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| QPR v Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened | QPR v Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened |
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| You could see it coming a mile off. Chelsea were underwhelming throughout, and scored with their only shot on target. Chelsea regain their seven-point lead at the top of the table, with a game in hand. It is also a massive plus for Mourinho that neither the goalscorer Fabregas or Matic were booked, which means that they will be available to face Manchester United and Arsenal, Chelsea’s next two fixtures. | You could see it coming a mile off. Chelsea were underwhelming throughout, and scored with their only shot on target. Chelsea regain their seven-point lead at the top of the table, with a game in hand. It is also a massive plus for Mourinho that neither the goalscorer Fabregas or Matic were booked, which means that they will be available to face Manchester United and Arsenal, Chelsea’s next two fixtures. |
| QPR’s players worked hard – Hill, Onuoha and Barton were particularly impressive – but I can’t help feeling that with the players at their disposal, they are better off going all-out attack, a la Villa, rather than trying to play conservatively. QPR are two points short of Hull in 17th. | QPR’s players worked hard – Hill, Onuoha and Barton were particularly impressive – but I can’t help feeling that with the players at their disposal, they are better off going all-out attack, a la Villa, rather than trying to play conservatively. QPR are two points short of Hull in 17th. |
| I don't care about the result. We made Chelsea look ordinary and had the better chances. We will bounce back. Proud of everyone. | I don't care about the result. We made Chelsea look ordinary and had the better chances. We will bounce back. Proud of everyone. |
| Tony you should care pal. Thanks for your emails and tweets, making a poor game bearable. See you next time! Bye! | Tony you should care pal. Thanks for your emails and tweets, making a poor game bearable. See you next time! Bye! |
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| Full-time: QPR 0-1 Chelsea | Full-time: QPR 0-1 Chelsea |
| Chelsea’s first win at Loftus Road since 1982. Terry is celebrating as though Chelsea have already won the title. Perhaps they have. | Chelsea’s first win at Loftus Road since 1982. Terry is celebrating as though Chelsea have already won the title. Perhaps they have. |
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| 93 min: Absolutely no pressure here from QPR. I think they call this ‘good game management’ nowadays from Chelsea. They are Mourinho-ing the living daylights out of this game expertly. | 93 min: Absolutely no pressure here from QPR. I think they call this ‘good game management’ nowadays from Chelsea. They are Mourinho-ing the living daylights out of this game expertly. |
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| 91 min: Two more late changes: Zouma on for Drogba for Chelsea, and Dunne on for Isla for QPR. Expect an aerial bombardment, then. | 91 min: Two more late changes: Zouma on for Drogba for Chelsea, and Dunne on for Isla for QPR. Expect an aerial bombardment, then. |
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| 90 min: Three minutes added here. | 90 min: Three minutes added here. |
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| Oh, and it all comes about because of a terrible kick from Rob Green. He woefully miscues, which allows Hazard to drive to the byline, play a neat one-two with Oscar, and cut the ball back for Fabregas who sends a first-time finish low underneath Green. The mask comes off, as Fabregas wheels away in delight, it’s a very well-taken goal actually. Mourinho gives a double-fist pump, Ramsey falls to his knees, with his head in his hands. | Oh, and it all comes about because of a terrible kick from Rob Green. He woefully miscues, which allows Hazard to drive to the byline, play a neat one-two with Oscar, and cut the ball back for Fabregas who sends a first-time finish low underneath Green. The mask comes off, as Fabregas wheels away in delight, it’s a very well-taken goal actually. Mourinho gives a double-fist pump, Ramsey falls to his knees, with his head in his hands. |
| Chelsea have played awful, but they’ve found a way. Cue talk about not playing well, grinding out results, champions elect, blah blah blah. | Chelsea have played awful, but they’ve found a way. Cue talk about not playing well, grinding out results, champions elect, blah blah blah. |
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| GOAL! QPR 0-1 Chelsea (Fabregas 88) | GOAL! QPR 0-1 Chelsea (Fabregas 88) |
| And there’s your 1-0 win. | And there’s your 1-0 win. |
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| 85 min: Kranjcar already looks knackered. QPR’s fans sing the name of their owner, Tony Fernandes. Chelsea fans, do you sing about Roman? | 85 min: Kranjcar already looks knackered. QPR’s fans sing the name of their owner, Tony Fernandes. Chelsea fans, do you sing about Roman? |
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| 83 min: Zamora off, Hoilett on. Thank you. | 83 min: Zamora off, Hoilett on. Thank you. |
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| 82 min: Chance for Austin! He controls a Barton corner well, wriggles clear of Terry and hits a fierce shot goalwards, it is blocked by Cahill (with his arm?!) and Austin picks up the rebound but can only fire a mis-hit left-footed shot straight at Courtois, who gratefully clutches the ball to his chest. | 82 min: Chance for Austin! He controls a Barton corner well, wriggles clear of Terry and hits a fierce shot goalwards, it is blocked by Cahill (with his arm?!) and Austin picks up the rebound but can only fire a mis-hit left-footed shot straight at Courtois, who gratefully clutches the ball to his chest. |
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| 81 min: A couple of changes from both sides: Cuadrado is on for Willian. And QPR, who desperately need some pace in attack, bring on … Niko Kranjcar (for Sandro). | 81 min: A couple of changes from both sides: Cuadrado is on for Willian. And QPR, who desperately need some pace in attack, bring on … Niko Kranjcar (for Sandro). |
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| 80 min: Hill seems to be struggling. Chris Ramsey will be loathe to take him off. It looks like the defender will continue. | 80 min: Hill seems to be struggling. Chris Ramsey will be loathe to take him off. It looks like the defender will continue. |
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| 78 min: The cards are coming thick and fast now, as fatigue sets in. Sandro catches Oscar and goes into the book. Terry and Cahill trundle up from the back, but it is headed behind for a corner. Fabregas swings it in but it is headed clear by Barton, who has been excellent today. | 78 min: The cards are coming thick and fast now, as fatigue sets in. Sandro catches Oscar and goes into the book. Terry and Cahill trundle up from the back, but it is headed behind for a corner. Fabregas swings it in but it is headed clear by Barton, who has been excellent today. |
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| 75 min: Zamora is booked for pulling back Azpilicueta, after he had lost the ball in a dangerous area to the Spaniard. As clearcut as you are ever likely to see. Zamora looks tired, he needs to be replaced for someone with a bit of pace. That would at least give QPR something to aim for on the counter-attack. Hoilett? | 75 min: Zamora is booked for pulling back Azpilicueta, after he had lost the ball in a dangerous area to the Spaniard. As clearcut as you are ever likely to see. Zamora looks tired, he needs to be replaced for someone with a bit of pace. That would at least give QPR something to aim for on the counter-attack. Hoilett? |
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| 73 min: It is increasingly looking like a back-against-the-walls job for QPR. They seem to be settling for a point, and who can blame them? Chelsea have spent the last 8-10 minutes camped in QPR’s half. | 73 min: It is increasingly looking like a back-against-the-walls job for QPR. They seem to be settling for a point, and who can blame them? Chelsea have spent the last 8-10 minutes camped in QPR’s half. |
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| 71 min: Kevin Porter emails in. | 71 min: Kevin Porter emails in. |
| “Sky TV preposterously promote this game as an example as why the Barclay’s Premier is the World’s Number One League - the only one where a team from the bottom of the league could possibly compete with the one a top. | “Sky TV preposterously promote this game as an example as why the Barclay’s Premier is the World’s Number One League - the only one where a team from the bottom of the league could possibly compete with the one a top. |
| Three things wrong with that - 1. Parma beat Juventus this week, 2. Chelsea are playing very poorly down to QPR’s standard - not the other way around and nevertheless will still win 1-0 by the end. 3. The quality of this match is pants.” | Three things wrong with that - 1. Parma beat Juventus this week, 2. Chelsea are playing very poorly down to QPR’s standard - not the other way around and nevertheless will still win 1-0 by the end. 3. The quality of this match is pants.” |
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| 69 min: Nothing much is happening. Mourinho is wearing a scarf, despite the fact that its 17 degrees. | 69 min: Nothing much is happening. Mourinho is wearing a scarf, despite the fact that its 17 degrees. |
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| 67 min: QPR are dropping very deep but with Sandro and Barton patrolling the space in front of them, Chelsea are struggling for any kind of incision. Hazard and Willian have swapped wings, perhaps the Belgian will be able to isolate Hill on the right. | 67 min: QPR are dropping very deep but with Sandro and Barton patrolling the space in front of them, Chelsea are struggling for any kind of incision. Hazard and Willian have swapped wings, perhaps the Belgian will be able to isolate Hill on the right. |
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| 64 min: What a chance for QPR! Austin and Zamora combine down the right: the former crossing low to catch Chelsea’s defence flat-footed. Phillips has his back to goal but is able to work some space and send a stinging shot goalwards from just eight yards out. Courtois gets a strong hand and turns it behind. Great save, but if you’re being hyper-critical, you might say that Phillips could have found the far corner a little better. | 64 min: What a chance for QPR! Austin and Zamora combine down the right: the former crossing low to catch Chelsea’s defence flat-footed. Phillips has his back to goal but is able to work some space and send a stinging shot goalwards from just eight yards out. Courtois gets a strong hand and turns it behind. Great save, but if you’re being hyper-critical, you might say that Phillips could have found the far corner a little better. |
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| 63 min: That said, Chelsea look at 742,892 times better now that Oscar is on the field. | 63 min: That said, Chelsea look at 742,892 times better now that Oscar is on the field. |
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| 61 min: Drogba is booked for a late challenge on Sandro from behind. A deserved yellow: the striker is cutting a frustrated figure out there. | 61 min: Drogba is booked for a late challenge on Sandro from behind. A deserved yellow: the striker is cutting a frustrated figure out there. |
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| 59 min: Chelsea corner. This time it’s delivered to the near post … Drogba gets a flick … Ivanovic surely … no! The Serbian can’t contort his body enough to reach the ball, which flies across the six-yard box and past him. A close shave for QPR. | 59 min: Chelsea corner. This time it’s delivered to the near post … Drogba gets a flick … Ivanovic surely … no! The Serbian can’t contort his body enough to reach the ball, which flies across the six-yard box and past him. A close shave for QPR. |
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| 56 min: Oscar is on for Ramires. Hopefully he can bring Chelsea to life, who have looked terrible going forward so far today. | 56 min: Oscar is on for Ramires. Hopefully he can bring Chelsea to life, who have looked terrible going forward so far today. |
| “There is something faintly reassuring in the dour style Chelsea’s assumed in the last few weeks,” emails Rob Hobson. “Any Chelsea fans willing to confess to feeling a little awkward watching them tip-toeing around trying to pass it in earlier in the season? I preferred the other Mourinho Chelsea: as stifling as the Black Hole of Calcutta. There’s an inevitability about that Chelsea winning that surely takes the pressure off teams like Arsenal: Arsene gets to tell himself he wouldn’t compromise his principles, Mourinho gets the open-top bus, and everyone’s happy except the Gooners staring at another ticket price hike next year. Am I right?” | “There is something faintly reassuring in the dour style Chelsea’s assumed in the last few weeks,” emails Rob Hobson. “Any Chelsea fans willing to confess to feeling a little awkward watching them tip-toeing around trying to pass it in earlier in the season? I preferred the other Mourinho Chelsea: as stifling as the Black Hole of Calcutta. There’s an inevitability about that Chelsea winning that surely takes the pressure off teams like Arsenal: Arsene gets to tell himself he wouldn’t compromise his principles, Mourinho gets the open-top bus, and everyone’s happy except the Gooners staring at another ticket price hike next year. Am I right?” |
| Yep. | Yep. |
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| 55 min: “There only one Joey Barton, one Jooooeeeey Baaaarton,” sing the QPR fans, as he leaves a foot in on Ivanovic. | 55 min: “There only one Joey Barton, one Jooooeeeey Baaaarton,” sing the QPR fans, as he leaves a foot in on Ivanovic. |
| How quickly they have forgotten his red card last month, which more or less gifted Hull City a crucial win. | How quickly they have forgotten his red card last month, which more or less gifted Hull City a crucial win. |
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| 53 min: The pitch is very, very dry. It’s not exactly conducive to slick, attractive football. | 53 min: The pitch is very, very dry. It’s not exactly conducive to slick, attractive football. |
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| 51 min: Terry and Austin resume their hostilities, the latter catching Courtois a little late with a trailing leg, after the keeper had collected a Clint Hill pot-shot. | 51 min: Terry and Austin resume their hostilities, the latter catching Courtois a little late with a trailing leg, after the keeper had collected a Clint Hill pot-shot. |
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| 49 min: Ooooo the best chance of the match! Phillips gets free on the right and stands up to Azpilicueta, jinking left and right. He’s whips a cross/shot in from the right, which bounces just outside Courtois’s far post and perhaps a yard too far in front of the unmarked Zamora, who was loitering at the back post. He just needed to get a toe on it. | 49 min: Ooooo the best chance of the match! Phillips gets free on the right and stands up to Azpilicueta, jinking left and right. He’s whips a cross/shot in from the right, which bounces just outside Courtois’s far post and perhaps a yard too far in front of the unmarked Zamora, who was loitering at the back post. He just needed to get a toe on it. |
| Great play from Phillips, he’s been in great form recently. Have a read of this piece on the winger by Jacob Steinberg, if you fancy. | Great play from Phillips, he’s been in great form recently. Have a read of this piece on the winger by Jacob Steinberg, if you fancy. |
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| 47 min: Matic slips in the middle of the pitch, allowing Sandro to pounce on the loose ball. He surges forward but with a lack of support, decides to check his run. He turns back, when many of the crowd would have liked him to make a beeline for goal. | 47 min: Matic slips in the middle of the pitch, allowing Sandro to pounce on the loose ball. He surges forward but with a lack of support, decides to check his run. He turns back, when many of the crowd would have liked him to make a beeline for goal. |
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| Peeep! We’re underway again. No changes made at the break. | Peeep! We’re underway again. No changes made at the break. |
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| Kári Tulinius has been in touch, via the medium of email. | Kári Tulinius has been in touch, via the medium of email. |
| “As an Arsenal fan, I have conflicted feelings about today’s game. On the one hand, I would like QPR to win so that my team has a chance of lifting the trophy. On the other hand, it would be nice if Chelsea can quickly extinguish any hope I carry in my heart so that the inevitable disappointment won’t be too crushing.” | “As an Arsenal fan, I have conflicted feelings about today’s game. On the one hand, I would like QPR to win so that my team has a chance of lifting the trophy. On the other hand, it would be nice if Chelsea can quickly extinguish any hope I carry in my heart so that the inevitable disappointment won’t be too crushing.” |
| I’m looking forward to Arsenal surging to within touching distance of Chelsea, and then slumping to a 1-1 draw at home to West Brom in their final match of the season to hand Mourinho and co the title. | I’m looking forward to Arsenal surging to within touching distance of Chelsea, and then slumping to a 1-1 draw at home to West Brom in their final match of the season to hand Mourinho and co the title. |
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| Half-time entertainment. | |
| Here’s another indirect free-kick goal from Tito Vilanova (RIP) scoring against Barcelona. It’s a goodun. | |
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| Half-time: QPR v Chelsea | |
| All square in this west London derby. It’s not been a classic, in all honesty. | |
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| 45 min: Chance for Fabregas! The ball is delivered from the right and misses everyone. The Spaniard steals in at the back post, but it bounces high at an awkward height, and Barton gives Fabregas a little nudge to put him off his far post header, which loops over the bar, from five yards out. Fabregas holds his head/mask in his hands. That was a chance! |