mikel scored 6 goals for chelsea.
mikel scored 6 goals for chelsea.
how many goals did mikel score for chelsea?
6
filipe morais kicked a corner in the 53rd minute, and james hansen tried to head it in, but it was blocked by čech. following the save by čech, mourinho came off the sidelines to go to edge of his technical area so that he could yell instructions to his players after they had committed multiple errors. near the end of the 53rd minute, james meredith crossed the ball to the outside of the box, where it found filipe morais who missed an attempt and smashed the ball over the crossbar. on the 57th minute, oscar missed a potential goal from 30 yards out as the ball went out to the right of bradford's goalpost, but it deflected off darby, giving chelsea a free kick. during a corner kick in the 66th minute, mikel and knott's heads collided with each other, getting mikel injured and delaying the game. mikel was walked off the pitch by chelsea's medical staff and subbed off for cesc fàbregas in the 70th minute. mourinho also subbed off mo salah for willian. on the 71st minute, drogba was fouled by davies when the englishman's arm blocked the ivorian's face as they were competing for the ball. the referee awarded chelsea a free kick because of davies' foul and drogba almost headed the ball into the net, but williams saved it. in the 75th minute, morais scored an unexpected equaliser after meredith's throw-in to bring the game level 2–2. immediately after the goal, mourinho subbed off rémy for belgian attacking midfielder, eden hazard, so that chelsea would have a better chance of scoring a winner. hazard, drogba, willian, and fàbregas all attempted to score inside the box for the next three minutes, but they had no space to score and ben williams caught to ball to reset the game. in the 80th minute, phil parkinson made his first substitution of the game, and subbed off billy knott for mark yeates. two minutes later, jon stead assisted andy halliday as he would score the decisive winner which would send bradford city to the next round. chelsea had multiple chances to equal the score during the rest of the game: drogba's missed header in the 83rd minute, kurt zouma's shot in the 85th minute which flew into the stands, and willian's missed shot in the 2nd minute of stoppage time. parkinson made his two last substitutions before stoppage time began, subbing off halliday for christopher routis in the 87th minute, and subbing off morais for billy clarke in the 89th minute, after the portuguese had gotten a hamstring injury. despite the fact that clarke and darby were each given yellow cards during stoppage, chelsea couldn't score after both fouls or during the 7 minutes of stoppage time. mark yeates sealed the deal for bradford city in the 94th minute by chipping the ball around petr čech to bring the final score to 2–4. the match was slightly delayed before the final whistle as zouma was carried out of the pitch after an injury.
chelsea f.c. 2–4 bradford city a.f.c. (2015)
on 13 february 2010, mikel provided a long ball for didier drogba to latch onto and fire past goalkeeper david marshall as chelsea beat cardiff city 4–1 in the fa cup fifth round. mikel provided another assist for a drogba goal in a 5–0 win over fa cup finalists and relegated side portsmouth on 24 march, as chelsea cut united's lead at the top of the table to one point. mikel played the full ninety minutes in chelsea's 7–1 smashing of aston villa three days later as chelsea kept pace in the title race with manchester united. in their next premier league game against united, mikel played excellent as a marshall in midfield as chelsea climbed above united in the table with a 2–1 win at old trafford, thanks to goals from joe cole and drogba.
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