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Lampard: Fulham derby always has an extra edge
Fulham welcome local rivals Chelsea to Craven Cottage after discovering form with five successive draws to boost their hopes of survival in the Premier League.
Fulham have been contending with schedule changes, with Parker bemoaning the situation, and his opposite number and former teammate is also upset with the authorities. “The Fulham game changing from Friday to Saturday at the front end didn’t make a difference to us too much,” said Lampard. “We had a week to prepare for it and I understand why Scott (Parker) would have had his feelings about it. I think it probably suited them to get that game done.”
“My feeling is that our time between Fulham and Leicester is even tighter and my biggest gripe as manager of Chelsea Football Club is that nobody came to help us when we played two games on the 26th and the 28th over Christmas, when it clearly could have been moved. So the schedule couldn’t be moved over Christmas but it can be moved now because we are fighting against Covid.”
Follow live goal and score updates from Craven Cottage:
Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea
90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play!
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:20
Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea
87 mins: Kamara hits one from distance but doesn’t connect well. Still the shot gets through the lines and forces Mendy into a low save to his left.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:18
Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea
84 mins: Kamara and Bryan come on for Fulham with De Cordova-Reid and Aina going off. The visitors are certainly pressing further forward now, searching for an equaliser.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:14
Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea
81 mins: Thiago Silva is shown a yellow card for blocking off Ademola Lookman as he storms forward on the counter attack.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:12
Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea – Mount
78 mins: GOAL! Hudson-Odoi flicks a cross to the far side of the box for Chilwell. He darts forward and chips the ball into the six-yard box. Areola flaps the ball away to Mount, who’s in bags of space, and he hits it into the pitch on the volley and finds the back of the net!
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:08
Fulham 0 – 0 Chelsea
75 mins: Fulham are starting to see a bit of space open up in front on them when they go on the counter but they haven’t been able to get enough men forward to threaten the goal yet. It’s a high risk, high reward strategy though. The game is there for the taking if they go for it but it could lead them open at the back.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:07
Fulham 0 – 0 Chelsea
72 mins: Harrison Reed takes a knock and goes down. He’ll be fine and is taking time out of the game for Fulham.
Ziyech and Giroud are both taken off for Chelsea with Hudson-Odoi and Werner both coming on.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:05
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Michael Jones16 January 2021 19:01
Fulham 0 – 0 Chelsea
69 mins: Big chance for Fulham as the visitors win a free kick and play the ball quickly up the pitch. Azpilicueta is aware of the danger and chases the ball into the box before passing it to Mendy in goal. Mendy makes a hash of it and ends up giving it to Cavaleiro who goes for goal but has his effort blocked by Thiago Silva.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 18:59
Fulham 0 – 0 Chelsea
66 mins: Jorginho is taken off by Frank Lampard. Tammy Abraham comes on in his place. Great chance for Abraham as Mount curls a cross into the middle of the box. He jumps early and wins the header but knocks it straight to Areola in goal.
Michael Jones16 January 2021 18:56
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