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Andre Villas-Boas's Chelsea look to hit back after their defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford as they host newly promoted Swansea City at Stamford Bridge.

Premier League / Matchday 6
Stamford Bridge / 24.09.2011
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Alex Chick

Updated 24/09/2011 at 16:54 GMT+1


53'
Anelka puts Vorm under pressure as a long ball from Mikel almost catches out the Swansea defence.
52'
Villas-Boas is out on the touchline barking orders at his side, with Swansea continuing to dominate possession in this second half.
51'
Rangel is shrugged off the ball by Terry, and Chelsea can finally alleviate the pressure in their half.
50'
Mata floats over a testing delivery which Ramires almost gets on the end of, only for Vorm to gather.
49'
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Dyer drills a fierce shot from the edge of the Chelsea box, and it takes a vicious deflection off Mikel and dips agonisingly onto the roof of the net!
48'
Rangel gets down the right at pace, and Meireles does well to divert the ball behind for a corner with a sliding challenge.
47'
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Wayne Routledge is introduced as Leon Britton makes way, and Rodgers looks for greater width.
46'
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The second half is underway, and John Terry is back out on the field despite having struggled through much of the first half with what looked like a hamstring strain.
45+2'
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The referee's whistle brings an end to a dramatic first half at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea 2-0 up following goals from Torres and Ramires, but a crazy challenge from the Spaniard has seen his afternoon ended abruptly with the hosts down to 10 men.
45+1'
Swansea end the half with a fine period of possession in the Chelsea half, and they have the numerical advantage.
45'
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Two minutes will be added at the end of this first half as Anelka is pushed up front with Mata in just behind.
44'
Chelsea continue to harry the Swansea back four as Villas-Boas frantically reshuffles his side.
43'
Many of you were predicting hat-tricks for Torres today, and to be fair it looked like that could be on the cards, but that moment of stupidity has cost him.
42'
Sinclair flies down the left once more, and despite Swansea being on the back foot, he continues to prove a very potent outlet.
41'
Terry, inevitably, continues to berate referee Dean following that red card to Torres, but it was a very rash challenge.
40'
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RED CARD! Torres flies in recklessly on Gower, and that was two footed and pretty high from the Spaniard! His afternoon is over.
39'
Chelsea stroke the ball around patiently in their own half, and the home fans are really enjoying this now.
38'
Mata continues to charge around in the Swansea half causing havoc, and he's looking very good.
37'
One other aspect to that move I should mention was a deft pass through the legs of Britton by Torres earlier in the move - he's brimming with confidence all of a sudden!
36'
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GOAL!!!!! RAMIRES MAKES IT TWO!! Cole slides an inviting through ball into Ramires's path, and he keeps his composure to fire a low drive through Vorm's legs to double Chelsea's lead!
35'
Vorm lumps a long ball upfield towards Sinclair, but Cech is swiftly out to gather the loose ball.