Chelsea took no prisoners as they changed to inside of a point of Manchester United at the tip of the Premier League with a bruising victory. They left dual Portsmouth players nursing nasty facial injuries and Daniel Sturridge was advantageous not to be sent off as their meant strain came to the fore.
Yet Carlo Ancelottis unsatisfactory side indispensable a catastrophic inapplicable designation by David James to set them on their way. The goalkeeper longed for an attempted clearway in the 32nd notation that authorised Didier Drogba to open the scoring and ease Chelseas nerves. Another idea from Drogba, dual from Florent Malouda and a late header from Frank Lampard put Chelsea on the same idea disproportion as United, one point at the behind of the champions with a outing to Old Trafford to come on Easter Saturday.
Chelseas joining has been questioned as they forsaken points in new weeks, and opposite a dynamic Portsmouth side they went to the alternative extreme. Two Pompey players Ricardo Rocha and Tommy Smith had to leave the representation with critical facial injuries, with their team-mates claiming they had been elbowed by their opponents only prior to halftime. Rocha suffered a suspected fractured cheekbone after he was hold by Malouda, who was requisitioned by arbitrate Lee Mason. The Portuguese defender strike his head on the turf, and had to be taken off on a stretcher, with an oxygen facade strapped to his face prior to going to hospital.
Smith shortly assimilated Rocha on the reception finish when he left the representation seeking intoxicated and nursing a damaged nose from a plea by Sturridge, who should have been sent off but went unpunished. There could well be serve low mark for the immature striker as the off-the-ball situation was not seen by the referee. Chelsea attempted to fool around down both incidents. Ancelotti said: I was really close. I saw what the arbitrate saw. It was a plea with dual heads. Malouda did not meant to harm him. I didnt see the alternative challenge.
Ancelotti pronounced he would not determine that his group was over their unemployment until he has seen them kick Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday: We have to wait for until Saturday, since thats a really critical exam for us.
Portsmouth, who prior to kick-off were postulated accede to sell players outward the send windows, had hold their own for the initial thirty mins until James committed one of the howlers that have dirty his career. He all longed for the round with his try at clearing a Deco header, and presented Drogba with the simplest idea he will score. In mitigation, the round took a bad rebound at the consequential moment, that was a unhappy approach for groundsman Bob Jones to crawl out after twenty years at the club.
Portsmouth reorganised when Angelos Basinas and Quincy Owusu-Abeyie came on to reinstate Rocha and Smith respectively, but Chelsea fast done the majority of Portsmouths difficulties by putting the feat over disbelief with dual goals in eleven minutes. Malouda, who has been probably Chelseas most appropriate player during their wobbles of new weeks, scored from a parsimonious point of view and afterwards combined a second after James parried Lampards shot.
Drogba got a fourth with thirteen mins left, when he latched onto a round from John Obi Mikel and kick James inside the nearby post for a heading goal, his 30th of what is apropos his excellent season.
Lampard scored a fifth when Drogbas mis-timed header bounced behind off the belligerent and the England midfielder practical the finishing hold with his forehead.
Portsmouth (4-5-1): James; Mullins, Rocha (Basinas, 45), Hreidarsson, Finnan; Smith( Owusu-Abeyie, h-t), Mokoena (Kanu, 71), Wilson, Hughes, O"Hara; Piquionne. Substitutes not used: Ashdown (gk), Brown, Vanden Borre, Webber.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech; Ferreira, Terry, Carvalho (Alex, 36), Zhirkov (Van Aanholt, 71); Mikel, Lampard; Sturridge (J Cole, 55), Deco, Malouda; Drogba. Substitutes not used: Turnbull (gk), J Kalou, Anelka, Bruma.
Referee: L Mason (Lancashire).
Bookings: Portsmouth: Hughes. Chelsea: Malouda, Mikel.
Man of the match: Drogba.
Attendance: 18,753.
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