Chelsea 4-1 Swansea City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011
Result
Chelsea 4-1 Swansea City
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 4-1 Swansea City: match report
Chelsea defeated Swansea City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Fernando Torres (29'), Ramires (36'), Ramires (75') and Didier Drogba (90+4'). Swansea City scored through Ashley Williams (86').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Swansea City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 10 points from 5 and Swansea City 14th on 5 points from 5. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Swansea City 11th with 47.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Swansea City in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Swansea City's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 34'Yellow card · Juan Mata
- 36'Goal · Ramires
- 39'Red card · Fernando Torres
- 54'Yellow card · Nathan Dyer
- 75'Goal · Ramires
- 76'Yellow card · Garry Monk
- 86'Goal · Ashley Williams
- 86'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 89'Yellow card · Neil Taylor
- 90+3'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 90+4'Goal · Didier Drogba
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, John Terry, Ramires, Juan Mata, John Mikel Obi, Raúl Meireles, Fernando Torres, Nicolas Anelka
Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)
Michel Vorm, Ashley Williams, Àngel Rangel, Scott Sinclair, Nathan Dyer, Joe Allen, Mark Gower, Leroy Lita, Neil Taylor, Leon Britton, Garry Monk