Earlier this season, Chelsea went to St. Andrews and lost to Birmingham City 1-0. Meh. I hate losing. On Wednesday, the two teams came to Stamford Bridge, where Birmingham was going to try to complete their first top flight double over Chelsea since 1959.
Yeah, right.
The Blues are continuing their formidable form, and dominated this match from start to finish. There's really not much to say about it, but I love to talk about Chelsea victories.
After both teams started a little sloppy, John Terry put a beautiful long ball toward the side of the 18, and a couple passes later, Florent Malouda got his head on it and put Chelsea up 1-0. Credit Drogba with an assist.
City had a couple of first half chances. In the 10th minute, John Terry made a great tackle in the 18 to save a chance. In the 21st, Jerome had a shot toward net but Cech made a nice save.
It really was all Chelsea. As I look at my notes, it's chance after chance for the Blues. Didier Drogba was playing like a wild man. In the 26th, Kalou sliced up the City Defense and scored a collector's item type goal to make it 2-0 to the Blues. Ben Foster saved a great shot from Drogba in the 36th, and the half ended with the Blues up 2.
In the second half Chelsea continued their dominating ways. In the 62nd minute, Malouda got on the end of a cross from Bertrand, making his EPL debut, and scored his second of the night to give Chelsea a 3-0 lead. In the 76th minute, Luiz was hit for a cheap foul in the box, and a minute later Larsson scored from the spot to give City a consolation goal. Torres checked in, but failed to threaten, and the match finished at 3-1 to Chelsea.
Three points here is a big deal. We went ahead of Arsenal on goal difference, and we're back to within sight of United. Chelsea still have one match at United, and United have to go to the Emirates still, so it's possible for Chelsea to win the title, but they'll have to be perfect and get some help. Still, great win in this one and great to see Drogba playing well.
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