Sunderland v Chelsea
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After Arsenal's amazing 7-0 Middlesborough thrashing and Man U's 3-1 loss to Man City, any predictions which way tonight's bottom v top battle is going to go?
Lineup:
Sunderland: Davis, Hoyte, Breen, Caldwell, D Collins, Lawrence, Whitehead, Miller, Arca, Stead, Le Tallec, Alnwick, Bassila, Nosworthy, Murphy, Welsh, Woods, Stubbs, N Collins.
Chelsea: Cech, Cudicini, Ferreira, Johnson, Gallas, Carvalho, Bridge, del Horno, Terry, Carvalho, Huth, Makelele, Lampard, Diarra, Gudjohnsen, Robben, Duff, Crespo, J Cole, C Cole, Wright-Phillips.
Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy says: "Somebody will beat them at sometime. Everyone can laugh and scoff but it might be us. It might not be, but it won't be for the want of trying. We'll go out there and battle and hope to get a break in the game. It's not a fair fight in terms of resources and players but my lads will have a scrap with them."
Chelsea striker Joe Cole says: "We will not be complacent because they are a team fighting hard to survive. We will treat this game in the same ways as any other match and we will go to the Black Cats and do a professional job. It is important for us always to be on the top of our game." -
Dun think chelsea can score as much goals as the gunners. maybe 5-1 to chelsea??
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well, after the FA Cup victory last week, Sunderland manager said that now that they are on a roll, they have no alternative but to crush Chavski
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OK. 3 -0
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everytime when you expect a goal melee you dont see much.
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at least 5-0 to chelsea....
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i was right.
2-1 to 10-men chelsea. -
There should have been more goals in the second half, the way I see it. Travesty, that sending off. Then again it's not football if there aren't silly referee decisions
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darn the referee put chelsea under soo much trouble for the remaining 20mins.
and the sunderland keeper was quite good today. -
FA should relook into their regulations.
it is damn ridiculous!!! -
Arjen robben did jump onto the perimeter fence
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Few questions......
It is not a yellow card offence to be out of the pitch if it does not constitute time wasting.
Did Robben jumped on or over the perimeter fence or did he just stayed behind the perimeter fence to be hugged by the supporters?
So should the FA review all the celebrations done in the past to review if there was any yellow or red cards warranted for excessive celbration "not noticed" by the referee?
Anyway, we won. We just have to miss Robben for one game. -
the refs have been told..
jump into the crowd: yellow card...
take off shift: yellow card...
excessive time-wasting from celebrations: yellow card...
taunting crowd with celebrations: yellow card..
frankly, sunderland deserved a draw -
there was no fence..and i have seen this celebrating with the crowd many a time before..only serie A has fences seperating the crowd and the player..
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what fence?
jump into the crowd... yellow card
Originally posted by stellazio:there was no fence..and i have seen this celebrating with the crowd many a time before..only serie A has fences seperating the crowd and the player.. -
jump over the ad barriers?
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isn't jumping into the crowd meaning that the player climb over the barricade and into the fans seating area?Originally posted by the Bear:what fence?
jump into the crowd... yellow card -
he did that right?
Originally posted by stellazio:isn't jumping into the crowd meaning that the player climb over the barricade and into the fans seating area? -
nope,there was still a metal barrier between the fans and him.Originally posted by the Bear:he did that right? -
"By leaving the pitch and hurdling the advertising hoardings, Robben was adjudged by referee Chris Foy to have committed a second bookable offence."
(source: Football365.com) -
i think i know why..firstly robben does this everytime he scores a goal..
secondly in stamford bridge,there ain't much distance between the pitch and the fans so its like only a few metres away..where as the stadium of light got quite a distance after the barricade to the fans. -
Just his plain stupidity to get a yellow card.
What happened if one of the fan stabbed him ???
The referee have to discourage this kind of stupid celebration.
Sunderland manage to contain Chelsea by being physical like Everton.
They have actually succeeded in fustrating the midfield of chelsea.
Just that they did not have any players to get the ball in the chelsea half. -
Hmm ... yet Chelsea was able to get 2 goals past the Sunderland keeper - who, incidentally, had a really good game
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chelsea had plenty of chances before the sending off. the goalkeeper was in top form.
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Chelsea could have won by at least another goal if Robben had not been sent off. That's my belief.