Sunderland vs. Chelsea Score: Live Blog with Play-by-Play and Updates of Premier League Match

Dec 08, 2012 09:29 AM EST

GAME OVER---- FINAL SCORE Chelsea 3-1 over Sunderland!

94' McClean with cross. Again passes all players. THERE IS NO MORE TIME!

92' GARDNER OFF THE TOP CROSSBAR!! WOW! Chelsea controls

91' Corner Sunderland... Horrible corner. Chelsea easily clears

Wickham with a hell of a right leg. CECH WITH A SAVE!

90' Torres really going hard for that third goal

90+4 minutes of extended play!

89' McClean too strong on cross. Passes about three teammates. 

89' Sunderland fans are packing it up now.... Sunderland possesses. 

Ramires, Cech, O'Shea and Rose in midfield talking with ref. They all look confused.

87' Free kick by Mignolet. Inbounds from beyond midfield. Another yellow card being handed?

86' Finally Mata gets a yellow card. He had been playing extremely hard defense. 

86' Szczesny with big save! .. Cazorla OUT

84' from beyond midfield again. Free kick for Sunderland. No good. Chelsea to inbound.

83' Lampard with the kick. blocked by Mignolet... Torres there for the rebound! ... Ramires picks up 5th yellow card!

82' Oscar at midfield. Luiz has it. Ramires controls. Mata has it on the right side. Ramires fouled. 

81' free kick from beyond midfield for Sunderland. Mata Clears. Torres possesses, then loses it. Sunderland has it. McClean with the cross. Goes over the head of teammate. Cech with diving grab

Larsson OUT... Saha IN

80' Torres kicks ball away after whistle blows. Fans boo. Mignolet complains to ref. 

79' Chelsea controls. Trying to burn time from clock as there are less than 20 minutes left in this match. Have slowed down Sunderland's attack.

77' Torres with Ramires up the middle! Ball intercepted! Play broken up by S 

Sunderland winning crosses battle. Have 10 so far and another one coming

CROSS PASSES BY 2 Sunderland players! They don't make contact and had open shot!

75' Johnson with the kick CECH WITH THE SAVE!! CECH SAVES A GOAL!! 

74' Sunderland free kick from about 3 yards from penalty area. 

Things are getting tense. Sunderland now getting a free kick

73' Sunderland on left side. Had two teammates in front of net! Cech steps up for the save

72' Torres has ball on right side. Crowd boos. Torres gives up the ball. Crowd stops. Hazard with the ball on the left side of the penalty area! Finds Mata! Mata can't control. 

YELLOW CARD ON Ivanovic. 

71' Hazard kicks ball right into Sunderland player

70' ball cleared. Chelse possesses.

70' Luiz clears the ball. Sunderland is ATTACKING! Corner Sunderland.

GOAL SUNDERLAND!

65' Johnson with a goal! Cech never attempt to block because ball had wicked spin! 

63' teams battling for the ball. Mignolet kicks it in. Chelsea possesses at center of field. Make a push. Hazard turns it over.

61' Moses OUT of the game. 

59' Oscar clears the net. 

55' ball turned over back and forth by both teams. Rose of Sunderland establishes a possession!. CROSS GOES RIGHT THROUGH EVERYBODY! Johnson brings it down. Sunderland with the ball. McClean works on Ivanovic. Ball cleared. Rose inbounds.

51' Oscar to Mata... Mata to Moses... MOSES MISSES WIDE LEFT!

Goal came after a horrible clear by Sunderland, ball landed right on Torres' lap.

48' Torres goes for hat trick! OFF THE POST!!!! GOAL! MATA! ...Mata kicks it in with a left leg. 

47' Cech goes all the way to the outside of left side of penalty box for a stop. 

46' ball kicked in by Mignolet.. Luiz brings it down. Mata controls. Mignolet jumps in to break up cross

Oscar had a great chance to score. Couldn't control. Then commits foul.

45' Sunderland controls

2nd Half begins with Sunderland kicking at midfleid.

Second half just seconds away!

======================END OF FIRST HALF!-===================

Chelsea scores in extra time!

TORRES WITH HIS SECOND GOAL! Wanted to take the penalty kick! Steps up! Makes 2nd goal of the game! 

Penalty coming for Chelsea

RAMIRES TACKLED!!! Foul inside the box. Ball was going out of bounds. Ramires with the kick. 

2 MINUTES OF EXTRA TIME

44' Chelsea controls. Then Torres called for the foul. Bad call. There was barely any contact with Rose. 

Sunderland has committed 7 fouls to Chelsea's 5.

42' Sunderland tough defense... Mata with a foul.

41' Yellow card for Gardner! Hard foul on Oscar

40' Sunderland to inbound.... Chelsea possesses, Torres with a poor cross! Sunderland run it back and miss wide right on kick 

39' Miscommunication by Sunderland. Were attacking and very close to Chelsea net for the score, but pass was short. 

37' Oscar wide left on the rebound! Sunderland ball.

36' Chelsea on the attack. OH! Hard foul on Mata. About 10 yards from penalty area straight up the middle.  

33' Cech with a punch! Clears the ball yards away... Sunderland kick ball over the net. Clears it by meters

33' Pass to Wickham too far infront... Chelsea controls.

31' Chelsea misses opportunity from upclose. Ball cleared.

30' Corner kick for Sunderland

28' Corner kick cleared by Chelsea.... 29' Chelsea controls, turn it over. Free kick for Sunderland as Ramires fouls on own side of field

28' Johnson working Chelsea. Loses ball, gets it back. Runs it up about 5 yards from goal. Tries to get cross!... BALL CLEARED BY CECH!

27' Sussegnon with the right leg SAVED BY CECH... Corner kick... Ball cleared by Chelsea.

26' Sunderland with great opportunity, save ball from going out of bounds, Ball rebounds of Chelsea players and Cech dives to make stop

24' Chelsea controls. Torres to Mata! ...Offsides.

22' Sunderland misses about three opportunities! What great defense by Chelsea as they attacked the ball. Chelsea controls

22' Hazard gets knocked down on defense... Corner for Sunderland

20' Sunderland controls

18' Mata with the steal. Ball turned over

18' Chelsea with ball. Sunderland steals.

16' Player down on the field for Chelsea. Romeo out. Oscar gets ready to enter.

13' Chelsea inbounds. ... Free kick coming at 15' Luis way too high. Goes over everybody

Chelsea scores!

10' Sunderland to inbound... Control.. Then turnit over. Hazard on the left... GOAL!!! GOAL! GOAL! Torres knocks Harzard cross in!

8' Chelsea controls. Sunderland with tough defense, foul called on Larsson

5' TORRES DENIED! Wickham beats Torres on a 1-1. Very aggressive play from Mignolet

5' Chelsea corner, cleared by Sunderland

3' Chelsea's Mata misses opportunity! Was going for Torres, but cross was too far in front for Mata.

2' Cech with the save. 

1' WOW! No penalty. Mata gives Hazard great ball. Looked like he was fouled, but no penalty called.

Chelsea will kickoff

-----------Welcome to the live blog of Chelsea and Sunderland------------

A struggling Chelsea squad heads into the Stadium of Light as they face off against Sunderland at 10 a.m. ET/3 p.m. ET.

On paper, this should be the Blues' match. They are the third place team in the English Premier League standings racking up 26 points in 15 matches. Sunderland is at the cusp of entering the bottom three teams sent as they sit just one point in front of Southampton from the pit with 13 points won. 

However, Chelsea doesn't remember the last time their soccer team won them a soccer game. The Blues haven't won a game since October 20 when they defeated Tottenham 4-2. 

The Blues lost last week against West Ham in a surprising 3-1 defeat. Their previous five matches concluded in draws or losses. They had consecutive scoreless draws versus Fulham and Manchester City. They lost to West Brom 2-1 after having consecutive 1-1 draws with Liverpool and Swansea. 

Sunderland has tastes victory more recently after defeating Fulham 2-1 on November 18. That was their last victory. 

Since then, they dropped a match against West Brom 4-2, had a draw 0-0 versus QPR and last week lost to Norwich 2-1. 

Chelsea needs to build momentum with a win today. They are trailing the first place Manchester United by seven points and three points behind Manchester City. 

One of those two teams will lose or possibly both will gain one point. It will be the perfect opportunity for Chelsea to gain some ground in the Barclays standings. 

Join us for this live blog as we will bring you scoring updates of this match.

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