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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 41 (setup 1, season 31)
Chelsea
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas STRAKOSHA1ALISSON Ramses Becker
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Stephan LICHTSTEINER26Medhi BENATIA
Faouzi GHOULAM3Radja NAINGGOLAN
ALLAN Marques Loureiro84Gabriel Fernández Arenas, GABI
Víctor RUÍZ Torre757Ömer TOPRAK
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada766Kamil GLIK
Antonio CANDREVA776Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC86WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Edin DZEKO9Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Wayne ROONEY10Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Diego PEROTTI711Granit XHAKA
Dean WilliamsManagerBeck Nigel
Andrea CONTI612ARDA Turan
Domenico CRISCITO613Antonio MIRANTE
Marcel HALSTENBERG14CARLOS SOLER Barragán
Franck RIBÉRY15Stefan DE VRIJ
Simone ZAZA16André-Pierre GIGNAC

Chelsea 1 Crewe Alexandra 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 75,382, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 6)
8 RooneyScorers
76 Milinkovic-Savic <=> Criscito, 84 Candreva <=> ContiSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings58 Xhaka
2Corners5
6Fouls8
3Offsides5
7Shots on10
18Shots off1
25Total shots11
6Shots saved9
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: ALLAN Marques Loureiro
4PEROTTI stepped inside WILLIAM CARVALHO but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
4CANDREVA fluffed an easy chance.
8GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of ROONEY who blasted the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-0 Chelsea)
11CARRASCO's shot beat STRAKOSHA but rebounded off the Chelsea upright.
16LICHTSTEINER hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
18A useful ball from ALBIOL on the right was collected by GHOULAM who sliced his shot wide.
32A corner bobbled toward PEROTTI who nodded the ball over the bar.
38DZEKO clipped the ball through a crowd of players but ALISSON was a match for it as he dived to his right.
43A shot from CARRASCO held no problem for the Chelsea 'keeper.
 
50A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
52TOPRAK whacked a deadly shot just beyond the far post from long range.
54A penalty box meleé resulted in DZEKO tapping a low shot over.
58XHAKA booked for a poor tackle.
61CANDREVA made space on the left and pulled the ball to DZEKO who fired the ball wide.
65A cross from ALLAN left RUÍZ in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
68STRAKOSHA was able to claw away a powerful shot.
72ROONEY waltzed away from GABI and flicked a weak shot well wide.
73A right foot shot from XHAKA was tipped over by STRAKOSHA.
74PEROTTI beat GABI and hit the ball to ROONEY who blasted his effort wide.
82ROONEY stormed through the Crewe Alexandra defence but shot straight at ALISSON.
86ALLAN played the ball to ROONEY who forced it wide.
87A great save prevented ROONEY from scoring an exceptional goal.