Chelsea Pertahankan Rekor Tak Terkalahkan, Gulung QPR 2-1
Chelsea Beat QPR 2-1 in a Hard-fought West London Derby
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
London (B2B) - Chelsea masih superior untuk QPR setelah mengalahkannya 2-1 dalam lanjutan Liga Inggris di Stamford Bridge, Sabtu, (1/11).
Menit 12 Ivanovic hampir membuat Chelsea memimpin, tetapi tendangan volinya hanya mengenai samping gawang.
Fabregas mencoba melepaskan tendangan ke arah gawang QPR, tetapi bisa dihalau oleh Green.
Kemudian Fabregas membantu terciptanya gol pembuka Chelsea. Fabregas bermain satu dua dengan Diego Costa sebelum memberi umpan ke Oscar yang tidak menyiakannya menit 32.
Menurut goal.com, Chelsea mendominasi permainan saat ini dan Willian serta Hazard bermain menonjol.
Willian menendang dengan kaki kirinya lurus ke Green, tetapi bisa dipatahkan.
QPR mampu menyamakan skor lewat Charlie Austin menit 62.
Berawal dari serangan cepat yang dilakukan QPR. Awalnya Courtois menepis bola, tetapi bola liar ditendang oleh Leroy Fer yang lurus ke arah kiper Chelsea. Tetapi bola dijentikan oleh Austin dan melewati Courtois.
Oscar mencoba keberuntungannya dengan melesahkan tendangan dari jarak 25 yard, tetapi melebar.
Menit 68 Sandro hampir membuat QPR memimpin. Sandro melancarkan tendangan rendah ke gawang, tetapi Courtois keluar dan menangkap bola.
Menit 75 Chelsea diganjar penalti oleh wasit setelah Vargas melanggar Hazard di kotak penalti.
Hazard yang menjadi eksekutor tak menyiakan kesempatan dan membawa Chelsea kembali unggul.
Tiga menit kemudian, Mourinho menarik Costa dan memasukkan Schurrle.
Schurrle membahayakan gawang Green setelah menerima umpan dari Fabregas. Tetapi tendangan pemain Jerman itu tak berbuah gol.
Menit 84 John Terry hampir membuat Chelsea menjauh setelah menjentikkan tendangan pojok Fabregas. Namun, sekali lagi reaksi Green mampu menghentikan usaha Terry.
Chelsea menguasai 65 persen penguasaan, sementara QPR 35 persen. Dengan tendangan ke arah gawang Chelsea sembilan dan QPR satu.
London - Chelsea needed a late Eden Hazard penalty to maintain their unblemished home record in the Premier League as the leaders beat QPR 2-1.
Charlie Austin´s second-half equaliser had looked set to deny Jose Mourinho´s side a fifth consecutive league win at Stamford Bridge after Oscar had opened the scoring.
However, after Hazard was clumsily bundled over by Eduardo Vargas, the Belgian stroked home the winner to maintain Chelsea´s four-point lead at the summit.
Austin backheeled home just after the hour to cancel out Oscar´s opener as the in-form QPR striker seemed set to be the hero for the Loftus Road outfit.
With an under-par Chelsea on course to drop points for the second league game running, Vargas collided with Hazard just inside the area with referee Mike Jones pointing to the spot.
Hazard then had the final say 15 minutes from time as he tucked away the penalty to ensure Chelsea clinched maximum points and deny Harry Redknapp what would have been an impressive draw.
Chelsea began well and forced a series of corners early on, with leading scorer Diego Costa - back in the starting XI after a four-game absence due to a combination of injury and illness - almost getting on the end of Cesc Fabregas´ long ball four minutes in.
Oscar saw a shot roll wide of Rob Green´s left-hand post soon after before Branislav Ivanovic found the side-netting from Willian´s delivery.
QPR – whose one change saw Junior Hoilett replace Bobby Zamora – produced their first effort on goal via the in-form Austin, whose header looped over the crossbar 15 minutes in.
While it was a rare foray into the Chelsea half, Redknapp´s side had done well to stifle the hosts and initially deny the likes of Oscar, Willian and Hazard space to create openings.
However, after Fabregas´ long-range strike tested Green from distance, Oscar opened the deadlock after 32 minutes courtesy of a sublime finish with the outside of the boot.
Played in down the right by Fabregas, the Brazil international found the bottom-left corner via the inside of the post to send Chelsea in ahead at the break.
Hazard almost doubled Chelsea´s advantage early in the second half but failed to make contact with Willian´s inviting cross as Redknapp opted to bring on Zamora for Hoilett just short of the hour mark.
