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In that case, you really have to blame Matzeratti for being stupid enough to foul Torres and thus get sent off. If the opposite was true, whereby the second yellow was debatable, then you can put all blame on the referee.

I am not watching that game, but given that it is the hot-head Matzeratti, that does not surprise me one bit that he received two yellows.

Until the last 15 minutes, I thought Kalou was horrible. His stupid play to kick in Pizarro's shot that was going in the open goal, while Kalou was offsides, cost us a goal. That, and his terrible shooting for the first 70 minutes was making me raging mad.

Why is Arse's loss to ManU an addition to a great day??? The only result of that game that would have been great would have been a draw, the 4-0 result is not good for us.

Wow, I did not know that Rainer Bonhof was a Chelsea scout. He was one of my favourite players back in the day (the 70s), classy midfielder, kind of like a German Socrates, if you know what I mean. I don't care about Van de Vaart, but the news about Bonhof makes me very happy.

No one in midfield played well today. An ugly game to watch, and seeing Maka make terrible giveaways was a shocker. Only the defence made us proud today. Joe Cole and SWP -- what can you say? Both ran around a lot but did little.

Alex, by a mile. Pizarro belongs in rugby league, he has no skills with his feet. Malouda -- another total disappontment.

Bad first half by us. Maka is giving the ball away much too easily. We should be down by a goal, and thank God we are not.

Oh good, it's early, but so far it is unanimous for Ballack. I thought it was not even close who was the MOM for us. As to our worst player, to me it was Ashley Cole hands down.

I thought Ben Haim was the least to blame of our defenders on the Keystone Cops defence that led to Pompey's goal.

On a positive note, I like the way we finished the game, with a win-or-die attitude. With 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, that should be the way a top team plays whether at home or on the road. If we would have lost this game, I would not have been mad, since by playing for a win at the end, that happens sometimes.

Pizarro does not belong in the Premier League, that is obvious. He is better suited for Serie A. Let's stop wasting time putting him in the game in the last 13 minutes or so.

It is a 6 point gap, right? Also, our worry is ManU, which we kept pace with, not the Arse. Believe me when I say Arse will finish in third at the end of the season.

I am not sad. We could easily have lost this game.

I was hoping for the final whistle with the score level, and that never happens. I think the result was very fair.

I agree, Loz. With another referee out there, that might have been called a penalty. The only Chelsea players to impress me in the first half are Ballack, Ben Haim and Alex.

I voted Renato Paolo Ferreira, with Ballack a close second. The bums of the match were SWP, for all his misses, and Malouda, who goes missing for larges periods of the match.

Sorry, but Buffon is better, and he can stop penalites too, which is a major gripe that I have about Cech. I can score from the penalty spot against Cech.

I voted for Bridge, due to his penetrating runs. My anti-man of the match is Mikel -- totally dreadful performance.

I feel bad for the Bar Codes, they deserved a point, and our second goal was clearly offsides. Anyway, this makes up for that game where Kalou's goal was disallowed for offsides.

How much time is left? i cannot even get the game on the internet.

Disappointing. Cech made a bad mistake to basically give up the corner, and then a horrible flap at the corner to allow the goal. Pitiful.

I chose Sidwell, based on his great pass for the first goal, and him being very lively in our practically motionless midfield. I think this may be the first game whereby nobody chose JT, though I thought he did nothing glaringly wrong during the match. Mikel, like someone else said, and for him giving away a couple of potentially dangerous free kicks to Derby County for my vote, by I have no qualms with him being the MOM.

Watched the game on tape last night, and that was two hours wasted. I cannot believe how bad we were! My tape ran out at the 85th minute, so I did not see Essien's sending off, but if I was a Derby County fan, I would be so mad about their non-offsides goal and about Sheva's non-called foul that led to our first goal. We were lucky yesterday, just like we were unlucky two weeks ago against Everton. Nothing more to say.

Thank you, Glory55. We must severely punish everyone who uses that derogatory expression. I wonder if he really is a Chelsea fan. It's like going on a ManU site, and saying that I am a great ManU fan, and then saying I cannot wait to see ManUre play. Just a bit strange to me, and I cannot imagine it was just a slipup. We must keep an EYE on this one!