Barclays Premier League match against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, Sunday September 21, 2008.

Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cech; Bosingwa, Carvalho (Alex 12), Terry (c), A Cole; Mikel;  J Cole, Ballack (Kalou 73), Lampard, Malouda (Drogba h-t); Anelka.
Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari
Manchester United (4-4-2): Van der Sar (Kuszczak 32); Neville, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra; Hargreaves, Fletcher, Scholes (Ronaldo 55), Park (O'Shea 74); Rooney, Berbatov.
Manager Alex Ferguson

Referee Mike Riley
Crowd 41,760.
Environment Bright, sunny afternoon in west London for Chelsea's first clash with Manchester United since the Champions League Final.
Kit Chelsea - blue shirts and shorts, white socks. Manchester United - red shirts, white shorts and black socks.

First-half

Kick-off Manchester United

5 Chance Fletcher sends the ball careering past the post after Carvalho challenges the United man inside the box.

8 Foul Scholes cuts Ballack to the ground inside the centre circle.

9 Shot Rooney volleys a lob from the edge of the box, but sends the ball close to clipping the post.

9 Shot J Cole breaks into the box after Anelka heads on a long-ball from Cech, but hs subsequent shot skims the side netting as it heads wide.

12 Chelsea substitution Alex comes on to replace Carvalho.

14 Shot Anelka launches the ball over the bar from 30 yards out as Chelsea break on the counter-attack.

16 Save Cech deflects a Ferdinand shot after Berbatov finds Rooney for a ball across the box. Quick reactions from the Chelsea keeper and a great save.

18 MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL Park breaks the deadlock as Berbatov shoots and Cech's block deflects into the Korean's path, Park then taps in from close range.

19 Shot Chelsea immediately retaliate as a J Cole shot from the edge of the box goes out for a fruitless corner.

27 Appeal Malouda is denied a penalty as Van der Sar slices the Frenchman to the ground as he breaks into the box.

29 Foul Hargreaves lifts an arm to knock A Cole to the ground 35 yards out from goal. Lampard takes the freekick and curls a shot past the far post.

32 Manchester United substitution Kuszczak comes on to replace Van der Sar.

35 Booked Scholes kicks out at Ballack's feet as the German shields the ball from him, Scholes receives a yellow card for his triubles.

37 Shot Lampard sends a shot goal-ward from the edge of the box, but a deflection allows the ball to bounce comfortably into Kuszczak's arms.

40 Shot Alex sends a low shot into Kuszczak's arms from 25 yards out, but the ball deflects out for a fruitless corner.

41 Shot Anelka shoots from a tight angle and sends the ball careering over the bar.

41 Booked Ferdinand is shown the yellow card by Riley for dissent.

44 Shot Bosingwa sees a shot deflected from the goal line only to bounce into Lampard's path, the number 8 then chips the ball into Malouda who volleys into the net, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.

45+2 Shot Ballack curls a shot towards the bottom corner from 20 yards out, but Kuszczak dives low to collect.

Stoppage time: 3 minutes.

Half-time Chelsea 0 Manchester United 1

Second-half.

Kick-off Chelsea

45 Chelsea substitution Drogba comes on to replace Malouda.

53 Shot Park sends the ball flying into the crowd from 20 yards out.

55 Manchester United substitution Ronaldo comes on to replace Scholes.

57 Shot Ronaldo sends the ball wide of its target from the edge of the box.

62 Foul Ronaldo leaps in the air without being touched and wins a freekick off Lampard.

66 Shot J Cole breaks into the box but only manages to smash the ball to Kuszczak after finding himself one-on-one with the keeper.

68 Foul Mikel is shown a yellow card for a foul 20 yards out from Cech's goal. Ronaldo takes the freekick but hits the wall.

72 Shot Anelka scuffs a Bosingwa cross and sends the ball past the post from close range.

73 Chance Anelka misses a fantastic J Cole cross in front of an open goal.

74 Shot Ballack sends the ball curling past the post from 20 yards out.

74 Chelsea substitution Kalou comes on to replace Ballack.

74 Manchester United substitution O'Shea comes on to replace Park.

78 Shot Anelka sends the ball flying into the crowd from 25 yards out.

80 CHELSEA GOAL Kalou makes it 1-1 after heading home a Mikel freekick, originally won by A Cole. The Ivorian leaps high to head the ball into the bottom left, fantastic.

82 Shot Kalou taps a deflection goal-ward from close range but the ball is blocked and sent out for a corner.

85 Block Alex slides to block a Fletcher shot from finding its target.

86 Booking Evra is shown the yellow card for dissent.

87 Save Cech collects a Fletcher show with ease.

90+2: Booking Ronaldo is shown the yellow card for dissent.

90+2: Save Cech collects a Ronaldo scissor kick with ease.

Stoppage time: 3 minutes.

Unused subs. Chelsea: Cudicini, Ferreira, Belletti, Bridge. Manchester United: Brown, Nani, Giggs, Tevez.

Shots on target Chelsea 9 Manchester United 5

Corners Chelsea 7 Manchester United 4

Fouls Chelsea 15 Manchester United 21

Offsides Chelsea 1 Manchester United 1

Comment

Joe Cole had the best of Chelsea's chances today, with an opportunity on goal in both halves before Salomon Kalou evens the scores for the Blues.

A tense game that saw Mike Riley produce a number of yellow cards to Manchester United players.

See the highlights on Chelsea Plus or the full 90 minutes on Chelsea TV, all from midnight tonight.