They are not at the pinnacle but they ain’t any far either, Chelsea continued their quest for points successfully to keep Manchester United under pressure in pursuit of the English Premiership title. Chelsea had made some huge investments on transfers this season introducing two big names of the football world, German captain Michael Ballack and the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko but their inapt form in England had been a repeated worry for Jose Mourinho and co.
However, it was Michael Ballack, who came to Chelsea’s rescue heading a Frank Lampard corner home putting the Blues ahead three minutes into the injury time of the first-half, the only goal of the game, dumping the Bolton Wonderers at Reebok Stadium: this being a certain breather for Chelsea seeing the highest paid footballer in England finding stride.
The host’s having defeated the Gunners in their last fixture were reeling in confidence and that was evident from El Hadji Diouf driving a low shot on the Chelsea goal which forced Carlo Cudicini into desperate measures. It was the Blues day and they attacked the goal on numerous occasions but only to be denied by the brilliance of Jussi Jaaskelainen who surely averted a disgraceful score line for the home side.
