
The London Chelsea, whose owner is Roman Abramovich, lost his first points in the championship of England. His team tied with BlackBern - 2: 2. Moreover, Chelsea, in the course of the meeting, had to recoup twice.
The first goal "BlackBern" scored already at the 19th second of the match, and Andy Cole became its author. However, even in the first half, Adrian Mutu equalized. In the second half of the meeting, again, Cole, taking advantage of the mistake of the Chelsea goalkeeper Claudio Kudichini, takes his partners in advance - 2: 1. Nevertheless, Chelsea was able to restore parity after a blow from the eleven-meter mark of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbine. Newkasl continues its terrible week of defeats.
After the loss of Manchester United and Partizan, the Magpies lost to Birmingham - 0: 1. The goal of Mark Viduki helped Lidsu to win with Middlesro - 3: 2. Fulham won the London derby at Tottenham - 3: 0. Two goals in the goal of "Khotspurs" scored Barry Hayles, who for the first time since November last year entered the field in the starting lineup. Another goal was recorded at his own expense Luis Boa Morte. This is the first victory of West Ham on White Hart Lane over the past 55 years.
The fourth tour brought two zero draws. The goals did not score in the match between Wolver Emphton and Portsmut, as well as in the meeting of Bolton and Charlteon. The Colombian striker Juan -Pablo Angel twice struck the gates of Lester and his Aston Villa won at Lester - 3: 1. As for the match between Chelsea and BlackBern, which was considered as a visit by Damien Duff to his former club.
However, Duff was not noticeable on the field. The first goal was scored by the BlackBern football players after the Chelsea defense at the very beginning of the match missed the program to Andy Cowl, who brought BlackBern forward. He also spent the second Rovers ball after Kudichini missed the fire, which was obliged to take. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank scored three minutes later, after Chelsea intercepted the initiative and led a massive attack on the opponent’s goal. It should be noted that at this match the official presentation of Argentinean Ernan Kryo took place as a player of the London club.
Meanwhile, Chelsea coach Claudio Ranieri remained dissatisfied with the result, recalling that over the past ten years, Blackberen won seven times and only tied with Chelsea three times. “We played well, but it was not throughout the match, but only by time. In particular, we spent the last ten minutes just beautifully, but we need to play the whole match, not ten minutes,” said to journalists angrily after the Ranieri match.
Earlier, Liverpool won the fourth in a row the Mersisade derby, having prevailed over Everton with a score of 3: 0. This "Liverpool" removed the escalated questions about the imminent resignation of coach Gerard Ule.