Missed most of this replay of the FA Cup quarter final replay, after the breakdown of losing a 3-1 lead at Stamford Bridge last week, but a couple of sweet goals by the Blues left the Spurs in the dust shaking their heads.
Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun Wright-Phillips both belted home the Chelsea goals in a span of 7 second half minutes to give the visitors the lead, Shevchenko's goal was a bolt from the right side that had a wicked curve that landed just inside the far post, and Didier Drogba fed Wright-Phillips for a lethal left footed blow that gave Paul Robinson no chance to react.
Spurs replied in the 79nth minute with a penalty kick by Robbie Keane, after Ricardo Carvalho clearly cut down Dimitar Berbatov in the box. Spurs also had plenty of chances to score in the match, how Pascal Chimbonda missed in the first half is a mystery, but as Saturday's goal by Robinson showed, sometimes this game is a matter of inches, and what may go in one day may not the next.
Their was a bit of contentiousness between the teams, as both badly wanted to move forward to the semi finals, particularly when John Terry walked in front of Robbie Keane just as he was about to take the penalty kick, and from Petr Cech, who kicked the ball away from Keane after the ball found the next, irritating the Irishman, who wanted to retrieve the ball so as to get on with the match. Keane pushed the goalie away from him, but no further caution from the referee was needed.
There was some extra-curricular activity after the match, a disgruntled Spurs fan ran onto the field and tried to take a swing at Frank Lampard, but was quickly brought down by security forces.
Yes, I'll admit being quite disappointed with this defeat, but Martin Jol thought that his team gave it all that they had, and it indeed was the quality of the Chelsea strikes that made the difference in this game.
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