CHELSEA 1, Wanderers 0: THE stars and the misfits

WANDERERS

4-3-3

JUSSI JAASKELAINEN ... 8

Made a string of excellent saves, frustrating Hasselbaink in particular, and was even close to denying Cole

ANTHONY BARNESS ... 6

Drafted in for the injured N'Gotty; survived one scare but no joy on his Stamford Bridge return

FLORENT LAVILLE ... 6

Found Cole a real handful and struggled to reach the heights of his recent performances

GUDNI BERGSSON ... 6

Lucky to be able to soldier on after his collision with Hasselbaink; not one of his better days

RICARDO GARDNER ... 6

Defended well then pushed forward as Wanderers chased the equaliser but to little effect

PER FRANDSEN ... 6

Admitted he found the going tough in midfield; looked to have given his all when he was substituted

IVAN CAMPO ... 7

Best of the outfield players - closest to snatching an equaliser with his powerful 35-yard shot

JAY-JAY OKOCHA ... 6

No chance to try his tricks in this company; struggled to create or inspire as in recent games

BERNARD MENDY ... 5

A couple of promising runs but Desailly made sure they came to nothing

HENRIK PEDERSEN ... 5

Full marks for keeping the Chelsea centre-backs occupied but he was starved of service

YOURI DJORKAEFF ... 6

Few chances to make his quality count; had to work hard for every yard he gained

Subs: Simon Charlton (5) for Frandsen 67 mins, Pierre-Yves Andre for Barness 72 mins, Kevin Nolan for Campo 82 mins. Not used: Delroy Facey, Kevin Poole.

CHELSEA

CARLO CUDICINI ... 6

MARIO MELCHIOT ... 6

MARCEL DESAILLY ... 7

JOHN TERRY ... 7

GRAEME LE SAUX ... 6

BOUDEWIJN ZENDEN ... 6

FRANK LAMPARD ... 7

EMMANUEL PETIT ... 7

CARLTON COLE ... 8

GIANFRANCO ZOLA ... 7

JIMMY FLOYD HASSELBAINK ... 6

Subs: Quique De Lucas (5) for Zenden 58 mins, William Gallas for Cole 74 mins, Eidur Gudjohnsen for Zola 82 mins. Not used: Celestine Babayaro, Ed de Goey.

Referee: Graham Barber (Herts).

Attendance: 39,852.

Goal: Cole 58 mins.

Shots/headers on target: Chelsea 8, Wanderers 0.

Corners: Chelsea 3, Wanderers 1.

Offsides; Chelsea 4, Wanderers 3.

Fouls committed: Chelsea 10, Wanderers 12.

Bookings: Chelsea - Zenden 27 mins (foul on Djorkaeff); Wanderers -

Bergsson 63 mins (foul on Melchiot), Laville 66 mins (foul on Le Saux).

Man of the Match

JUSSI JAASKELAINEN

THE mighty Finn has rarely had to make so many saves in recent times but had to be at his best to keep Wanderers in the hunt right to the end. Twice denied Lampard but it was Haaselbaink who was most frustrated.

Magic Moment

HE missed the target but when Djorkaeff bundled the ball wide in the 52nd minute it capped the first spell of concerted pressure on the Chelsea goal and suggested Chelsea might not have it all their own way.

Moan of the Match

THE statistics speak for themselves. They were up against a talented side on their own patch but Wanderers failed to muster a single shot on target and thus were never really in the hunt.