Match Description
Chelsea 0 v 1 AFCB
14 December 2019
Attendance: 40,243
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| What a day! Bournemouth's players celebrate a terrific win. |
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| Bournemouth reignite their season at Stamford Bridge |
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Lewis Cook does some great work down right and Gosling almost gets on the end of it. Fraser then shoots from the left and forces Kepa to save at his near post.
Mepham gets a strong block on Willian's shot. Fraser puts a good cross in.
Jorginho into Mount and Ramsdale saves brilliantly with a star-shaped last ditch block.
Fraser goes down in the box but no penalty. Emerson gets in the box but has a weak shot. Mepham hardly touches Willian, but it's a free kick to Chelsea.
Cross from Azpilicueta and Abraham shoots wide at the near post. That was close on 16 minutes!
Billing tackles Willian well and the ref has blown for a free kick! Jorginho fouls King and Bournemouth release the Chelsea pressure.
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Chelsea have a corner on 24 minutes and after a heading scramble have another which Billing clears.
A ball right across Bournemouth's box and Mepham gets a foot in that sends it towards goal and Ramsdale saves. Mepham pleads it's not a back pass. Abraham was in close attendance.
Kante forces another corner off Rico. Mount and Emerson misunderstand each other and lose posession.
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Rico gets a good block in. Fraser wins a free kick just outside the box. Billing is in the thick of on the box and Gosling goes down in the Chelsea, but is off side.
Billing tackles back well. King battles away but the free kick goes against him. Willian crosses and Pulisic keeps it in play at the far post.
A shot from Chelsea and Stacey clears almost putting it into his own net!
Bournemouth have a corner. It's on the line, Fraser shoots but is blocked.
Corner again. Cleared. Two minutes of added time. Chelsea have a corner right on half time. Abraham heads over.
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| Chelsea's fans expected their manager to turn up the heat second half. |
Bournemouth are under pressure but King brings it away. King wins a free kick. Stacey has a shot blocked.
Billing should have a corner, but this ref is awful. Lewis Cook is carded for fouling Emerson.
Fraser sets king away but he cuts in and is blocked by the last man, Stacey was waiting in support.
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Chelsea have a corner. Gosling gives a free kick right on the edge of the box. Willian hits the wall.
Mount takes advantage of a Bournemouth player going down, corner. Poor refereeing.
It's a scramble. Another Chelsea corner. Rico comes back on to cheers.
King bursts through and is just tackled corner at the final moment. Kante fouls Fraser.
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Pulisic and Wilian are subbed. On come Kovacic and Callum Hudson-Odoi on 65 minutes.
Josh King bursts in the box it falls right across Goslings path, but he does not quite get to it. Lucky Chelsea, they were carved open by Bournemouth.
Free kick to Chelsea next to the box. It's over hit.
Abraham crosses but Francis clears. Ramsdale saves a point-blank header on the line from Emerson. Fantastic save!
18 minutes to hold on or Bournemouth. Gosling over hits a pass to King.
Just too long again for Fraser. King goes down. Solanke replaces King on 76 minutes. King is hobbling. Now he is putting weight on his ankle - hopefully he'll be okay by next weekend.
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Lerma defends well. Kovacic is booked for blocking Solanke. Gosling pulls back Kante and is booked.
Fraser breaks and Lewis Cook plays it to the near post and Solanke shoots but it's deflected for a corner.
Lerma heads the ball back into the box as Chelsea come out, Gosling has his back to goal and hooks the ball over the keeper and into the goal, but is given offside! Azpilicueta clears the ball. Hang on. There is a VAR check.
After a long delay its a goal! Bournemouth lead!
The noise is amazing. I love VAR! Solanke gets in the box but is blocked.
Diego wins a free kick. Gosling comes for a cross with lots if applause.
Five minutes of added time. Billing wins the header but Lewis Cook can't beat his man. Ramsdale catches again.
Rico blocks 29. corner 17 shoots and Ramsdale saves low to his right.
Bournemouth are clinging on.
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| What a win! A fantastic day and three more points. |
A remarkable day. Nobody gave Bournemouth much hope of getting anything from this game. They showed the heart and work rate to stifle Chelsea and while the referee was not giving corners he should have to Bournemouth, he was overruled by VAR on the goal and Bournemouth deserved their priceless win. Chelsea are Bournemouth's go to team when they are not playing well. Stamford Bridge is the hone away from home for AFCB.
AFCB line up
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| AFCB Subs: Boruc, Surman, Simpson, Kilkenny, Stanislas, Solanke, Dobre |
AFCB Ratings: Ramsdale 10, Stacey 7, Francis 8, Mepham 6, Rico 7, Gosling 8, L Cook 7, Billing 7, Lerma 8, Fraser 8, King 8
Cherry Chimes MOM: Aaron Ramsdale
Ref Watch: Graham Scott: -4/10 Awful - worst ref of the season so far. Got goal kicks wrong when they should have been corners, booked Lewis Cook for nothing and tried to deny AFCb a perfectly good goal!
Chelsea
1 Arrizabalga Kepa, 2 Rudiger, 15 Zouma, 28 Azpilicueta, 5 Jorginho (Batshuayi 78), 7 Kante, 33 Emerson, 10 Willian (Hudson-Odoi 65), 19 Mount, 22 Pulisic (Kovacic 65),
9 Abraham
Chelsea Subs
9 Abraham
Chelsea Subs
13 Cabellero, 4 Christensen, 20 Hudson-Odoi, 23 Batshuayi, 11 Pedro, 24 James, 17 Kovacic
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