesn't like it, the fans don't like it - but it's Chelsea's free-kick

...Hasselbaink gets the header, which lands on the roof of the net

Blues free-kick now, which De Lucas floats into the middle of the area...

Zenden fizzes a cross in from the left after very neat Chelsea movement. It evades his colleagues, however

Ten minutes or so left to the break, and honours are still even in west London

Hayles gets through thanks to a ricochet, which takes him away from Gallas - then the shot fizzes over the bar. Good opportunity spurned

Not the easiest of chances, and Zenden wasn't all that far away. Chelsea's best opening of the match so far at any rate

Then Ouaddou makes a mistake to let in Zenden - he's in on the left of the area and drags his shot across the goal

Ouaddou hits a long ball. Aimless, as it turns out

The Fulham fans turn up the noise - not, it has to be said, a phrase often said back in Craven Cottage days

Then the visitors have to scramble the ball away as Hayles looks to twist free in the area

Magical footwork by Zola gives Lampard a shooting chance from distance and it's blocked well

Having said that, Zola tries to find Hasselbaink down the middle. He fails, but not by much...

Signs that Fulham are beginning to up the ante just a little

Then Inamoto crosses and Malbranque's shot from just inside the area is blocked

Hasselbaink kicks out at Inamoto - the ref saw that. Free-kick but no card...

He crosses low towards Hayles but Huth saves the day. Neat passing - but it looked offside

...he does, straight to Van der Sar... great movement from Fulham then frees Malbranque in the area

De Lucas is adjudged to have been impeded as he ambles down the right - free-kick to Chelsea, and Melchiot is likely to play this one in

Ouaddou plays the ball back to his keeper, who plays it forward... straight back to Chelsea

...in vain. Zola goes crossfield and, rarely for him, completely misjudges it

Zola floats in a cross which Hasselbaink heads down - straight to a Fulham defender. Lampard was waiting...

Fulham try to establish it through Marlet, but keeper Cudicini is first to a pass into the area

Typical derby stuff - fast and frantic, and neither side could be said to have the upper hand at this stage of proceedings

Inamoto gets crowded out in midfield and Zola frees Hasselbaink - he shoots from an angle and Van der Sar gathers

It's too flat, and Lampard clears. Zat Knight heads the ball back to his keeper as Chelsea play it downfield

Off to the other end - Hayles cranks up the speed and Fulham have a corner thanks to Stanic's challenge

De Lucas has a chance to cross but instead opts to do something weird with the ball and trickles it back to the keeper

He makes a mess of it, failing to get a clean connection and seeing the chance go begging

Zola plays a deep ball in looking for Huth, who's free in the area...

The Fulham man would have been in on goal had it not been for Mario Stanic's intervention

Malbranque nearly, but not quite, frees Legwinsky - his crossfield pass is cut out at the last minute

He should have scored - and for a second the Fulham fans behind the goal at the Loft end of the stadium thought he had

Fulham's best chance - Malbranque puts a cracking cross in from the left but Marlet's header flies wide

They go on to win a corner, which Van der Sar claims with calm authority

In the end Zenden does the honours and Fulham clear his dangerous in-swinger

Great stuff from Zola, who has been in free-scoring mood... and he could mastermind a Chelsea free-kick from the right here

Hasselbaink flicks the ball through to Zola, who controls it in a flash and lashes a long-range effort over the crossbar

From that, Marlet gets the ball across and it's scrambled away. There's a fluency to Fulham in spells, reflecting their confident start to the season

So, to, is Gallas - he defends well and clears the danger by conceding a throw

Hayles puts the pressure on Gallas - the Fulham star's showing his pace here

He wins a throw, but Fulham can't make anything of that and Chelsea have the goal kick

Marlet's on the gallop down the home side's right...

Zola looks to create some threat - he's in fine form - but this time he's unable to keep the ball in play

Legwinski crosses as Fulham move forward - Chelsea clear

Davis flicks on, but Hayles is again crowded out: plenty of pace, as expected, in these early stages

Morris tangles with Hayles some 40 yards out - the referee gives a drop ball

Zola tries a through ball as Chelsea attack again - it's just too far ahead of Hasselbaink

Hasselbaink fizzes the ball wide to Zenden, then it's on to Lampard... Zenden crosses and Van der Sar claims

Gallas, though, is on hand to tidy up and get the ball back to Cudicini, who kicks clear

They knock the ball around at the back in the opening stages, and win a throw off Chelsea's Melchiot

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Boa Morte turns on the pace and Marlet gets a touch to his through ball - it's wide of the mark, though. Fulham at speed

In the end, Knight hits a shot which skews a long, long way wide

Good skills by Malbranque, who shuffles away from two defenders before winning a free-kick which can be swung into the area...

He gets his head to a Blues corner, but that's well wide of the far post

Huth, who has had an excellent game for Chelsea, intercepts to bring an end to all that

A frustratd Hasselbaink gives away a free-kick... Fulham try a spot of keep-ball

Indeed he does, replacing Zenden

Chelsea looking set to make a change - Jesper Gobkjaer ready to join the fray...

Boa Morte motors towards the edge of the area but just loses control at the vital moment - great skills in the build-up, though

Legwinski crosses low for Fulham after Marlet's through ball - Chelsea have defended well tonight and do so again

Off goes Inamoto and on comes Luis Boa Morte as Tigana makes a Fulham change

The Hasselbaink goal drought goes on... for now

Hasslebaink gets there, but his snapshot flies over Van der Sar's crossbar

Snappier from the Blues - good movement in midfield, with Zola involved...

Chelsea's corner... Fulham's clearance... neither side's set pieces have been much to write home about

De Lucas and Lampard link - Zola carries on the move and then Knight breaks it up

Stanic gets there well for Chelsea and is then caught by a Davis challenge... the Blues player is soon back on his feet

Legwinski has some space through the middle...

Tigana's side have started this period the brighter - what can Chelsea offer in response?

Hayles is again baulked by Huth as he attempts to make progress down the Fulham right

Ouaddou provides, Marlet volleys from the edge of the area - just wide. Superb effort from the Fulham striker

Plenty of action in this half, which has been frenetic and competitive

Legwinski slides the ball towards Hayles, who is thwarted... Davis tries a long-ranger but sees it deflected to safety

Zola clips the ball towards Hasselbaink, and there are one or two anxious moments for Fulham before it's cleared

At the other end, Inamoto attempts an ambitious volley and sees it skew wildly wide

He swings the ball in from the right, but Hasselbaink can't get a proper connection and the chance is gone

Better from Chelsea here, and De Lucas is involved...

It comes to nothing - the ball is cleared comfortably enough

But here come the home side again, and they win a throw deep inside Chelsea territory

It ends with a Fulham free-kick around half-way... Marlet takes the ball on but is crowded out

We're under way in the second half - scrappy period of play in midfield

That's the end of the half - no goals, but a handful of decent chances

But they have a late scare as Zola tries a shot, and the block nearly puts Hasselbaink clear in the area

Legwinski has the ball, and Tigana's side are playing with poise as the half draws to a close

Inamoto's made quite an impression since joining Fulham - he nearly augmented his reputation there

He turns and shoots low, and Cudicini makes a fine save

Inamoto finds space inside the area...

Huth gets there to make sure Chelsea don't come to any harm

Fulham have a throw midway inside the Chelsea half, and the ball is aimed towards Marlet

Hayles is penalised after a tangle with Gallas. He doesn't like it, the fans don't like it - but it's Chelsea's free-kick

...Hasselbaink gets the header, which lands on the roof of the net

Blues free-kick now, which De Lucas floats into the middle of the area...

Zenden fizzes a cross in from the left after very neat Chelsea movement. It evades his colleagues, however

Ten minutes or so left to the break, and honours are still even in west London

Hayles gets through thanks to a ricochet, which takes him away from Gallas - then the shot fizzes over the bar. Good opportunity spurned

Not the easiest of chances, and Zenden wasn't all that far away. Chelsea's best opening of the match so far at any rate

Then Ouaddou makes a mistake to let in Zenden - he's in on the left of the area and drags his shot across the goal

Ouaddou hits a long ball. Aimless, as it turns out

The Fulham fans turn up the noise - not, it has to be said, a phrase often said back in Craven Cottage days

Then the visitors have to scramble the ball away as Hayles looks to twist free in the area

Magical footwork by Zola gives Lampard a shooting chance from distance and it's blocked well

Having said that, Zola tries to find Hasselbaink down the middle. He fails, but not by much...

Signs that Fulham are beginning to up the ante just a little

Then Inamoto crosses and Malbranque's shot from just inside the area is blocked

Hasselbaink kicks out at Inamoto - the ref saw that. Free-kick but no card...

He crosses low towards Hayles but Huth saves the day. Neat passing - but it looked offside

...he does, straight to Van der Sar... great movement from Fulham then frees Malbranque in the area

De Lucas is adjudged to have been impeded as he ambles down the right - free-kick to Chelsea, and Melchiot is likely to play this one in

Ouaddou plays the ball back to his keeper, who plays it forward... straight back to Chelsea

...in vain. Zola goes crossfield and, rarely for him, completely misjudges it

Zola floats in a cross which Hasselbaink heads down - straight to a Fulham defender. Lampard was waiting...

Fulham try to establish it through Marlet, but keeper Cudicini is first to a pass into the area

Typical derby stuff - fast and frantic, and neither side could be said to have the upper hand at this stage of proceedings

Inamoto gets crowded out in midfield and Zola frees Hasselbaink - he shoots from an angle and Van der Sar gathers

It's too flat, and Lampard clears. Zat Knight heads the ball back to his keeper as Chelsea play it downfield

Off to the other end - Hayles cranks up the speed and Fulham have a corner thanks to Stanic's challenge

De Lucas has a chance to cross but instead opts to do something weird with the ball and trickles it back to the keeper

He makes a mess of it, failing to get a clean connection and seeing the chance go begging

Zola plays a deep ball in looking for Huth, who's free in the area...

The Fulham man would have been in on goal had it not been for Mario Stanic's intervention

Malbranque nearly, but not quite, frees Legwinsky - his crossfield pass is cut out at the last minute

He should have scored - and for a second the Fulham fans behind the goal at the Loft end of the stadium thought he had

Fulham's best chance - Malbranque puts a cracking cross in from the left but Marlet's header flies wide

They go on to win a corner, which Van der Sar claims with calm authority

In the end Zenden does the honours and Fulham clear his dangerous in-swinger

Great stuff from Zola, who has been in free-scoring mood... and he could mastermind a Chelsea free-kick from the right here

Hasselbaink flicks the ball through to Zola, who controls it in a flash and lashes a long-range effort over the crossbar

From that, Marlet gets the ball across and it's scrambled away. There's a fluency to Fulham in spells, reflecting their confident start to the season

So, to, is Gallas - he defends well and clears the danger by conceding a throw

Hayles puts the pressure on Gallas - the Fulham star's showing his pace here

He wins a throw, but Fulham can't make anything of that and Chelsea have the goal kick

Marlet's on the gallop down the home side's right...

Zola looks to create some threat - he's in fine form - but this time he's unable to keep the ball in play

Legwinski crosses as Fulham move forward - Chelsea clear

Davis flicks on, but Hayles is again crowded out: plenty of pace, as expected, in these early stages

Morris tangles with Hayles some 40 yards out - the referee gives a drop ball

Zola tries a through ball as Chelsea attack again - it's just too far ahead of Hasselbaink

Hasselbaink fizzes the ball wide to Zenden, then it's on to Lampard... Zenden crosses and Van der Sar claims

Gallas, though, is on hand to tidy up and get the ball back to Cudicini, who kicks clear

They knock the ball around at the back in the opening stages, and win a throw off Chelsea's Melchiot

Fulham get this battle of the west London neighbours under way - Loftus Road is packed and noisy

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