Mikel (12), Meireles (16), Sturridge (23) and Mata (10) celebrate a goal by Daniel Sturridge.
P.S. Mata looks a bit like he's fixing his hair. Interesting.
André Villas-Boas again went with his usual 4-3-3 formation; however, with a few lineup changes. Fernando Torres, being suspended for 3 games with his dangerous tackle on Mike Gower last weekend, gave way for Didier Drogba, who has just recently recovered from his concussion sustained a month ago. Daniel Sturridge, recently recovered from a knee injury, claimed the right winger role, and David Luiz took on the role of RCB, pushing Ivanovic to the bench (although he was substituted into the game later on).
Here was the line-up for this morning:
Mata (Anelka) ------- Drogba ------- Sturridge
Lampard ------- Meireles (Mikel) ------- Ramires
Cole ------- Terry --------- Luiz ----- Bosingwa (Ivanovic)
Cech
Bench: Turnbull, Romeu, Malouda, Lukaku.
NOTABLE CHELSEA PLAYERS:
- Frank Lampard: Very deservedly Man of the Match this morning, scoring three goals, upping his tally to four goals in two games - an excellent record, considering that he's facing a large number of naysayers who say that he's past his prime.
- Daniel Sturridge: Did very well - especially after coming off an injury - to give his former team hell, scoring two goals and assisting Lampard's first.
MATCH OVERVIEW:
Chelsea came onto the field firing, with Daniel Sturridge immediately heading in a goal 93 seconds into the game off of an excellent Meireles corner. Chelsea defended well against the Bolton offense, and in the 15th minute, Juan Mata sent a lovely ball through to Sturridge, who found an oncoming Frank Lampard in the box, who one-timed it past Adam Bogdan, the opposing keeper, to put Chelsea up 2-0. At this point, Chelsea were well in control of the game, and 10 minutes later, Daniel Sturridge received a pass from David Luiz up the right flank, managed to get by a Bolton defender, and launched a shot past Bogdan to put Chelsea up 3-0. Just two minuets later, David Luiz made a run up the centre of the pitch and fired a shot right at Bogdan, who made the save but couldn't keep a hold on it. The ball bounced right to Lampard, who tipped it past the keeper to add another goal to Chelsea's tally. At half time, the score-line read 4-0 in favour of Chelsea. Just a minute after half-time, Bolton reduced their deficit by one when Dedryk Boyata headed a Martin Petrov cross past Cech to make the score 4-1. In the 53rd minute, Branislav Ivanovic replaced Bosingwa and did well to cover Bolton's left attackers. In the 56th, John Obi Mikel replaced Ramires on the right. In the 59th minute, Frank Lampard finished off the scoring with a hat-trick goal after a series of excellent passes between him and Drogba. In the 61st, David Luiz received a yellow, and in the 72nd, Juan Mata gave way to Nicolas Anelka. In the 79th, John Terry received a yellow, and Chelsea finished the game completely dominant, the final score being 5-1.
MATCH STATISTICS:
Bolton Chelsea
Ball Possession (%) 42 58
Shots (on target) 13(3) 18(10)
Corners 4 5
Crosses 9 12
Fouls Committed 10 10
Yellow Cards 1 2
Red Cards 0 0
Offsides 2 1
OTHER FIXTURES:
Fulham 6-0 QPR (wow)
Swansea 2-0 Stoke
Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal
Unfortunately, Youtube has no match highlights (and Blogspot requires that I get all my videos from Youtube, for some reason), so I don't have a highlight reel for you. But what I do have is a website with a great highlight reel. You can watch all six goals right here: http://highlightsoffootball.blogspot.com/2011/10/2-october-bolton-wanderers-vs-chelsea-5.html
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