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Barclays Premier League

Saturday, 13 December 2014,

Chelsea
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Hull
  • Kickoff: 16:00 BST
  • Stadium: Stamford Bridge
  • Referee: -
  • Stadium: Stamford Bridge
  • Attendance: 41,626
  • 7' Eden Hazard
  • 68' Diego Costa
  • 60' Tom Huddlestone

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Hull City

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Cech in for Blues

Petr Cech will start in goal for Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League for the first time this season after Thibaut Courtois sustained a minor injury in training.

The Czech Republic international has been displaced as the Blues' first-choice goalkeeper this term by Courtois, who returned to Stamford Bridge in the summer after three seasons on loan at Atletico Madrid.

Cech's only Premier League appearance came in the win over Arsenal in October when Courtois departed injured and now the Belgian is out for Saturday's match with Hull, the 32-year-old will retain his place following the midweek win over Sporting Lisbon.

Manager Jose Mourinho said: "He (Courtois) had a little problem in training, a little muscular problem and he's not available.

"(It is) a chance for Petr and a chance for Mark (Schwarzer) to be on the bench.

"We played Petr already in three Champions League matches and every game in the Capital One Cup.

"He doesn't need to prove something. It's just an easy simple situation for him. Go and play, which is what he wants to do.

"It's his natural habitat to be in goal, not on the bench. It's very comfortable for me, for the players, for the fans to know our goalkeeper tomorrow is Petr Cech."

Cech's more peripheral status has led to suggestions he could leave in January, with a host of clubs linked.

"I don't think it's possible," added Mourinho, who has often spoken of his delight at having two of the world's best three goalkeepers in his squad.

"I read a couple of weeks ago his agent saying there was no chance of him leaving Chelsea in January.

"That, plus the fact that I have no information about any offer to him, makes me believe 100 per cent that he's staying."

Mourinho has no intention of activity in next month's transfer window and dismissed as an impossibility the prospect of Fernando Torres returning.

The Spain striker, a B£50million signing from Liverpool in January 2011, is on a two-year loan at AC Milan after a torrid time at Stamford Bridge.

Reports have suggested Torres could depart the San Siro, but he will not be returning to Chelsea.

"That's an impossible picture," Mourinho said.

"He's on loan for two seasons at AC Milan. We have no space. We have no space for players in our list either in the Champions League or in the Premier League.

"But I have to say that nobody from AC Milan made contact with us thinking about that possibility.

"Probably nothing is true. And more than possible he is happy at Milan."

Chelsea saw their 23-match unbeaten run end at Newcastle last weekend, and Mourinho added: "The response is to play well and to try to win every game. It's what we are doing since the beginning of the season.

"Results are results, but what can we do more than we are doing?

"Playing very, very well. Not one single bad performance, good spirit, good individual performances.

"We have nothing more to do than what we're doing. You cannot be better than first in the Premier League, top of the league in the group phase and quarter-final of Capital One Cup.

"Let's see if Tuesday (at Derby) we can be in the Capital One Cup semi-final and that would be an improvement."

Playmaker Cesc Fabregas will serve a one-match suspension against Hull as Mourinho reverts to the majority of his first-choice line-up.

Defender John Terry and forwards Eden Hazard and Willian were rested in midweek for the defeat of Sporting Lisbon, which saw Mourinho make six changes to the side which lost at Newcastle.

Hull manager Steve Bruce admits his scouts drew a blank when asked to find a chink in Chelsea's armour.

The Premier League leaders may have surrendered their unbeaten record, but even that does not fill Bruce with optimism.

The Blues are fierce hosts at Stamford Bridge and will be even more hungry than usual as they look to atone for dropping points last time out.

The scale of the challenge is not lost on Bruce, who revealed his analysts had not been overly helpful in plotting a way past Mourinho's men.

He said: "It's funny...one of the reports I get from the scouts usually tries to highlight a weakness and this one came back as 'none: they don't have any weakness', which I thought was quite amusing.

"They have marvellous talent. they haven't just got flair players, they're good at set-pieces, they're big and strong, they're powerful, good in attacking areas.

"They're one of the best teams in Europe and they've arguably got the best coach too. He's box office, the fella. What Jose has done is quite remarkable.

"I remember going there with Sunderland a few years ago (2010) and winning 3-0, which always sticks with me, but that doesn't happen very often."

Defeat at St James' Park quashed growing expectation that Chelsea would match Arsenal's 'Invincibles' this season, but Bruce would not have been surprised to see them repeat that feat.

"They had the look of being unbeatable didn't they?" he added. "But if we go with the same mentality as we did to Liverpool and Arsenal, who knows, maybe we can take something from them."

Hull captain Curtis Davies could be handed a recall. The centre-half has been dropped for the last two matches, but Bruce could revert to a back three at Stamford Bridge, opening up a vacancy at

the back. Gaston Ramirez has completed a three-game ban.

91'+3

Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Hull City 0.

91'+1

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 92'

91'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 91'

91'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Corner Kick at 91'

91'

Corner, Hull City. Conceded by John Terry.

90'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Free Kick at 90'

90'

Foul by Filipe Luis (Chelsea).

89'

Gastón Ramírez (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 89'

88'

Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Didier Drogba.

88'

Robert Brady (Hull City) Corner Kick at 88'

88'

Attempt blocked. Robbie Brady (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

87'

Dangerous play by Diego Costa (Chelsea).

86'

Robert Brady (Hull City) Free Kick at 86'

86'

Gastón Ramírez (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

86'

Attempt blocked. André Schürrle (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Costa.

86'

Diego Costa (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 85'

84'

Attempt blocked. André Schürrle (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Didier Drogba.

84'

Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 84'

83'

Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Throw In at 83'

82'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 82'

82'

Allan McGregor (Hull City) Free Kick at 82'

82'

Substitution, Chelsea. Ramires replaces John Obi Mikel.

81'

Foul by Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea).

81'

André Schürrle (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 81'

80'

Substitution, Chelsea. André Schürrle replaces Willian.

79'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Robbie Brady.

79'

Willian (Chelsea) Corner Kick at 79'

78'

Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Oscar.

78'

Attempt missed. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Costa.

78'

Diego Costa (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 78'

78'

Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.

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Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 78'

74'

Substitution, Hull City. Gastón Ramírez replaces Nikica Jelavic.

73'

Attempt blocked. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

73'

Attempt blocked. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

73'

Attempt missed. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eden Hazard following a corner.

73'

Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 72'

72'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Curtis Davies.

72'

Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) Corner Kick at 72'

72'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 72'

71'

Robert Brady (Hull City) Foul at 71'

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Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Free Kick at 71'

71'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 71'

70'

James Chester (Hull City) Throw In at 70'

70'

Allan McGregor (Hull City) Free Kick at 69'

69'

Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).

68'

2 - 0

Goal! Chelsea 2, Hull City 0. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.

68'

Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 68'

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Robert Brady (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 68'

67'

Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Corner Kick at 67'

67'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by James Chester.

67'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 67'

66'

James Chester

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Oscar (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.

66'

James Chester (Hull City) Throw In at 66'

65'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 65'

64'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 64'

64'

Substitution, Hull City. Robbie Brady replaces Sone Aluko.

64'

Curtis Davies (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 64'

63'

Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.

63'

Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 62'

62'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Free Kick at 62'

60'

Tom Huddlestone

60'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Foul at 60'

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Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 60'

60'

Alex Bruce (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 60'

60'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Free Kick at 60'

60'

Foul by James Chester (Hull City).

59'

Allan McGregor (Hull City) Free Kick at 59'

58'

Diego Costa

58'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 58'

57'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 57'

57'

Alex Bruce

56'

Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.

56'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 56'

55'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 55'

55'

Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

53'

Oscar (Chelsea) Free Kick at 53'

52'

Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).

52'

David Meyler (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 52'

52'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 52'

51'

Sone Aluko (Hull City) Assists Shot at 51'

51'

Attempt missed. Jake Livermore (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sone Aluko.

51'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 51'

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Oscar (Chelsea) Free Kick at 50'

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Gary Cahill (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.

50'

John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 50'

50'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 50'

48'

Oscar (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 48'

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Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 48'

47'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 47'

47'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Free Kick at 47'

46'

Foul by John Obi Mikel (Chelsea).

46'

Second Half begins Chelsea 1, Hull City 0.

46'+2

First Half ends, Chelsea 1, Hull City 0.

45'

Attempt missed. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

45'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Free Kick at 45'

45'

Sone Aluko (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

43'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 43'

43'

James Chester (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 43'

43'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 43'

42'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David Meyler.

42'

Willian (Chelsea) Corner Kick at 42'

42'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 42'

41'

Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.

41'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 41'

40'

Attempt blocked. Nikica Jelavic (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

38'

Gary Cahill

38'

Sone Aluko (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

37'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 37'

36'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 36'

35'

Attempt missed. Nikica Jelavic (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Meyler with a cross.

35'

David Meyler (Hull City) Assists Shot at 35'

35'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 35'

35'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 35'

34'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 34'

32'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 32'

32'

Attempt missed. Curtis Davies (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sone Aluko with a cross following a corner.

32'

Sone Aluko (Hull City) Assists Shot at 32'

31'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Corner Kick at 31'

31'

Corner, Hull City. Conceded by John Terry.

31'

Allan McGregor (Hull City) Free Kick at 31'

31'

Willian

30'

Willian (Chelsea) has gone down, but that's a dive.

30'

Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Free Kick at 30'

30'

Handball

30'

Offside, Hull City. Curtis Davies tries a through ball, but Jake Livermore is caught offside.

29'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Free Kick at 29'

28'

Foul by Oscar (Chelsea).

28'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Throw In at 28'

28'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 28'

28'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 28'

27'

Attempt missed. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.

27'

Willian (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 27'

27'

Diego Costa (Chelsea) Corner Kick at 27'

27'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alex Bruce.

27'

Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic.

27'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 27'

26'

Petr Cech (Chelsea) Free Kick at 26'

26'

David Meyler

26'

Hand ball by David Meyler (Hull City).

26'

Handball

25'

Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 25'

25'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Corner Kick at 25'

25'

Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Nemanja Matic.

24'

Willian (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 24'

24'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 24'

23'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Free Kick at 23'

23'

Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).

22'

Alex Bruce (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 22'

21'

Attempt missed. Sone Aluko (Hull City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Nikica Jelavic.

21'

Nikica Jelavic (Hull City) Assists Shot at 21'

20'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 20'

17'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 17'

17'

Jake Livermore (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 17'

16'

Willian (Chelsea) Free Kick at 16'

15'

Tom Huddlestone

15'

Oscar (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.

15'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 15'

13'

James Chester (Hull City) Blocked Pass at 13'

12'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 12'

12'

Attempt missed. Jake Livermore (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

11'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 11'

11'

Petr Cech (Chelsea) Free Kick at 11'

11'

John Terry (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11'

Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Free Kick at 11'

10'

Sone Aluko (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

10'

Substitution, Hull City. Alex Bruce replaces Michael Dawson because of an injury.

10'

Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) Free Kick at 10'

8'

Foul by Jake Livermore (Hull City).

8'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 8'

7'

1 - 0

Goal! Chelsea 1, Hull City 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oscar with a cross.

7'

Oscar (Chelsea) Assists Shot at 7'

6'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 6'

6'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Throw In at 6'

6'

Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) Throw In at 6'

5'

Filipe Luis (Chelsea) Blocked Pass at 5'

2'

Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) Throw In at 2'

1'

Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Throw In at 1'

1'

First Half begins.

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First Half begins.

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Possession

60%
40%
  • Chelsea
  • Hull City

Shots

12
8

Shots on target

3
0

Fouls

13
13

Corners

5
4

Yellow Cards

3
4

Red Cards

0
1

Head to Head

Chelsea2 - 0Hull
Hull0 - 2Chelsea
Chelsea2 - 0Hull
Hull1 - 1Chelsea
Chelsea2 - 1Hull
Chelsea0 - 0Hull

Chelsea

  • 1Petr Cech
  • 3Filipe Luis
  • 2Branislav Ivanovic
  • 26John Terry
  • 24Gary Cahill
  • 8Oscar
  • -> Didier Drogba
  • 12John Obi Mikel
  • -> Ramires
  • 10Eden Hazard
  • 21Nemanja Matic
  • 22Willian
  • -> André Schürrle
  • 19Diego Costa
  • Subs
  • 5Kurt Zouma
  • 18Loïc Rémy
  • 23Mark Schwarzer
  • 28César Azpilicueta

Hull

  • 1Allan McGregor
  • 27Ahmed Elmohamady
  • 5James Chester
  • 6Curtis Davies
  • 26Andrew Robertson
  • 21Michael Dawson
  • -> Alex Bruce
  • 7David Meyler
  • 18Nikica Jelavic
  • -> Gastón Ramírez
  • 8Tom Huddlestone
  • 14Jake Livermore
  • 24Sone Aluko
  • -> Robert Brady
  • Subs
  • 16Eldin Jakupovic
  • 2Liam Rosenior
  • 29Stephen Quinn
  • 9Abel Hernández

Eden Hazard helps Chelsea to win over Hull as Tom Huddlestone sent off

Jose Mourinho's men edged their card-laden clash with Hull -- but it was not one of the impressive, dominant displays Chelsea fans have become accustomed to.

Last weekend's surprise defeat in Newcastle ended talk of the Blues going through the season unbeaten, allowing resurgent Manchester City to close the gap at the top of the Premier League.

There were moments against Hull when it appeared this could be another bad day for Chelsea, but efforts from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa saw them triumph 2-0 against a side reduced to 10 men after a wild Tom Huddlestone challenge.

The struggling visitors could have no arguments with that decision, but referee Chris Foy is likely to come under scrutiny after handing out seven yellow cards in addition to that second-half red.

There could have been more cards had the officials spotted John Obi Mikel's stamp on Sone Aluko in the build-up to Hazard's early header, while Hull's players were furious that Gary Cahill did not receive a second booking for what appeared to be a dive.

Chelsea struggled to create much without the suspended Cesc Fabregas but were given a helping hand when Huddlestone saw red, with Costa capitalising to end a four-game scoring drought in all competitions.

In fairness to Hull, their performance belied that of a side without a league win in eight matches - and they did well to recover from a bad start.

Less than seven minutes were on the clock when Chelsea controversially opened the scoring. A clumsy Mikel challenge on Aluko was missed and play continued, with the ball sprayed out wide to Oscar, whose cross was nodded home by Hazard.

It was a bad start which soon got worse for Hull as injury forced Steve Bruce to bring on son Alex in place of the injured Michael Dawson.

City responded fairly strongly considering those early blows, with Jake Livermore flashing a strike wide before Aluko missed the target in a move started by Mikel being dispossessed.

David Meyler joined team-mate Huddlestone in the referee's notebook after a comical attempt to hook a corner back into play with a hand, before Willian was booked for taking a tumble as play became stretched.

Cahill became the fourth man to collect a yellow card after a late lunge which saw Aluko require treatment - epitomising a scrappy first half in which a blocked Costa effort was the best Chelsea could muster after pulling ahead.

The hosts' sloppy performance continued in the second half, with Livermore firing just wide from the edge of the box after some intricate passing.

Mourinho's side were creating few chances and perhaps that was behind Cahill's apparent dive in the box.

Hull had expected Foy to hand the centre-back a second booking, only to be incensed when the referee pointed for a goal-kick.

The City players harangued the official, who was soon under pressure from Chelsea after Alex Bruce smashed through Willian. The substitute was only given a booking - the same punishment dished out to Costa for diving soon after, despite having clearly been caught by Huddlestone.

One decision Foy definitely got right, though, was the red card meted out to the former Tottenham midfielder with 30 minutes remaining, after a late lunge on Filipe Luis.

Shortly before becoming the latest player booked, Chester escaped calls for a penalty and Hazard struck a shot straight at Allan McGregor.

It was 2-0 in the 68th minute when Hazard followed a long run by playing a lovely one-two with Branislav Ivanovic, before putting through Costa to turn home.

Oscar and Cahill saw efforts blocked in quick succession, before Ivanovic fired over and a dangerous Willian cross evaded his team-mates. Substitute Andre Schurrle twice saw efforts blocked as the clock wound down.

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