Halftime score from London: Chelsea 1 (Melchiot, 4) Wolves 1 (Camara, 23) Camara's goal comes off a misplay at the back. Ganea and Rae get yellow cards late in the half. Chelsea- Ambrosio, Melchiot, Terry, Gallas, Babayaro, Geremi, Lampard, Makelele, Cole, Crespo, Gudjohnsen Subs: Sullivan, Hasselbaink, Duff, Parker, Huth Wolves- Jones, Clyde, Craddock, Butler, Naylor, Camara, Ince, Rae, Kennedy, Miller, Ganea Subs: Oakes, Irwin, Newton, Cameron, Cort Referee- G. Barber Other scores that matter to us: Birmingham 4 Leeds 1- FINAL Blackburn 1 Portsmouth 1- Half
Final at Stamford Bridge: Chelsea 5 (Melchiot 4, Lampard 70, Hasselbaink 77,87,90) Wolves 2 (Camara 23, Craddock 57) Wolves stole the lead off a Craddock goal, and still had a tie when Hasselbainkm who came on as a substitute in the 59th, hit 3 in the final 13 minutes to kill Wolves chances. To make matters worse, Portsmouth defeated Blackburn 2-1 on an 82nd minute goal. So, Blackburn's loss, and Manchester City's draw mean that the bottom of the Premiership looks like this: 15- Manchester City: 31 points, -1 goal differential, 8 games left 16- Blackburn: 31 p, -6 gd, 8 games left 17- Portsmouth: 30 p, -19 gd, 8 games left -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18- Leicester: 27 p, -13 gd, 9 games left 19- Leeds: 25p, -31 gd, 8 games left 20- Wolves: 24 p, -36 gd, 8 games left Leicester lose their game in hand on Monday when they play Leeds. So, 7 points separate 15th from 20th. Maybe this won't be just 4 teams battling for one spot after all.
Leicester actually play tomorrow against Liverpool. The match against Leeds is not until April 5th. My mistake.