Score Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0
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Chelsea has now moved closer to both Arsenal and Manchester United in the league table after this victory over Sunderland. Sunderland worked tirelessly throughout the entire game to try and keep Chelsea at Bay to no avail and Andriy Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 23rd minute of the game when headed home a great goal from Salomon Kalou’s cross, which gave him his second league goal of the season for Chelsea in only five starts.
Wright-Philips had a penalty appeal turned down by the referee after his tangle with Dean Whitehead and Sunderland were strugglerling to get out of their own half, they did manage to break free on some occasions, but always to no avail. Frank Lampard sealed victory for Chelsea in the 79th minute of the game from a controversial penalty, after Danny Higginbotham pulled Alex’s shirt. The game was almost certainly over now for Sunderland and with only eleven minutes of play left, it was very unlikely that they were going to stick three goals past Chelsea or even force a draw. The weather was abysmal for both sides and with rain pouring down throughout the game, which made passing the ball accurately very difficult. Chelsea was on the attack through most of the second half and made light work of any counter attacks by the visitors. Miller was sent of late in the game for Sunderland when he pushed Pizarro just a few yards from the referee and was the icing on the cake for a truly miserable afternoon for Sunderland Manager Roy Keane. willhill.co.uk
