CHELSEA 2-1
HUDDERSFIELD
Eidur Gudjohnsen scored a late winner to deny valiant Huddersfield
a replay after an entertaining FA Cup tie.
Carlton Cole put Chelsea ahead with a header after his initial shot
had looped upwards after being blocked.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher, who saw a great chance saved in just the
second minute, equalised with a well-taken right-foot shot 15
minutes from time.
But Gudjohnsen struck after ghosting in to the penalty area and
connecting with Arjen Robben's precise pull-back.
Huddersfield manager Peter Jackson had asked his players to give a
good account of themselves and he can be proud of their effort and
ambition, trying to get the ball down and play football whenever
possible.
But for large periods Town were unable to cope with the pace of the
game and Chelsea's movement.
The likes of John Terry, Frank Lampard and Hernan Crespo might have
been rested but Jose Mourinho's team was still packed with
internationals.
Damien Duff, Joe Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips were at times on
another plane, easing past opponents at will and slicing open the
Town defence with their pace and trickery.
But for all that Taylor-Fletcher should have given Town the lead in
just the second minute.
Robert Huth cut out a low cross but only succeeded in deflecting
the ball to Taylor-Fletcher, who failed to execute a clean strike
despite finding himself in the short of space rarely afforded
Chelsea opponents 10 yards from goal.
Chelsea then found their range and created several openings before
their 12th-minute opener.
Holding midfielder Lassana Diara, impressive on his full debut, had
a long-shot saved, as did Duff after the Irishman had cut inside
before shooting from 18 yards.
Town were a little unfortunate over Chelsea's opener, Carlton Cole
heading past Phil Senior after his initial shot had been blocked by
Martin McIntosh and looped straight up in the air.
Cole spent much of the previous two seasons on loan at Charlton and
Aston Villa - and the header was his first goal for the Blues since
April 2003.
But if the away fans feared an avalanche of goals it failed to
materialise, with Huddersfield keeping the Premiership leaders out
for a further 70 minutes.
Chelsea might have added to their lead before the break but
Wright-Phillips twice shot wide from 18 yards, Carlton Cole was
denied by a superb finger-tip save from Senior and a Huth header
rebounded off the crossbar.
Huddersfield started to mount some kind of threat after the break,
Nathan Clarke and McIntosh both shooting wide from distance.
And with 15 minutes left Taylor-Fletcher struck, running on to a
superbly weighted pass from substitute Michael Collins before
shooting past Carlo Cudicini, who got a hand on the ball but could
not prevent the equaliser.
Huddersfield remained on level terms for seven minutes before
substitute Robben marauded down the left before picking out an
unmarked Gudjohnsen to score.
- credit: BBC
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