The two Wrights, Richard and David, were the stand-out performers in a gutsy display by Ipswich Town.
Derek Davis
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Chelsea 3 Ipswich 1
Ipswich Town 4-4-2
1 Richard Wright 8
5 Alex Bruce 7
4 Gareth McAuley 7
15 Pim Balkestein 7
2 David Wright 8
18 Danny Haynes 7
19 Jon Walters 7
10 David Norris 7
8 Tommy Miller 6
7 Owen Garvan 7
9 Pablo Counago 6
Subs:
11 Kevin Lisbie (for Haynes, 60) 6
14 Jon Stead (for Walters, 71) 6
25 Alan Quinn (for Miller, 82) 6
26 Veliche Shumulikoski
33 Ben Thatcher
17 Dean Bowditch
27 Shane Supple
Goals: Bruce, 33.
Bookings: Garvan (foul, 58) Norris (84, foul)
Chelsea 4-3-3
1 Petr Cech 6
17 Jose Bosingwa 7
6 Ricardo Carvalho 6
33 Alex 7
3 Ashley Cole 6
35 Juliano Belletti 7
13 Michael Ballack 8
8 Frank Lampard 9
21 Salomon Kalou 7
39 Nicolas Anelka 7
15 Florent Malouda 7
Subs
11 Didier Drogba (for Malouda, 58) 6
2 Branislav Ivanovic (for Carvalho, 70) 6
20 Deco (for Ballack, 80)
19 Paulo Ferriera
43 Marislav Stoch
42 Michael Mancienne
23 Carlo Cudicini
Goals: Ballack, 16, 60. Lampard, 85.
Bookings: None
The Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffs) 7
Attendance: 41,137
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