Game #4989
Aston Villa
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Lost
5th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 41,593
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Villa lose to League leaders Chelsea for only their second defeat of the season as future Villa midfielder Joe Cole opens the scoring for the Blues.
Chelsea
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Brad Friedel, busy
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 5 October 2008
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Joe Cole
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Nicolas Anelka
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Luke Young, Sub on, James Milner
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Nicky Shorey
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa lost to leaders Chelsea for only their second League defeat of the season. As a result Villa dropped back to 5th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2006-07
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Sunday, 5 October 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 33 🟥 27 | 1.48
Career Form:
Top 8
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 Oct 08, Villa 0-2 Chelsea (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mark Scholes, Mike Mullarkey
Chris Foy
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Chelsea
None
TEAM NEWS
Martin Laursen, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Gareth Barry and Curtis Davies replace Zat Knight, Wayne Routledge, Moustapha Salifou, Marlon Harewood, Carlos Cuéllar, and James Milner.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.74 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.41 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.99 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Luiz Felipe Scolari | 🇧🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
Chelsea
GK Petr Čech | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ashley Cole | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
RB Branislav Ivanović | 🇷🇸 |
RB José Boswinga | 🇵🇹 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Michael Ballack | 🇩🇪 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mikel John Obi | 🇳🇬 |
W Florent Malouda | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W James Milner | 🏴 | for RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | for CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Joe Cole | 🏴 | (W Salomon Kalou | 🇨🇮 |)
🔁 | W Florent Malouda | 🇫🇷 | (RB Juliano Belletti | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 | (CF Franco Di Santo | 🇦🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Henrique Hilario | 🇵🇹 |
LB Wayne Bridge | 🏴 |
RB Paulo Ferreira | 🇵🇹 |
CB Michael Mancienne | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 40%
Possession A | 60%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 35
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 14
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 12
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We’re learning all the time but that was a harsh lesson. We need to regroup and start again when they return from international duty.
“We want to be up there with the top four sides, otherwise what’s the point?
“They played exceptionally well and we didn’t. We can play much better. From start to finish they were strong and comfortable on the ball. We have a good distance to go to compete on a regular basis with those sides.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 5 October 2008
*Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with an impressive demolition job on Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.*
The Blues were dominant throughout and Joe Cole drilled home the opener after running on to Frank Lampard’s pass.
Nicolas Anelka got the second when he finished off after Brad Friedel had kept out his first effort and an initial shot from Michael Ballack.
Anelka also hit the bar, while Villa failed to seriously test Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.
The performance made a mockery of pre-match suggestions that Villa could threaten Chelsea’s 85-match unbeaten run at home.
The final scoreline did not reflect the difference in the two teams and on the evidence of this display Chelsea, who were without several first-choice players, will be hard to stop this season.
Villa went into the game with ideas of going top of the Premier League for the first time in nearly seven years.
But within seven minutes of the game Villa keeper Friedel was given an indication of the sort of day he would be in for when he had to keep out a curling effort from Ballack and a Florent Malouda strike.
Even by Chelsea’s high standards at Stamford Bridge their first-half display was impressive.
When they were not opening up Villa through the middle, their full-backs Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole were finding plenty of room to put in some dangerous crosses from the flanks.
Villa had little answer to their precise passing and movement off the ball and when the visitors did manage to get possession they were soon hurried off the ball.
Joe Cole and Lampard had both threatened to break the deadlock before the England team-mates combined for the opening goal.
Villa gave the ball away on the edge of their area and the lively Malouda was straight on to it, feeding Lampard who, in turn, slipped a pass in for Cole to smash past Friedel.
The goal failed to bring Villa to life, while Chelsea’s hunger and confidence seemed to grow by the minute.
The only surprise was it took another 20 minutes for a second, with Ashley Cole crossing and Friedel managing to push away efforts from Ballack and Anelka before the latter tapped in.
Gabriel Agbonlahor drove in a shot before the break, but they will have ended the half thankful that they were not already out of the game.
After the restart Stiliyan Petrov shot past the post and Agbonlahor almost picked out his unmarked strike partner John Carew after John Terry was caught dithering.
A goal for Villa would have made matters interesting, but Chelsea continued to look the much more likely scorers.
Ballack, Lampard and substitutes Salomon Kalou and Franco Di Santo all had their chances to ram home their superiority without being able to finish or finding Friedel in fine form.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari must have enjoyed seeing his side play with such freedom, despite his seemingly agitated state on the sidelines.
On a day when little went wrong for his side, the biggest worry for Scolari - and concerned spectator England coach Fabio Capello - will have been the sight of Joe Cole limping off in the second half.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“We’re learning all the time but that was a harsh lesson. We need to regroup and start again when they return from international duty.
“We want to be up there with the top four sides, otherwise what’s the point?
“They played exceptionally well and we didn’t. We can play much better. From start to finish they were strong and comfortable on the ball. We have a good distance to go to compete on a regular basis with those sides.”
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