Chelsea Beats Birmingham, 3-0, Gets Back To Where We Belong

Another majestic win for Chelsea. No matter who you support, if you appreciate football, you would say that Chelsea are the best team in the league this season.

Agreed, there was minor blip in December but that’s exactly what it was, a blip in an otherwise brilliant title challenge by Chelsea.

The question of how well Chelsea can perform in the absence of the African contingent has been answered in a remarkable fashion. A good part of the credit for pulling this off must go to Nicolas Anelka.

Ballack may not have anything in common with Essien except the first name, but he has fit in very nicely. Lampard has been box-to-box like he has always been. This trio has been very good for us which has made us feel the absence of Drogba-Essien.

Yesterday was another masterful performance where it was hard to find negatives. If I still have to, I’ll find a name for the negatives: Deco.

Seriously, I thought he was bad last night. He must have been subbed off at half time. There were a few defensive quirks but nothing so dangerous to disturb a clean sheet.

Joe Cole is still looking to find the net. He made a nice little run and a good flick for the opening goal. Apart from that, he was wasteful despite getting himself into good positions.

Lampard’s back in scoring form, definitely. His second goal of the night was class.

Elsewhere, Aston Villa were held by Arsenal. A match that should have been wrapped up by Villa by the hour. So there was the first result of the season defining series of matches for Arsenal.

Now they play Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool in the next three Premier League matches. I truly hope and pray they are dumped out of all competitions by the end of February.

In the league cup semi final, Man Utd beat Man City once again from a stoppage time goal. I was hoping for a Carlos Tevez winner in stoppage time. Probably he’s saved the drama for later...next season’s Champions League, anyone?

That’s it for now. I gotta run. I know I’ve not been updating the blog too often. As you can see, I need help to keep the blog going. It could be one of you who can help me out. Think about it. Cheers!