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Commentary
A bad foul on KOLAROV by AGÜERO results in a booking.
A useful ball from VAN PERSIE on the left was collected by ROBBEN who scuffed his shot over the bar.
KOLAROV ran onto a great ball from AQUILANI but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
A lovely effort from AGÜERO scraped the woodwork.
14¹The referee books DANI ALVES for a late foul.
15¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from LÚCIO caught the Chelsea defence square and MESSI raced through to easily score. (1-0 Spartak)
17¹PIZARRO fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
20¹A penalty box scramble resulted in MESSI knocking the ball wide.
27¹GOAL!! 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)
31¹A delightful save prevented SINCLAIR from scoring a great goal.
33¹VAN PERSIE chipped the ball to MESSI who forced it over.
39¹The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BUSQUETS dropped just over.
40¹DEGEN beat DANI ALVES and fired the ball to PIZARRO who toe-poked his shot wide.
45¹GOAL!! 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)
GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Chelsea, after BUSQUETS had fouled SINCLAIR which PIZARRO easily converted. (3-1 Spartak)
BUSQUETS beat two Chelsea players and thundered a golden opportunity over the bar.
18²GOAL!! MESSI stabbed a penalty past the 'keeper after AQUILANI had handled just inside the area. (4-1 Spartak)
23²PIZARRO stroked an easy chance past the far post.
24²A mix up in the Spartak defence enabled MILNER to blast an effort over.
27²DEGEN was put clear by LIÉDSON and he pulled away from the Spartak 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
29²MESSI shot wide.
31²A free-kick from MESSI raced over.
33²PIZARRO rushed an easy chance.
45²ZABALETA 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 CUDICINI1Petr CECH(c)
Jamie CARRAGHER2DANI ALVES
Aleksandar KOLAROV3Philipp LAHM
Alberto AQUILANI4Sergio BUSQUETS
Daniel MAJSTOROVIC5SERGIO RAMOS García
Pablo ZABALETA6LÚCIO
James MILNER7Robin VAN PERSIE
Scott SINCLAIR8Nigel DE JONG
(p)Claudio PIZARRO9Sergio AGÜERO
(f)LIÉDSON da Silva10Lionel MESSI(p,f)
David DEGEN11Arjen ROBBEN
ManagerDean 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 45²Agüero 2¹, Dani Alves 14¹
21
1312
06
34
77
1011
20
53%47%
Man of the match: Jamie Carragher