Barclays Premier League, Wednesday April 14th 2008 at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech; Belletti, Alex, Terry (c), Bridge; Essien, Mikel (Shevchenko 90+2), Ballack; Kalou, Anelka, Malouda ( J Cole 45).
Manager Avram Grant
Wigan (4-4-2): Kirkland; Melchiot (c), Boyce, Scharner, Kilbane; Valencia, Palacios, Skoko (Koumas 55), Taylor (King 78); Bent (Sibierski 63), Heskey.

Manager Steve Bruce
Referee Andre Marriner.
Crowd40,487
Environment Mild and dry. 8pm kick-off.
Kit Chelsea - blue shirts and shorts, white socks. Wigan - white shirts, grey shorts and socks.

First-half.
Kick-off Chelsea.
4 Miss Anelka heads wide as Kalou tees up a great chance having outfoxed Kilbane on the right.
14 Shots Belletti fires well off-target after shimmying past two players. That was from 25 yards. Alex tries his luck from 10 yards further out two minutes before but was even further wide.
19 Save Cech into action for the first time, parrying Valencia's well-struck shot after Palacios supplies.
26 Denied Anelka's looping header is clawed over by Kirkland, at full stretch and falling backwards after Malouda chips the ball in. It's a great save and Chelsea's first effort on target.
34 Clearance Skoko hacks off the line and over after his own team-mate diverts a Belletti corner goalwards, under pressure from Kalou.
39 Break Chelsea have two onto three on the counter but Essien's ball doesn't have the legs to reach Anelka and Scharner intercepts.
Stoppage time: 1 min.

Half-time Chelsea 0 Wigan 0

Second-half.
Half-time substitution J Cole for Malouda.
Kick-off Wigan
45 Attack Cole almost makes an instant impact with a scintillating run before taking Essien's return and seeing his shot blocked.
53 Woodwork Terry volleys onto the crossbar after Essien flicks on Belletti's corner.
54 Denied Kirkland pulls off another wonder save, this time from Kalou who shot from point blank range.
54 CHELSEA GOAL Kirkland this time helpless as Essien rifles in Anekla's touch off from the edge of the area. Cole had crossed.
55 Wigan substitution Koumas for Skoko.
59 Shot Cole unleashes with power but straight at Kirkland.
63 Wigan substitution Sibierski for Bent.
67 Abused Essien is tripped by Koumas who is booked.
76 Shot Cole blasts past the top right-hand angle after Kalou and Anelka play him in on the right.
78 Wigan substitution King for Taylor.
86 Miss Anelka is fed through by Kalou but from a tight angle, drags across the face of goal.
87 Save Cech, so long a spectator, executes a difficult and so important low-down save to stop Sibierski's shot after King had beaten Alex to the ball.
87 Abused Alex, a victim of a late tackle from Valencia who is booked.
90 Save Now Kirkland is again the obstacle with another impressive one-hand stop Essien from 12 yards.
90+1 WIGAN GOAL Heskey guides Koumas's cross on-target at the far-post. Cech gets a hand to it but doesn't keep it out.
90+2 Chelsea substitution Shevchenko for Mikel.
Stoppage time 3 mins.

Unused subs Chelsea: Hilario, Wright-Phillips, Pizarro. Wigan: Pollitt, Brown.

Shots on target Chelsea 6 Wigan 3
Corners Chelsea 9 Wigan 3
Fouls Chelsea 14 Wigan 18
Offsides Chelsea 4 Wigan 5

Comment Cech, with a special chin strap to protect his stitches, is able to play but Drogba and Carvalho are not involved, the former due to knee trouble. Lampard, originally named, withdraws in the final hour, so Essien returns to midfield from right-back and Belletti comes in. The first half is low on quality and chances as Wigan defend well from set-pieces. Joe Cole's half-time introduction seems to increase the tempo and the Blues begin to play. However the end-of-game problem resurfaces as the away side are allowed a way back while Kirkland in the Wigan goal is in inspired form. 80 unbeaten at home in the league but far more crucially, Man United are five ahead with four to play.

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