Chelsea surrendered 0-1 to West Bromwich Albion (WBA) in the Premier League match at The Hawthorns on Saturday (03/03/2012). With these results, Chelsea stuck in fifth with 46, or lose three points from Arsenal in Champions League qualifying zone.
Goals host defender Gareth McAuley was created in the 82nd minute. From close range, he fired a left foot shot which makes the ball go shipment Liam Ridgewell top right corner of goalkeeper Petr Cech.
Chelsea from the start to get stiff resistance from the WBA. In the first ten minutes, for example, barely threatened the host and create some opportunities through Jonas Olsson and James Morrison in the seventh and eighth minutes. Drogba's effort was blocked Olsson, Morrison denied a shot while Petr Cech.
Chelsea replied with a shot from Juan Mata and Michael Essien in the 12th minute and the 14th. While the effort failed by Ben Foster Mata, Essien shot blocked by Gareth McAuley.
Afterwards, Chelsea could offset the aggressiveness of the opponent, but still difficult to improve the quality of the attack. Although not conceding, their efforts never led to a goal until halftime.
At the 40th minute, for example, Chelsea had two chances from Essien and Daniel Sturridge. Essien efforts can be anticipated Foster and Sturridge missed a shot to the left side of goal.
Chelsea's problems continued in the second half. On the other hand, the WBA is able to improve the coordination game. The result, in addition to several times under pressure, Chelsea also struggled to launch an attack to completion due to errors alone.
At the 59th minute, for example, Marc-Antoine Fortune off guard Ashley Cole, so Fortune be fired. Luckily for Chelsea, Cech was able to anticipate.
Six minutes later, Didier Drogba to dribble through Jonas Olsson, but chose to let the bait's eyes rather than fired. Ridgewell managed to cut the flow of the feed.
According to the Premier League, during the match, Chelsea accurate shots off five of the eleven businesses. The hosts created five chances out of ten trials.
The lineup
WBA: Ben Foster; Jonas Olsson, Gareth McAuley, Liam Ridgewell, Steven Reid (Gabriel Tamas 57); Youssuf Mulumbu, Keith Andrews, James Morrison, Jerome Thomas (Chris Brunt 64), Peter Odemwingie; Marc-Antoine Fortune (Shane Long 84 )
Chelsea: Petr Cech; David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic (Raul Meireles 84), Michael Essien (Fernando Torres 76), Frank Lampard, Ramires; Juan Mata, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge (Florent Malouda 64)
Referee: Phil Dowd
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