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2¹ A bad foul on KOLAROV by AGÜERO results in a booking. 3¹ A useful ball from VAN PERSIE on the left was collected by ROBBEN who scuffed his shot over the bar. 4¹ KOLAROV ran onto a great ball from AQUILANI but pulled his shot wide of the goal. 5¹ A lovely effort from AGÜERO scraped the woodwork. 14¹ The referee books DANI ALVES for a late foul. 15¹ GOAL!! A long goal-kick from LÚCIO caught the Chelsea defence square and MESSI raced through to easily score. (1-0 Spartak) 17¹ PIZARRO fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 20¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in MESSI knocking the ball wide. 27¹ GOAL!! MILNER tried to play the ball out of the Chelsea penalty area but was tackled by DANI ALVES who flicked the ball to AGÜERO for an easy goal. (2-0 Spartak) 31¹ A delightful save prevented SINCLAIR from scoring a great goal. 33¹ VAN PERSIE chipped the ball to MESSI who forced it over. 39¹ The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BUSQUETS dropped just over. 40¹ DEGEN beat DANI ALVES and fired the ball to PIZARRO who toe-poked his shot wide. 45¹ GOAL!! A cross from DE JONG was headed away by ZABALETA only for VAN PERSIE to crack the ball back into the box for MESSI to force over the line. (3-0 Spartak) 2² GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Chelsea, after BUSQUETS had fouled SINCLAIR which PIZARRO easily converted. (3-1 Spartak) 3² BUSQUETS beat two Chelsea players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar. 18² GOAL!! MESSI stabbed a penalty past the 'keeper after AQUILANI had handled just inside the area. (4-1 Spartak) 23² PIZARRO stroked an easy chance past the far post. 24² A mix up in the Spartak defence enabled MILNER to blast an effort over. 27² DEGEN was put clear by LIÉDSON and he pulled away from the Spartak 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide. 29² MESSI shot wide. 31² A free-kick from MESSI raced over. 33² PIZARRO rushed an easy chance. 45² ZABALETA given a yellow card by the referee for a bad foul.

Chelsea   League position: 15 Home league form: LXWW Overall league form: LLXXWWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Carlo CUDICINI 5  1 5  Petr CECH(c) Jamie CARRAGHER 8  2 6½ DANI ALVES Aleksandar KOLAROV 7½ 3 7  Philipp LAHM Alberto AQUILANI 7  4 7  Sergio BUSQUETS Daniel MAJSTOROVIC 6  5 7  SERGIO RAMOS García Pablo ZABALETA 7  6 6  LÚCIO James MILNER 7  7 6  Robin VAN PERSIE Scott SINCLAIR 7  8 7  Nigel DE JONG (p)Claudio PIZARRO 7  9 7  Sergio AGÜERO (f)LIÉDSON da Silva 6  10 7  Lionel MESSI(p,f) David DEGEN 6  11 6  Arjen ROBBEN Manager Dean MIKELLIDES Evgeni ALDONIN    12    Carlos TÉVEZ RICARDO Alexandre    13    Thibaut COURTOIS TIAGO Cardoso    14    PEPE Anthony GRANT    15    Amidu SALIFU LÉO    16    Lucas VILLAFANEZ

Spartak   League position: 1 Away league form: WXWW Overall league form: WXWWWWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Chelsea 1 Spartak 4 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 52,414, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø 7½) Pizarro 2² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Messi 15¹, Agüero 27¹, Messi 45¹, Messi 18² (pen)         Zabaleta 45² Agüero 2¹, Dani Alves 14¹ 2 1 13 12 0 6 3 4 7 7 10 11 2 0 53% 47% ¶ Man of the match: Jamie Carragher ¶