Match Report 081026 at Chelsea: Records are there to break

1-0 and we finally break the duck and will at Stamford Bridge. What's more, we also ended their home unbeaten run of 86 games, and we did it with style.

We controlled the game well and were never in danger of losing, especially once we went ahead. In fact we should have win by a higher margin. Everybody played well and it was almost perfect.

This win will send a strong message to the rest of the league that we mean business and are now strong title challenger. However, we must not get carried away and we need to keep it up until we win the title. Then we can start thinking of #20 and beyond.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7.5 Not much to do.
Arbeloa: 7.5 Probably his best game in a red jersey.
Carragher: 8.5 Rock solid and excelled when we were in trouble.
Agger: 7.5 Approaching his best conditions gradually.
Aurelio: 7.5 Solid defending and one of his best game with us.
Agger: 9 Scored the winning goal and almost scored another. Also dictating the midfield well.
Mascherano: 8 Keep tackling with ease and style.
Kuyt: 8 Hard working as usual and was involved in the goal.
Gerrard: 8.5 Linked up well with the striker and the midfielders.
Riera: 8 Superb performance as usual.
Keane: 7 Slightly affected by the injury but still perform well.

Substitutions:
Babel: 8 A constant threat to them.
Lucas: 7.5 Solid defending in the middle.
Hyypia: 7.5 Headed us to safety despite only played for 4 minutes.

Rafa: 8.5 Tactical genius.

Chelsea: 6.5 Ran out of ideas and were never in threat of scoring a goal. But they will rebound so we need to keep going.

Man of the Match: Alonso. Wonder goal.