Chelsea played Newcastle tonight in the FA Cup quarter finals. Chelsea scored right near the start after about 4 minutes from a corner. It was a Terry goal and Newcastle were a little unlucky. Terry shot and Solano deflected the ball in between Given’s leg. If he had not got a touch he may have saved it.
The rest of the 1st half was pretty dull but the 2nd half was better. Newcastle played a lot better but didnt really make any chances. Elliot was sent off right near the end (2 yellow cards) after ‘fouling’ SWP. SWP was running with the ball right towards him and knocked the ball past him. He ran around his but as he went past Elliot he appeared to dive. Elliot in fact seemed to do his best to get out of his way. Although it properly didnt effect the result, it was a shame to see that SWP appears to learning some dirty tactics from his team-mates e.g. Robben. Shearer has accused SWP of diving and Glenn Roeder has said SWP appeared to go to ground easily and that his Dad (Ian Wright) would be disappointed.
Del Horno also had a terrible dive when he wasnt even touched he just seemed to fall over. Scott Parker had a go at him and the ref had to calm things down. Also Drogba also dived once again – he was challenged for the ball and the rolled over about 3 times.
I think if Owen was playing Newcastle could have won. At the end of the Mourinho was not happy with the teams performance. He didnt speak to the media and was shown to rip up his notes LOL.
Maybe now Shearer will wish he joined United.