Full Time
(23,042)
37'
Goal
Gus Poyet
(Assistant:
Dennis Wise)
0'
Yellow Card
Roberto Di Matteo
29'
Yellow Card
Dennis Wise
55'
Yellow Card
Gianluca Vialli
88'
Yellow Card
Albert Ferrer
Game #3395 | League game #3047
Season game #1 | Premier League game #1
Highfield Road game # | Gordon Strachan game #79
France’s World Cup-winning defenders are ripped apart by City’s speed and height in a fascinating duel in the sun. Dublin nods on for Huckerby to chip in the first, and Dion’s header from Whelan’s free-kick makes it four defeats in a row at Coventry for Gianluca Vialli’s boys.
Paul Hall's debut
City 3rd | Chelsea 16th (20)
Referee:
Graham Barber
62'
88'
45'
4'
16'
10'88'
70'
Substitutes
70'
88'
Coach
1
Ed de Goey
17
Albert Ferrer
88'
6
Marcel Desailly
14
Graeme Le Saux
5
Frank Leboeuf
3
Celestine Babayaro
16
Roberto Di Matteo
76'
8
Gus Poyet
37'
11
Dennis Wise
29'
10
Pierluigi Casiraghi
69'
9
Gianluca Vialli
55'
Substitutes
13
Kevin Hitchcock
12
Michael Duberry
24
Eddie Newton
19
Tore Andre Flo
69'
25
Gianfranco Zola
76'
Coach
Gianluca Vialli
1
3
4
5
2
12
14
11
8
9
7
1
14
5
6
17
3
16
11
8
10
9
Coventry City
Chelsea
Yellow Card
4'
Paul Telfer
Foul on Graeme Le Saux
Goal
1:0
10'
Darren Huckerby
Assistant: Dion Dublin
Goal
2:0
16'
Dion Dublin
Assistant: Noel Whelan
29'
Yellow Card
Dennis Wise
Dissent
37'
2:1
Goal
Gus Poyet
Assistant: Dennis Wise
Yellow Card
45'
Trond Egil Soltvedt
foul on Gus Poyet
55'
Yellow Card
Gianluca Vialli
Unsporting behaviour
Yellow Card
62'
David Burrows
Foul on Gus Poyet
69'
Substitute
In:Tore Andre Flo
Out:Pierluigi Casiraghi
Substitute
70'
In:Marcus Hall
Out:Noel Whelan
76'
Substitute
In:Gianfranco Zola
Out:Roberto Di Matteo
Substitute
88'
In:Paul Hall
Out:George Boateng
Yellow Card
88'
Darren Huckerby
Squaring up to Albert Ferrer
88'
Yellow Card
Albert Ferrer
Squaring up to Darren Huckerby
Substitutions
69'
Out
Pierluigi Casiraghi
In
Tore Andre Flo
76'
Out
Roberto Di Matteo
In
Gianfranco Zola
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