Chelsea draw with Birmingham

Chelsea draw with Birmingham
FA Cup Fifth Round

London: Chelsea move into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on hold. Chelsea's birthday party should be diving in the St Andrews Stadium after 1-1 draw with Birmingham City (0-1) in the party's fifth round at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (18/2). These results add to the pressure for Andre Villas-Boas, the Chelsea boss.


Chelsea are a better caste more active control of the ball. But their attacks bland because of the lack of creativity from midfield. At the 20th minute stunned the public host. A corner kick caused chaos at the heart of the defense and fired a hard ball with David Murphy for goalkeeper Petr Cech who guarded. Chelsea 0-1 Birmingham lags behind.

Three minutes went by, Chelsea has a golden opportunity to equalize when the referee gave a penalty following a breach of Ramires. But the opportunity was thrown Juan Mata. Execution eyes of the white point successfully countered Birmingham goalkeeper Colin Doyle. Birmingham remains one goal ahead.

Chelsea increase pressure and in the 39th minute volley from Daniel Sturridge stray light outside the penalty box. While at the last minute of the first half Mata tried to pay with a diving header hit, but can be countered Doyle.

Villas-Boas claimed to be the ultimatum because the club management team that is not consistent performance not long to wait. Didier Drogba, who had returned after the Ivory Coast in African Nations Cup was introduced to replace Fernando Torres in the second half begins. Soon after compatriot Drogba, Salomon Kalou, also played to add to the power on.

The Blues continued to press and their efforts paid off in the 62nd minute. Sturridge finally present the long-awaited goal the camp host. Branislav Ivanovic cross is so accurate and Sturridge's header into the far unable to reach Doyle. Score at 1-1.

Onslaught of Chelsea and Frank Lampard made turned into the last minute to replace critical eye. However, the defense is able to maintain concentration and Birmingham in the 87th minute they had a chance to restore the advantage when Nathan Redmon had the opportunity to deal directly with Cech firing. Fixed position until the fight broke up 1-1. (DIM)

The composition of players:
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill (kk), Luiz (kk), Bertrand, Ramires, Mikel (Kalou 57), Meireles, Sturridge, Torres (Drogba 46), Mata (Lampard 83).
Birmingham: Doyle; Carr (Spector 12), Davies, Ibanez, Murphy, Redmond, Fahey, Mutch (kk), Elliott (Burke 83), Gomis, Rooney (Jervis 71).

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