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RESERVE REPORT: CHELSEA 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1
Posted on: Tue 30 Aug 2011
Summary
The reserves had to settle for a draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night after being pegged back by a committed Blackburn side.
The Blues had the better of the 90 minutes and were almost dominant in the first half, Jacob Mellis rounding off a direct but excellently executed opening goal after bringing down Sam Hutchinson's long through ball and firing home.
The lead could have been extended but Blackburn converted an equaliser just before the hour and could soon have taken the lead but for some poor finishing.
Chelsea gradually recovered but could not get past some resilient defending, inspired goalkeeping and the woodwork, when Marko Mitrovic's shot was deflected onto the post.
That means some first dropped points of the season, but the performance will have pleased Drummy, particularly with a slightly weakened side.
Team news
Ross Turnbull was selected in goal for his first reserve team appearance of the season, but international call-ups prevented Dermot Drummy from selecting Josh McEachran, Conor Clifford and Nathaniel Chalobah.
Sam Hutchinson, who continues to work with the second string a he prepares for his coaching badges, captained the side which also featured Patrick van Aanholt at left-back in the way of first team experience.
First year scholar Lewis Baker started on the right wing ahead of midfielders Billy Clifford, Jacob Mellis and George Saville.
Chelsea reserves v Blackburn
First half
Within a minute the Blues were on the front foot as Van Aanholt, Mellis and Saville combined, the left-back playing :-)-two with Mellis before crossing for the advanced Saville, whose side-footed volley was saved low down by Rovers keeper Matthew Urwin.
Van Aanholt had started brilliantly, attacking at will down the left and supplying a string of crosses, but it was Mellis who would grab the early headlines.
The 20-year-old made a typical bursting run from midfield after 15 minutes, and was spotted by Hutchinson, who sent a rangy vertical pass over the Blackburn defence, landing on the midfielder's toe.
There was plenty of work still to do, but Mellis brought the ball down expertly, and lashed the ball beyond Urwin into the bottom corner to give his side a deserved lead.
Chelsea reserves v Blackburn
Blackburn's response was limited, but captain Nick Blackman did head a free-kick over the bar when well placed.
Back on the attack Chelsea almost added to the score when MItrovic headed a Todd Kane cross just wide, and then the Swede saw his low drive tipped around the post by Urwin.
From the resultant corner Carl Magnay connected well with Kaby's centre, but his header was always rising, and so Dermot Drummy's men went in at the break with a narrow lead, a Kaby drive pushed over the bar just before the whistle.
Second half
Kane prompted the first string of Chelsea attacks when he won a corner down the right, but it was on the break that the Blues created their first real opportunity of the half, Kaby and Mellis combining to play in Mitrovic, whose delayed shot was deflected onto a post and back out into play.
Adam Henley flashed a low drive past Turnbull's left-hand post, but it looked to be an isolated attack, only for Rovers to equalise with their next foray forward.
Zac Aley made good progress down their left flank, delivering a pinpoint cross into the box, where Jackson Ramm was able to get in front of Van Aanholt and power his header beneath Turnbull and into the net.
It was hard on Chelsea who would need to rediscover the standards they had set during the first period.
The visitors were having an ever-increasing influence on proceedings and could have taken the lead just after the hour, Chelsea fortunate that James Knowles got too far under his shot and skied it into the Shed End rather than drilling it on target.
Clifford pulled a shot wide and Van Aanholt shot straight at Urwin as the home side gradually improved and recovered the ascendancy.
Kane sent a low cross across the six-yard box that evaded everybody and then the same player was stopped in his tracks by some brave goalkeeping at his feet as the three points slipped away.
The manager
'We overplayed at times in the first half, and didn't really have an answer in the second when they pressed us and we didn't get our game going again, which is disappointing,' said Drummy.
'It was a great goal, a great touch and we talked with Jacob before the game about being higher up the field and making those forward runs, and a great through ball. He could have had another one to be fair, and if Kaby with the last kick of the first half had squared the ball, it could have been 2-0, and that matters.
'We still created enough chances in the second half to win the game, they've had one good ball and Ross hasn't had too many saves to make. I wasn't happy with the second half performance.'
Chelsea (4-3-3): Ross Turnbull; Todd Kane, Sam Hutchinson (c), Carl Magnay, Patrick van Aanholt; Jacob Mellis, Billy Clifford, George Saville; Lewis Baker (sub Adam Nditi 61), Marko Mitrovic (sub Philipp Prosenik 75), Kaby.
Unused subs Rhys Taylor, Rohan Ince, James Ashton.
Blackburn Rovers: Matthew Urwin; Bruno Ribeiro, Adam Henley, Jason Lowe, Anthony O'Connor, Hugo Fernandez Molina, Jackson Ramm, James Knowles (sub Robbie Cotton 86), Nick Blackman (c) (sub Jamie MacLaren h-t), Josh Morris, Zac Aley.
Unused subs Christopher Dilo, John O'Sullivan, Daniel Laverty.
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