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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


35'
Vorm lumps a long ball upfield towards Sinclair, but Cech is swiftly out to gather the loose ball.
34'
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Rangel wins a free kick out on the right for Swansea as Mata is very harshly booked, and that is pretty unreasonable.
33'
Chelsea win a free-kick 30 yards out which ends up at the feet of Mikel, but his shot from the edge of the box is poor.
32'
Torres is furious with the referee for being penalised after challenging with Monk, and that did look like a free-kick.
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Mata, who is proving the cutting edge in the final third for Chelsea along with Torres, is ruled offside for another bright run.
30'
Torres's celebration is relatively subdued, but he must be hugely relieved - it was a very clinical finish.
29'
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GOAL!!!!! TORRES SCORES!! Very fine work on the edge of the penalty area from Mata, who dinks over a delightful through ball to Torres, with the forward taking the ball down into his stride superbly then driving a crisp finish into the far corner of the net! There it is...
28'
Ivanovic marauds forward from deep, but blasts a wild shot well over the crossbar as he gets a bit too excited!
27'
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Torres goes down inside the Swansea box as he feels he is tugged back by Garry Monk inside the box as he looked to latch on to Mikel's through ball. The referee is not impressed.
26'
Chelsea have won eight and lost none of their last nine Premier League games at Stamford Bridge. Swansea have won just one of their last eight regular league games away from the Liberty Stadium (W1 D1 L6).
25'
Britton wins the ball back for Swansea once more, and Chelsea are being frustrated at present.
24'
Cole picks up possession deep inside the Chelsea half, and sprays a long ball out to Bosingwa, but the move breaks down with Williams challenging.
23'
Mata applauds Bosingwa, who attempts a raking long diagonal ball, but slightly over-cooks it.
22'
Ramires does superbly to force his way to the byline down the right, beating Taylor, but his deep cross is not anticipated by any of his team-mates.
21'
Both managers are writing frantically in their notepads as Torres dallies on the edge of the Swansea penalty area and eventually gives away a free-kick in frustration.
20'
Mikel does very well indeed to track back and challenge Gower, winning the ball back for Chelsea.
19'
Mikel drops very deep to bring the ball out of defence for Chelsea, and it's pretty slow progress from Chelsea as they build from the back.
18'
Villas-Boas suddenly becomes very animated as he patrols the touchline, but the hosts are keeping possession without great alarm right now.
17'
Namoali has Tweeted me to predict that "Torres WILL score" - he surely has to find the back of the net today to help alleviate the pressure on him. What do others think?
16'
STAT: Chelsea and Swansea have never met in the top flight but their last meeting in Division 2 was a 6-1 victory by the Blues.
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Meireles blasts a wild volley over the crossbar as the ball drops to him inside the Swansea penalty area, and he really should hit the target!