Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur: Player By Player

Cerny ~ The gulf between first and second goalies was traditionally vast. As Tomasz Kuszczak demonstrated for Man Utd, times have changed. Maybe we've become conditioned by Robinson's barrel rolls, but he did seem very static. That apart, good stuff.

Stalteri ~ Really up against it all day. One silly foul, but otherwise a huge step up in class. Got the measure of Robben a good few times.

Rocha ~ A real performance at last. plenty of assertive headers, plenty of decisive clearances. Thank the sweet lord, I thought we'd bought a pup.

Dawson ~ Solid, but this was Chelsea and all about avoiding contact that would result in free kicks. So no time, just pressure. He stood up well as ever.

YP Lee ~ Another credible performance. My fear with him is he seems a bit fragile, but Sunday saw him getting stuck in. More of this please, YP.

Gardener ~ Give me a break. This lad needs to wake up. Using your arms in a tackle when you're 6'4" is a hand written invitation for a card. Stupid stupid stupid.

Zokora ~ There's more in store. His mopping up in midfield/ edge of the area saved us endlessly. The penetrating runs are a delight. His wonky shots were not. I do think there is a thunderbolt goal coming soon...

Gahly ~ The determination that resulted in the goal was fantastic. But I am becoming increasingly fed up with him conceeding free kicks. Great goal, never the less.

Malbranque ~ Invisible. I can't work out if his first half performance was better than his second or vice verse.

Tainio ~ Not as commanding as Thursday night. But then Chelsea ain't SC Braga.
He has strung together a run of excellent performances and this was yet another. Reliable with accurate passing.

Lennon ~ Positive: Outsprinting Chelsea for every bloody ball for the first half. Lovely touches. Negative: His corners were memorably under-hit. Against Chelsea you need to maximise set plays, not surrender them.

Mido ~ Fat, no really. Made Heskey look like Tara Palmer Tompkinson. Sweated up like a racehorse and there the with one similarities end. Get Pearce on the 'phone.

Defoe ~ Had is late shot gone in and not rattled the bar he would have been carried aloft out of Fulham by a smiling crowd. As it was, he didn't and he probably struggled to get a seat on the tube home. Who'd be Jermain Defoe?

Berbatov ~ It was a to guard against a possible groin strain. I nearly started to weep. We lost not only a striker and a tackler but we lost our magic. I thought
he was bionic. I want my money back.