EPL 1997/98 - Liverpool vs Chelsea

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00:00Already the visit of Chelsea to Anfield was being talked about as a crucial match in the English Premier League
00:06Chelsea arrived just two points behind the leaders Arsenal while Liverpool couldn't afford to lose more ground in the title race
00:13Roy Evans talented side who promised so much were stuttering once again at the highest level
00:20Numerous Liverpool absentees didn't help their cause
00:24Jamie Redknapp or even Leonardson, Mark Wright and Dominic Matteo were all missing
00:28A 17 year old youngster by the name of Michael Owen was on the bench
00:34Player manager Ruud Gullit named himself as one of Chelsea's substitutes
00:37French international Frank Leboeuf was suspended, Mark Hughes returned in attack
00:45It promised to be an engaging fixture
00:48And there was a real belief certainly from the traveling contingent that Chelsea could come away with a positive result
00:55Traditionally though Anfield was a far from happy hunting ground for them
00:58The Blues had won just five times in 54 visits
01:03Your match commentator is John Champion
01:06As always a high octane occasion
01:10Meeting a two of last season's top six
01:12And a chance to assess their relative merits this time around
01:16Still the early stages of the season which has played eight games in the English Premier League
01:22And Chelsea have made the sort of start that Liverpool would like to have made
01:28Chelsea five wins a draw and two defeats Liverpool have lost twice but have won only three of their eight games
01:37Bernard Lombard one of the three Chelsea central defenders
01:44Here's Petrescu
01:47Oh
01:50Dennis Wise tangling with Paul Ince. We've been saying that a few times this afternoon
01:58Here's Lesau, Gus Pouillet looking to release Lesau down that left side
02:08And despite the best efforts of Björn Torreclama
02:14That's a corner
02:16Ball
02:20Fowler on his blocks
02:23And David Ellery is pointing to the mark on the pitch, which we now have
02:27which shows
02:28How far 10 yards is from the corner flag?
02:34Di Matteo
02:39Not really a threat to David James's goal
02:41So
02:45Chelsea beaten just once in their last seven English Premier League games
02:50And of course won 2-0 at Sloven Bratislava on Thursday in the Cup Winners Cup
02:544-0 on aggregate they go through
02:59And next they face Tromso
03:05Carrigan
03:11It's Bjerneby
03:19McManaman
03:23Bjerneby
03:29Ince
03:34Liverpool have lost twice already
03:372-1 at West Ham last weekend
03:402-1 here against Leicester back in August
03:45Bob Jones
03:52Lovely touch from Zola
03:55Here's Pouillet
03:58Chelsea getting bodies forward
04:01And that's well plucked out of the air by James
04:05And immediately bowled out to Steve McManaman
04:10Leicester
04:12Or Lombard could be in trouble here
04:16It's going to be a yellow card the first of the game issued by the Harrow schoolmaster David Ellery
04:28No attempt to play the ball
04:31And Bernard Lombard the signing from Bordeaux
04:36Has his name taken
04:39There's Riedler
04:44That's his speciality
04:46And it drew a good save from Dehoey
04:48A man who scored twice earlier this year in the Champions League final
04:52His final appearance for Borussia Dortmund
05:01Dehoey away
05:05Oh Fowler
05:08And still weak shot
05:15It's been a bright and breezy opening to this fixture really dull
05:23Chelsea got men back between Fowler and Dehoey's goal
05:31Ince
05:33Looking for Patrick Berger, Lesau beaten by the bounce
05:37And Dehoey beaten by Berger
05:44Really nicely taken
05:48Lesau left red-faced
05:54But this player of undeniable talent from the Czech Republic Patrick Berger has lobbed Liverpool in front
06:07So
06:10Roy Evans up off the bench
06:25Wise
06:29Oh down goes kvama let's play on and zola can equalize here
06:35Now
06:37Now there'll have to be an inquest
06:41Because liverpool certainly stopped even zola had a couple of looks back at the referee
06:48Because mark you seem to take out the entourage kvama and that left zola unopposed
06:56David alire saw nothing wrong and has allowed the goal to stand
07:00And
07:02Look zola was expecting a whistle which never came
07:07And then all he had to do was make sure the goalkeeper committed himself keep his own feet
07:12And roll it into an untended net
07:14So
07:27Plenty of unrest around this stadium at the manner of the equalizing goal
07:33Mcmanaman
07:35all blocked off by longboard
07:38Who has already been cautioned and david ellery is not in the mood to show any mercy
07:44Chelsea are down to 10
07:49Similar offense to the first one and the player manager is going to have to come on
07:57There will need to be a sacrifice here because well, it will come on and play at the back
08:04Second questionable offense by bernard lambord
08:09And it's zola who gets the pat on the back from graham ricks
08:13He's withdrawn to allow rude hullit to come on
08:17At the age of 35
08:31Kiss of the crucifix
08:34So
08:36Hoping to bring himself some good fortune chelsea will be up against it now
08:41Taking up a downfield with 11 let alone 10
08:47Carragher
08:50Fowler
08:57The ultimate team man zola rather more interested than bialy
09:04Mcmanaman
09:08There's carl heinz riedler
09:13Rob jones
09:15Hence
09:19To build on last season's fourth place finish
09:23Second behind the champions manchester united same number of points as both second place newcastle and third place arsenal
09:31That's power
09:33So
09:41Jones played it in how that had a good run couldn't control the header
09:46Foreign
10:02Wise burger. Yes
10:17Mcmanaman
10:19Bnb
10:23And again sticking a bnb
10:27Burger
10:35It has crisply taken a goal as you'll see
10:39Super into play involving mcmanaman and bnb down the left
10:43first time hit
10:45With what is supposed to be patrick berger's weaker foot
10:53He and liverpool have scored twice
11:03Three and a quarter million pounds from borussia dortmund
11:08Made a real impact at euro 96. That's where liverpool first decided that they liked what they saw
11:15So
11:25Burger
11:27Scored two against chelsea here last season in a 5-1 romp
11:32And he's repeated the trick this time around although
11:35Whether it will end up 5-1 remains to be seen
11:45So
11:50Wise
11:54Dimitri was dawdling
11:58Burger baller and reid with the company mcmanaman gaining ground sinclair in the way for chelsea
12:10Petrescu
12:15Wise
12:20Oh down goes poyette
12:23And appeals furiously to david ellery for a penalty
12:29Not normally the most demonstrative of players, but he had a case there he was bundled over by rob jones
12:36David ellery doesn't get many wrong, but I think he was at fault there
12:39Yeah
12:44Chelsea free kick
12:55And chelsea can consider themselves a little hard done by
13:02Really should have had a penalty. Yeah, are they doing some warming up?
13:10With any great purpose
13:16Bullet
13:18That's where it ends for the first half
13:20David ellery might well have given a penalty to chelsea
13:23But liverpool lead at the break by two goals to one here at anfield
13:32Changed by liverpool rob jones has a calf strain and so jason macatia is on for the start of the second half
13:39so
13:43Breedler and fowler
13:46Underway now attacking the cop end
13:50There's carragher
13:53Liverpool's next engagement in the english premier league after the international break is a trip to goodison for the derby against everton
14:01And then they head off to west bromwich albion for the third round of the league cup
14:09So
14:28Fowler
14:35Mark of respect between fowler and wise
14:40Use of the chest
14:43Shot a little bit wayward in the end
14:57Bn of it fowler. Well, it got a block on it
15:02So
15:07Steve mcmanaman driving one
15:12Comfortable save for the hoey
15:22Pull it
15:25Is
15:29Chelsea have won just five times on this ground
15:34This is their 55th visit
15:38And they've lost their last five league games here
15:43Mark Hughes with the acrobatic effort his trademark over the years
15:50Quite a few of them have flown into the back of the opposition net too not today
15:55So
16:02Rapidly approaching his 34th birthday. Oh and here's burger round the goalkeeper and in
16:11Patrick burger has a hat trick
16:14So
16:22And surely there's no way back even with half an hour or so to play for chelsea now not with 10 men
16:33It's a hat trick for patrick
16:38And liverpool lead by three goals to one
16:41So
16:43That'll do nicely for roy evans
16:49Blockage by robbie fowler
16:58As the arrival of flow gives chelsea a bit of height to aim for
17:03So
17:07Came off mcmanaman
17:10So
17:22Chelsea still pressing for a goal
17:27Wise
17:30Sinclair it's bad
17:32So
17:45Steve clark
17:47So
17:59Read the ones it played riddler has it but it's dispossessed by steve clark
18:08And that's with roberto de mateo
18:11Yeah
18:16Chelsea having to deal today with the suspension of
18:21Next time to deal with the ban for bernard lombard as a result of his dismissal today
18:31There's hullit
18:34In his third season as a player with chelsea his second season as player manager
18:38Pretty successful first campaign sixth place and winning the fa cup final
19:03Here's burger
19:07Yeah
19:11That's a popular goal for the cop
19:15And this time the scorer of the hat trick is the provider for robbie fowler
19:23Speed of the break too much for chelsea to cope with
19:26So
19:31Burgers incisive run and the ball went in off the heel of steve clark, but fowler will claim it
19:38Don't ever doubt that
19:43Bullet
19:50Karma
19:52Oh, it's a run of which mcmannaman and company would have been proud here's fowler
20:01Kicked off by clark
20:05I think it's a stayed up field
20:08Maybe he's too old to get back or just can't be bothered
20:11It could work to his advantage here. Yeah
20:14I was about to say here he is
20:17Well there he was
20:19And he's blaming his studs
20:23So
20:27Even great players can fall over
20:35Wise
20:37It has stayed forward
20:40It will remain upfield now given the match situation there's flow
20:52Um
20:56Guilty of fouling dimatteo
21:02Worth one more look unless your name is rude
21:18Oh and hughes didn't seem to have the courage of his convictions
21:22He appeared to be within reach
21:25mcmannaman
21:29Dimatteo wise no foul seen by referee ellery it's in
21:36It's too strong for steve mcmannaman
21:42Now the winter day for liverpool particularly a handsome win will make it a reasonable start to the season
21:47They'll move to within one point off chelsea in the english premier league table
21:52So
21:54Here's flow possibilities for him and he's pulled it
22:07Chances have been few and far between for chelsea in the second half
22:12Sending off of bernard lombard midway through the first period always made this a mountainous task
22:23Wise and flow goes down under the challenge of carragher
22:29And nothing is given
22:34Chelsea might well have had a penalty in the first half and they feel they should have had one in the second
22:52So
22:57Now by burger
23:02Dennis wise
23:05His flow goes down again, oh and this time it is a penalty
23:13And what's more it's a yellow card for the miscreant jason mcateer
23:17Yep
23:21Is that any more of a penalty than the two that david ellery turned down
23:29This will merely be window dressing
23:33scant consolation
23:35And that's if he scores
23:37It's the uruguayan
23:39Gus poyette
23:40And it's four two
23:47Which is perhaps a more accurate reflection of the way the game has gone
23:58Fuck
24:00Chelsea content just to play out time
24:03they've accepted that
24:04Their second best on the day not helped by the dismissal of lombard
24:10And liverpool will be very content with the way things have panned out for them
24:14um
24:17And search to regain the league title
24:22They've got to wait since 1990 but they must be in with a shout this year
24:26A hat trick from patrick berger the centerpiece of an impressive victory today