Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth

Here is the moment that Chelsea fans have been waiting for. Andriy Shevchenko celebrating his first HOME goal at Stamford Bridge.

Lets not forget that Andriy has already scored twice for Chelsea this season. His first came in the Community Shield and his second was against Middlesbrough in the 2-1 defeat at The Riverside.

Andriy was unlucky not to have scored earlier in the game, when in the first half Portsmouth's David James pulled off a wonderful save as Andriy hit a shot that was heading into the top left hand corner from fully twenty yards. Andriy also had a first half goal disallowed for offside.

Michael Ballack scored Chelsea's second two minutes after and it was his FIRST home goal in the Premiership. He had already scored from the penalty spot against Werder Bremen in the Champions League.

I had said in a previous post that Chelsea would need to take their Barcelona form into this game... and they did. Although the final score was 2-1, the score could have been a lot more had it not been for the heroics of David James in the Portsmouth goal.