MINUTE DETAIL: CHELSEA 1 SOUTHEND UNITED 1

FA Cup third-round clash against Southend United at Stamford Bridge, Saturday 3 January, 2009.

Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech; Ferreira, Ivanovic, Carvalho, A Cole; Belletti, Mikel, Lampard (c); J Cole (Di Santo 83), Drogba, Kalou (Sinclair 87).

Manager: Felipe Scolari

Southend (4-4-2): Mildenhall; Sankofa, Clarke, Barrett (c), Herd; Grant, Christophe (Moussa 76), McCormack, Stanislas, Barnard (Freedman 76), Revell (Laurent 76).

Manager: Steve Tilson

Referee Stuart Attwell

Attendance: 41,090

Environment: a cool afternoon in west London for the FA Cup clash.

KitChelsea - black shirts, shorts and socks. Southend - yellow shirts, socks and shorts.

First half

Kick off: Chelsea

6 Shot Lampard sends a freekick curling over the bar and into the crowd.

10 Shot McCormack scuffs a Grant one-two and sends the ball bouncing wide.

12 Shot Drogba sends a dangerous feekick towards J Cole in the box, but the ball skims past the post for a goal kick.

13 Shot J Cole feeds off a Lampard through ball and breaks intot he box before sending a shot careering across the face of goal.

15 Shot Lampard forces an acrobatic save from Mildenhall as he sends the ball flying toward the right corner.

21 Shot Kalou curls a shot inches over the bar from the edge of the box after stretching to collect the ball.

22 Shot Drogba breaks into the box and forces Mildenhall to dive to his right and deny the Ivorian.

31 CHELSEA GOAL Kalou heads home a Lampard corner as he leaps to connect at the far post, sending the ball cleanly into the back of the net.

Stoppage time: 1 minute.

Half time Chelsea 1 Southend 0

Second half

Kick off: Southend

49 Save Cudicini prevents Barnard from equalising as he slides out, smothering the ball and denying the Southend striker.

51 Foul Drogba is cut to the ground 25 yards from goal by McCormack, who is shown the yellow card for his efforts.

57 Foul Mikel is shown the yellow card for an over zealous challenge.

65 Shot Belletti finds himself in space on the edge of the box, but the subsequent shot is deflected out for a fruitless corner.

76 Southend substitution Laurent comes on to replace Revell.

76 Southend substitution Moussa comes on to replace Christophe.

76 Southend substitution Freedman comes on to replace Barnard.

84 Save Cudicini leaps high to knock a dangerous Southend ball over the bar, but is fouled in the process.

84 Chelsea substitution Di Santo comes on to replace J Cole.

87 Chelsea substitution Sinclair comes on to replace Kalou.

89 Foul Grant cuts Di Santo to the ground on the edge of the box and is shown a yellow card.

90 SOUTHEND GOAL Clarke heads the ball beyond Cudicini's reach and into the far left, reminding the fans of the dying minutes against Fulham last Sunday.

Stoppage time: 4 minutes.

Full time Chelsea 1 Southend 1

Unused subs Chelsea - Hilario, Miniero, Anelka, Mancienne, Sawyer. Southend - Joyce, Francis, Betsy, O'Keefe.

Shots on target Chelsea 8 Southend 1

Fouls Chelsea 10 Southend 18

Corners Chelsea 15 Southend 4

Offsides Chelsea 2 Southend 1

Comment

Paulo Ferreira and Juliano Belletti both started in today's FA Cup clash, withJoe Cole and Salomon Kalou playing on the wings while Didier Drogba attack from the centre.

Despite 15 corners, the Blues failed to build on our chances and only Salomon Kalou's first-half header, which saw the Ivorian connect with a Frank Lampard corner as the number 8 completed another game as stand-in captain for suspended John Terry, could find the net.

Michael Ballack also had to miss this game due to suspension, after receiving five domestic bookings.

The last-minute equaliser was reminiscent of Fulham's equaliser last Sunday, when Clint Dempsey achieved his double against Chelsea.