Welcome to A Week in Chelsea FC, a weekly roundup of all the goings on at Chelsea Football Club, from Saturday to Friday.
Saturday, 28th of September, 2013
Chelsea traveled to three point lane for the early kick off on Saturday, and came out with a solid result. Spurs were in good form going into the game, being the only side in Europe's top 5 leagues to only concede one goal. Tottenham went ahead halfway through the first half.
Chelsea weren't playing well but at half time Jose Mourinho brought on Spanish playmaker Juan Mata to great effect. He played well, even tracking back to tackle on the edge of his box, and was at the centre of every move. He delivered the cross onto John Terry's head at the hour mark, a well deserved equaliser.
Fernando Torres was involved in a bit of action throughout the match. When chasing down a ball going wide down the wing, Vertonghen dived, pretending to have been clipped by Fernando Torres. Torres took issue with this and grabbed the Belgian by the face, a red card offence. Instead, he got a yellow for the clip. The two players were at each other all game, and with 10 minutes to go, they both went in to contest a header. Torres led with his arm but did not touch him, and Vertonghen cleared. Vertonghen fell, dragging Torres down by his jersey and started rolling around, clutching his face. In my opinion, the correct decision would have been to book both of them, but referee Mike Dean decided to give Torres a second yellow. Torres was sent off, in what was his best performance this season, and Chelsea batted down the hatches, bringing on another defender.
Saturday, 28th of September, 2013
Chelsea traveled to three point lane for the early kick off on Saturday, and came out with a solid result. Spurs were in good form going into the game, being the only side in Europe's top 5 leagues to only concede one goal. Tottenham went ahead halfway through the first half.
Fernando Torres was involved in a bit of action throughout the match. When chasing down a ball going wide down the wing, Vertonghen dived, pretending to have been clipped by Fernando Torres. Torres took issue with this and grabbed the Belgian by the face, a red card offence. Instead, he got a yellow for the clip. The two players were at each other all game, and with 10 minutes to go, they both went in to contest a header. Torres led with his arm but did not touch him, and Vertonghen cleared. Vertonghen fell, dragging Torres down by his jersey and started rolling around, clutching his face. In my opinion, the correct decision would have been to book both of them, but referee Mike Dean decided to give Torres a second yellow. Torres was sent off, in what was his best performance this season, and Chelsea batted down the hatches, bringing on another defender.
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