An incredible day for Chelsea as we secure a
top 4 spot and will be playing in the
Champions League next season. Frank
Lampard’s double confirmed that and also,
confirmed his as Chelsea’s top goal scorer as
he surpassed Bobby Tambling’s record of 202
goals. A Chelsea legend and one of the best
midfielders in the Premier League’s history.
An energetic and action-packed match saw 2
red cards (Benteke and Ramires), 2 injuries
(Hazard and Terry) and a Chelsea comeback.
Scorers :
Stats :
What We Learned :
1. Frank Lampard – Chelsea legend
2. Lee Mason – questionable officiating
3. Demba Ba in horrible form
4. Aston Villa fans with some disgusting stuff
5. Top 4 secured
1. Frank Lampard – Chelsea legend:
203 goals from a midfielder. What a massive
achievement for Frank Lampard and in one
of the best circumstances possible. Down 1-0
with 10 men, then he scored 2 to secure CL
football for next season.
Since his move westwards across London in
2001, Frank has been an ever-present figure
in the blue of Chelsea, clocking over 600
starts to date. He has seen the Blues through
their meteoric rise to Premier League
champions; and has fought tooth and nail to
win the Champions League as well as the FA
Cup, League Cup and the Community Shield.
Whether he moves on or not, Frank will be
able to hold his head high, having been a key
figure in the best Chelsea side in history and
the 8 major trophies won by Frank at Chelsea
will stand as a testimony to his greatness.
2. Lee Mason – questionable officiating:
Not going to rant and rage about his
performance today, but he didn’t have the
greatest performance today.
Could have sent off Terry and Benteke (in
the first half). Ramires could have stayed on
the pitch, the Demba Ba goal could have
been given, few other calls (Weimann dive,
tackle by Ba, etc.). There were a lot of
things that Lee Mason didn’t call, that should
have been called and things that he did call,
that shouldn’t have been called. He could
have down a better job, that’s for sure.
Here’s the Demba Ba incident. Looks over
the line to me, not blaming the linesman for
it because of the bodies, but it shows how
much goal line technology is needed and it’s
coming to the EPL next season.
3. Demba Ba in horrible form:
Demba Ba missed a lot of good chances. His
movement wasn’t the best, he wasn’t passing
well, he wasn’t creating space for other
players to run into. He did a lot of things
wrong today, perhaps very unlucky to see his
effort not given (as it crossed the line).
Demba Ba hasn’t been playing well as of late,
at all. He’s been on and off since signing for
Chelsea. Whether it’s the Rafa Benitez squad
rotation that’s got him struggling or whether
it’s down to him – I’m not sure, but what I
am sure of, is that he’s playing quite bad. He
was horrendous today and I feel that had
Torres started, it could have been very
different. However, I wouldn’t want it any
different considering the outcome of the
match. Nonetheless, Demba Ba was poor
today and has been for some time. Torres
will start in the Europa League (since Ba is
cup-tied), but even if Ba wasn’t cup-tied, I
wouldn’t want him starting.
4. Aston Villa fans with some disgusting
stuff:
This is going to be somewhat short one, but I
want to get the point across and leave it at
that :
1) Throwing bottles at Ivanovic
2) Chanting “Let him die” at John Terry (with
Petrov in the stands)
3) Cheering as Terry tried to get up, but fell
back down
This is absolutely unacceptable. Other fans on
Twitter were very happy with Terry being
down (Spurs, Liverpool and United fans). It’s
disgusting. I don’t care what fan base it is
and what player it is, you don’t do that.
You also don’t throw bottles at an opposing
player who’s done NOTHING to you and is
minding his business. Nasty stuff.
Chanting “Let him die” at Terry while Stan
Petrov (who has acute leukemia – a life
threatening illness) is in the stands is also
very disgusting. Unacceptable stuff from
Aston Villa supporters.
The minority that did this deserve to be
banned and fined for their actions, but
remember that the small group of Villa fan’s
actions doesn’t mean all of their supporters
are bad.
5. Top 4 secured:
A very short one, but a very important one.
We’re going to be playing Champions League
football next season, for sure. This means
that Tottenham and Arsenal will battle it out
for the last spot.
Other Points:
1. Terry and Hazard hurt – missing EL final?
2. Does Lampard breaking record change his
contract status?

Cool. Though the heading looks confusing a bit. More like its from Aston Villa stand pt.