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LOOK AT IT THIS WAY - NOTHING SPECIAL, IT'S ONLY 3-0
Neil Barnett has been writing, editing and broadcasting for Chelsea for over
20 years. He took Saturday's 3-0 win for granted.
It wasn't an inspired Chelsea performance against Middlesbrough on Saturday,
but it carried some top of the range statistics.
Middlesbrough had no shots on target. They had one corner only. Chelsea
strangled them.
Chelsea committed only six fouls all game, and only one in the entire
second-half. That looked to be a result of total domination. It was the fewest
fouls committed in a game by Chelsea this season.
But the goals were not well fashioned affairs. I have never given assists
simply for last touch - that doesn't recognise real football - and on Saturday
in three goals I gave only one assist: Arjen Robben for the second goal, the
own goal.
For Chelsea's statistics, I invented 'Aids' during the Glenn Hoddle period,
originally in order to recognise good play in the build-up to goals when we
weren't used to such football.
On Saturday I gave five aids because of good work but also because none of
that was worth an assist. On Didier Drogba's first goal, Andriy Shevchenko for
his work in stopping Xavier clearing, Lassana Diarra in winning the free-kick,
and John Terry on forcing a hole next to the defensive wall all got aids.
For the second goal Salomon Kalou for his deft return pass to Robben as Robben
got up after falling received an aid. That might have been harsh: had Robben
scored himself it would probably have received an assist.
On Drogba's second goal, Robben got an aid for winning the free-kick.
So the goals were the result of good individual play mixed with luck. But the
good statistics were the result of highly disciplined team play mixed with
quality.
Drogba said after the game on his Chelsea TV interview, which you can see
tonight, that Michael Essien is his Player of the Year. Essien is, deservedly,
a lot of people's Player of the Year. He has brought quality to all the
non-cutting edge of Chelsea's game in which he has operated this season.
But Drogba now has 25 goals, and looks to be heading well beyond 30. There
have been times this season when he has looked not only the best forward in
the world, but the best player. The quality of his goals and his all-round
play has been phenomenal.
When we lost to Middlesbrough in the first away game of the season, in my car
on the way home a group of Chelsea fans argued about what had gone wrong. Next
morning, first thing, I watched the second-half again and was shocked at how
different it was from what I thought I had seen at the Riverside.
We had a front three of Shevchenko, Drogba and Kalou, and they all simply
failed to hold the ball up whenever it was delivered. All three players went
for goal with every touch. They nearly scored on a handful of occasions. But
mostly they gave the ball away and we were under increasing pressure throughout
the half. The Boro goals seemed to be coming nearer all the time.
As a result, Jos? Mourinho left Drogba out next game. He couldn't leave all
three strikers out. Robben was injured. Kalou was young. Shevchenko had scored.
Drogba got the chop.
Didier admitted recently he was very unhappy with that, and was determined to
show he would react in the right way. He achieved that. He came off the bench
at Blackburn, bullied Ooijer into submission and scored a goal of glorious
power and technique.
Since then he has held up play like a big Mark Hughes. Scoring 25 goals gets
him on my list of top Chelsea scorers in a season. He's got a lot of games
left now to climb it.
Last week he overtook Chelsea's most prolific scorer, Jimmy Greaves, in
international goals scored while at the club. Drogba, Essien, Carvalho,
Lampard, and now they are fit again Terry and Cech? they have all maintained an
unbelievably high quality this season. Come to think of it, so has Wayne Bridge.
That is why we can play without inspiration and win 3-0.
Top scorers in a Chelsea season
Dixon 36 (D1, 1984/85),
Dixon 34 (D2, 1983/84),
Whittingham 34 (D2, 1910/11),
Osgood 31 (D1, 1971/72),
Osgood 31 (D1, 1969/70),
Greaves 30 (D1, 1959/60),
Lawton 30 (D1, 1946/47),
Gallacher 30 (D1, 1931/32),
Turnbull 30 (D2, 1925/26),
Hilsdon 30 (D1, 1907/08),
Hasselbaink 29 (FAP, 2001/02),
Dixon 28 (D2,1988/89),
Tambling 28 (D1, 1966/67),
Bridges 27 (D1, 1964/65),
Hilsdon 27 (D1,1908/09),
Hilsdon 27 (D2, 1906/07),
Hasselbaink 26 (FAP, 2000/01),
Finnieston 26 (D2, 1976/77),
Whittingham 26 (D2, 1911/12),
Dixon 25 (D1, 1989/90),
Tambling 25 (D1, 1964/65),
Thompson 25 (D2, 1927/28),
Drogba 25 so far (FAP,2006/07).
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