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Chelsea deserved disappointed with the result. Opponent's playing at home, they appear dominant in the mastery of the ball since the early minutes. They are even capable of winning goal ahead thanks to Didier Drogba in the sixth minute.
Goals stems from the movement of Nicolas Anelka on the left sector Blackburn defense. After passing adangan Keith Andrews, he released cross, which was greeted with Drogba easy flick, which makes the ball pressing the bottom right corner of goalkeeper Jason Brown nets.
After penetration, Blackburn played more insistent, both when the ball or when building an attack. Although not seriously threatened, the game makes it difficult host Chelsea scored. Feed flow to the heart of their defense is always foundered by Blackburn posse.
It made Chelsea must wait until the 21st minute, to create a new threat through Anelka. Utilizing feedback Drogba, Anelka kicks off, which unfortunately deviated from the target.
Chelsea's next opportunity came from Florent Malouda in the 39th minute. Using Drogba sent the ball, he kicked the ball right into the target. However, that effort did not produce goals because Brown had anticipated. This is the last best chance Chelsea in the first round.
Meanwhile, Blackburn himself is not without opportunities. In minute 26, they managed to create a serious threat to the goalkeeper Ross Turnbull with Morten Gamst Pedersen. Utilizing the bait Christopher Samba, Pedersen fired the ball, which deviated from the target.
Entering the second half, Chelsea get back to playing in a high tempo to control the midfield. After a time threatened by Pedersen in the 47th minute, Chelsea could be said to master the game. However, they are still really hard to outsmart Blackburn posse meeting.
Chelsea have not succeeded in creating a serious threat to the Blackburn goal, when they were surprised by the goal of El-Hadji Diouf in the 70th minute. Standing at the mouth of the escort Chelsea goalkeeper Paulo Ferreira, Diouf managed to gore bait Michel Salgado, entered the bottom right corner of Turnbull's goal.
Balanced position to give Chelsea no choice but to attack. They also increase the pressure and managed to create a wave of attacks into the heart of Blackburn's defense. Unfortunately, the business was not strong enough to break the castle hosts. Score was 1-1 last until the end of the fight.
Lineup:
Blackburn: Brown; Jones, Samba, Olsson, Salgado; Andrews, Dunn (Emerton 56), N'zonzi (Hoillett 90), Pedersen, Diouf; Kalinic (Roberts 63)
Chelsea: Turnbull, Terry, Alex, Ferreira, Ivanovic (Zhirkov 45); Obi Mikel, Lampard, Malouda, Kalou (Deco 74); Drogba, Anelka (Sturridge 90)
