It took Chelsea 6 minutes to get the ball rolling. A freekick from just outside the area by Didier Drogba was to hot to handle for keeper Scott Carson who spilled the ball into the path of John Obi Mikel who struck straight at the West Brom keeper but the rebound fell to Malouda who rammed the ball home for to make it 1-0.
Chelsea had chances to make it 2-0 but it took until stoppage time for them to make their possession count. Another freekick from Chelsea and again the wall broke as if I had built it and Drogba's shot went straight through the wall into the bottom corner. Now the scoreline relflected matchplay. Chelsea had yet to get out of second gear.
The second half started in much the same way, Chelsea with all the possession, intricate passing and pace down both flanks but West Brom striker had a 20 yard effort ruled out for off-side and in the 55th minute a Chelsea corner was headed goalwards by skipper John Terry, his effort was cleared off the line but only as far as Drogba who from 6 yards out grabbed his second of the match, just under 10 minutes later and it was Frank Lampards turn to get his name on the score sheet as he begins another season where he will probably get 20 goals.
3 minutes later Drogba might have completed his hat-trick. For now he has the match ball but the dubious goal's committee might take it off him as his shot deflected of Gabriel Tamas and past Carson, I for one hope they give the Ivory Coast hitman his goal, his performance deserved it.
The Chelsea fans were in full voice, absolutely loving what they were seeing. They evenstarted chanting the name of ex-Chelsea midfielder and current West Brom manager Roberto Di Matteo who must've been shell shocked at what he was seeing and just when he thought the game was over and he could get out of London Florent Malouda, who began the rout got a second after his shot went in off the post.
Chelsea were in awesome form and already after one goal I have seen enough to say whoever finished above Chelsea this season will win the Premier League, they were simply amazing.
Lineups:
Chelsea: 01-Cech, 03-Cole, 05-Essien, 08-Lampard, 11-Drogba, 12-Mikel, 15-Malouda, 19-Ferreira, 26-Terry, 33-Alex, 39-Anelka. Subs: 02-Ivanovic, 10-Benayoun, 21- Kalou
West Bromwich Albion: 01-Carson, 04-Cech, 06-Pablo, 07-Morrison, 09-Bednar, 11-Brunt, 14-Thomas, 17-Dorrans, 21-Mulumbu, 30-Tamas, 36-Jara. Subs: 08-Barnes, 10- Miller, 31-Cox
Todays Other Scores:
Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham - AV- Downing, Petrov, Milner
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Everton - BR-Kalinic
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Fulham
Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham - SU- Bent (pen), Carr (og) - BC- Dann, Ridgewell
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Manchester City
Wigan Athletic 0-4 Blackpool - BP- Harewood (2), Taylor-Fletcher, Baptiste
Wolves 2-1 Stoke City - WW- Jones, Fletcher - SC- Faye
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