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Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth - A Few Tweets and Some Match Reports

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Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth - A Few Tweets and Some Match Reports

The tweets

The first half

chelseafc: The game is underway. Portsmouth kick-off. Chelsea attacking the Shed End.

BluesChronicle: Early chance to Pompey: Kitson shoots across goal. Both ends of the ground on their feet and singing.

BluesChronicle: JT has just slipped-up twice in his own half in the space of 30 seconds. Takes a look at his studs. Perhaps needs a change of footwear?

BluesChronicle: Lots of heads up in the Portsmouth box for a Bosingwa cross, but it’s too high for Lampard to connect with.

BluesChronicle: Big shout for a Torres penalty, but the ref says no. Looked like a soft one to be honest.

chelseafc: Diving save from Henderson keeps out good Torres header from a Malouda cross. It remains goalless.

BluesChronicle: An even opening 20 at The Bridge. Chelsea the better going forward. Best chance went to Torres, who was very close to breaking the deadlock.

BluesChronicle: Off the ball incident between Mokoena & Torres sees Chelsea man hit the floor. Nando has a few words for both player and ref. But no action.

BluesChronicle: Some pretty big lads in this Pompey side: Marko Futacs, in particular, looks like he could high-five most of Row Z.

chelseafc: 25 mins gone and the saved Torres header remains the best moment for Chelsea so far. It’s 0-0.

BluesChronicle: Ramires having a boot-change during a quick time-out. Chelsea’s most influential midfielder has been a bit AWOL today.

BluesChronicle: Torres plays a bit of keepy-uppy, then skins Pearce approaching the Pompey box. Pearce reacts, and gets a yellow. Great move, Fernando.

BluesChronicle: Malouda becomes the filling in a Portsmouth-defence-sandwich and, inexplicably, gets a yellow card for his efforts.

BluesChronicle: Not a vintage contest at Stamford Bridge. Pompey obstructing Chelsea’s ocasional forward moves. Probably a ‘medium low block’ or something.

BluesChronicle: HT: Chelsea 0-0 Portsmouth. Frank Sinclair once said: “If that game was being played in my back garden I’d close my curtains.” Applies here.

ChelseaAnalysis: HT: Chelsea 0-0 Portsmouth. Torres and David Luiz looking very sharp today.

BluesChronicle: That Sinclair quote I tweeted. He did actually say it; however it has been pointed out that Bill Shankly said it first. Still applies here.

The second half

BluesChronicle: Second half under-way at Stamford Bridge: Chelsea 0-0 Portsmouth. All Blues need here is an extra yard of pace. Surely they must have that?

BluesChronicle: GOOOOOOAAAAALLLL! CHELSEA 1-0 PORTSMOUTH. JUAN MATA!

chelseafc: Less than 2 mins to take lead after the restart. Malouda attacking down the left and teeing up Mata for a tap in from five yards out.

Goal: 48’ Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth - Juan Mata

OptaJoe: 6 - All six of Juan Mata’s goals for Chelsea have been scored at Stamford Bridge. District.

BluesChronicle: Danger moment: Luiz loses ball; a first shot saved by Cech; JT moves to cover & heads off the line at knee height; then Cech saves a third.

chelseafc: Heroics from JT, clearing Ward’s header off the line after Cech had saved Futacs’s shot. The skipper is injured though.

BluesChronicle: The Blues captain back on the pitch, treading gingerly on one foot. The crowd sings: “John Terry, John Terry.”

BluesChronicle: Bosingwa delivers a pass into the box, which provokes a man in the East Lower to scream: “LOVELY BALL!” Nobody there to knock it in.

BluesChronicle: Chelsea have turned up the intensity since the break: but only to a 4 or 5 out of 10. Never comfortable at 1-0, Blues really need another.

chelseafc: Midway through 2nd half and still 1-0 up. A tame Ramires header the best attempt on goal since the JT clearance.

ChelseaAnalysis: It would be a good time to bring Josh McEachran on. Freshen things up in the midfield.

BluesChronicle: Pompey, for about the first time, starting to unsettle the Blues defence. Hate to say it, but the word ‘replay’ is coming to mind.

chelseafc: Romeu on for Malouda on 77 mins in the first Chelsea change. Still 1-0 up.

BluesChronicle: Chelsea sub: Romeu on for Malouda. Chelsea, a team who want to win the CL, and going defensive against Championship strugglers Pompey.

AndrewTurmer: Wow. Parking the bus and hanging on against mighty Portsmouth! Bring on Barca…

BluesChronicle: GOOOOAAAALLL! CHELSEA 2-0 PORTSMOUTH. RAMIRES.

BluesChronicle: Chelsea 2-0 Portsmouth: Mata from the left, headed on by Torres, put in the net by Ramires. Chelsea sub: Bertrand on for Cole.

Goal: 85’ Chelsea 2-0 Portsmouth - Ramires

BluesChronicle: GOOOOAAAAALLLLL! CHELSEA 3-0 PORTSMOUTH. RAMIRES!

BluesChronicle: Chelsea 3-0 Portsmouth: Ramires goes on one of those Forest Gump runs that just goes on and on. Chips it over the keeper. Job done.

Goal: 87’ Chelsea 3-0 Portsmouth - Ramires

BluesChronicle: Chelsea sub: Lukaku on for Torres.

peter_watts: Ramires is such a good player. Would improve any midfield in Premier League.

DKDickson: Another couple of assists for Torres. Favourite this, because no bugger will report it.

BluesChronicle: GOOOOAAAALLLLL! CHELSEA 4-0 PORTSMOUTH. LAMPARD!

BluesChronicle: Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth: classic Lampard, Last to arrive at the box, perfectly timed to welly it in.

Goal: 90+3’ Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth - Frank Lampard

BluesChronicle: FT: Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth. Jittery and unconvincing for 80 mins. Well on-top for 10. Goals from: Mata, Ramires 2, Lampard.

chelseayouth: Scoreline slightly flattering, just had more stamina. Won a game we should’ve won, looked ordinary for most of the first half. Nobody poor.

The match reports

The Guardian, David Hytner: "Chelsea cannot pick and choose the trophies that they chase, and the FA Cup is one that Villas-Boas wants to win. They remain alive, after a performance that came to the boil in dramatic fashion, after Juan Mata's sixth goal for the club had, for much of the second half, looked likely to be sufficient. Three goals in the final five minutes gave the scoreline an unfortunate appearance for Portsmouth, who had been a match for their hosts while never truly threatening to get a result. Ramires's one-two punch was stunning and it brought the seventh and eighth goals of his season, with Fernando Torres claiming both of the assists."

The Independent, Jack Pitt-Brooke: "For 85 minutes, Chelsea struggled to overcome a resilient and determined Portsmouth side, despite Juan Mata's goal straight after the break. Ramires, one of the most effective players late on in games in the division, scored twice in the last five minutes, and Frank Lampard scored in stoppage time. But before then Chelsea had been well-matched."

The Official Chelsea FC Website: "Three goals inside the last 10 minutes made the win look more comfortable that it was but a powerful second-half display saw the Blues safely through the third round for the 14th year in a row. Juan Mata with his sixth goal of the season put his side ahead shortly after the interval and Ramires netted his seventh and eighth, both set up by Fernando Torres. For the second game running Frank Lampard scored late on to take him to 180 career goals for the club."

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