Chelsea still alive

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If Chelsea to mount a defense in the afternoon the title of the Premier League, will play much better than Blackpool. But basically, Carlo Ancelotti, the team showed it could still win without at full speed.

£ 50 million January transfer of Fernando Torres was another gap in his fifth game since coming to settle in Liverpool, but fortunately for the Blues did not need his goals.

There comes a time in the long-es when striker in Spain to produce the goods if they have an opportunity, on behalf of the nine points behind Manchester United, relax, but have a game.

But at Bloomfield Road has stood the test of Chelsea's players who did the work, gave Frank Lampard scored twice in the second half of captain John Terry, the lead before the break.

target caused by the end of Jason Puncheon has some shake the visitors' defense, but the Stamford Bridge team have enough experience to make sure it does not slip.

The guests looked comfortable for Chelsea, but the number of visitors to the coast this season that were on the defensive for a long time in the first half.

David Carney, had in his first appearance in nearly a month, 45 minutes from Jose Bosingwa wing production was presented on several occasions.

The Australians tried to test Petr Cech from the start, cut the ball in his right foot but could only curl a right ball over the Chelsea goalkeeper.

A few minutes later he found himself clear in the region after Bosingwa to win against the property, but decided not to shoot, he changed his passport and the chance was lost.

Blackpool looks much more like the team of the invention, before Didier Drogba of Chelsea in two and Torres - are to open your account with your new club, after a scoreless 406 minutes of action - not to impress again as a association.

However, the hosts could not say his power and principles of Seasiders manager Ian Holloway was with the way his team conceded the first goal against the run of play angry

If Lampard opened a corner of the 20 th minutes straight, Terry slipped his marker to easily drive home the simplest of chances.

The visitors briefly threatened to press home advantage with the forces of Bosingwa Richard Kingson on a guard with a finger on his left footed shot from the right corner of the penalty area, but soon took control in Blackpool.

They were almost gifted an equalizer in the 33rd minute when the current channel Puncheon on the inside right past David Luiz jump and shoot low to Cech, the ball slipped the finger and was relieved to see a post bounce .

The Czech goalkeeper was just a little more confident when you get a finger on Ian Evatt hit the crossbar with the contras.

Chelsea finished the half of what had begun, under pressure, despite the long-term efforts Ramires Kingson had fallen from his right to be shot in stoppage time after tree.

Drogba was less than ten minutes into the second half in a challenge to James Beattie in the penalty area and Chelsea have been replaced by Salomon Kalou.

Always more by chance than the invention of the replacement attending the spark that was missing in most games.

In seven minutes from the entrance of Kalou won a penalty when his shot allowing Evatt in the area, Lampard at his side in the comfort zone instead of the place.

Four minutes later, the midfielder slotted home his fourth goal in as many games after Kalou again, if the central area. As if things were not bad enough for Blackpool, Kingson had to go through injury and replaced by Mark Halstead.

with nine minutes before closing, substitute Matt Phillips, the deficit for the shipment of the race must be clearly reduced by Keith Southern, but had a message airplane Cech.

Puncheon succeeded where his team was not in a position similar to the 86 minutes, but did nothing to dispel growing fears of Blackpool.

They have won only once in the last nine games and are involved in a relegation battle, just two points in the last three years.

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