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Arsenal Reserves 0 Chelsea Reserves 0
Monday, Oct 03, 2005
A barren evening at Barnet in terms of clear chances saw Chelsea
Reserves finish all-square with leaders Arsenal although it took the
Gunners’ crossbar and a good second-half save by Lenny Pidgeley to keep
the game goalless. Wayne Bridge played another full match.
International call-ups at different levels have taken regular reserve
performers away from both London clubs leaving the two very youthful teams
to run out at Underhill. Wayne Bridge was the exception.
The England international left-back was a late addition to the Chelsea
side having at the morning’s training session declared himself ready to
play his fourth game in the second string since returning. He was involved
in the first glimmer of hope for Chelsea when his low cross found Phil
Younghusband for a first time shot that was blocked.
There had been an earlier escape for Chelsea. Anthony Grant
uncharacteristically conceded possession deep in the Chelsea half, the
powerful Fabrice Muamba surging forward and finding Arturo Lupoli but under
pressure from Pidgeley, the Reserve League South’s top scorer last season
shot off target.
From a Bridge free-kick on the right midway through the first-half
Arsenal had their great escape, right-back Gilbert under pressure from
James Younghusband heading against his own crossbar.
Those were isolated moments of penalty area incident in an even first-
half. As the interval approached, Grant was booked when he lost out to
Muamba for a second-time and deliberately handballed to prevent serious
damage.
Steven Watt was captaining Chelsea from the back in the absence of
injured midfielder Danny Hollands and he was part of a defence that
performed solidly for most of the evening. Adrian Pettigrew was another
notable presence in the centre.
But skipper Watt was involved in one moment to forget when he and Phil
Younghusband between them contrived to give Lupoli a free run on goal down
the pronounced Underhill slope. Lenny Pidgeley did very, very well to
charge out, fill the target and save with his knee.
Five minutes later it was Phil Younghusband who was given the chance
to exploit space behind the opposing backline but despite a slip, centre-
back Connolly disposed the Chelsea centre-forward before he could pull the
trigger.
Dean Smith and Watt completed a total of three bookings for Chelsea.
For Arsenal, Muamba was booked for a foul on Grant. It had been a keen
battle between the two midfielders throughout.
Chelsea made two substitutions on 70 minutes and the game began to
open out. Shaun Cummings, a first year scholar was given an early taste of
reserve football, coming on to make his debut and he was soon involved. His
deep cross found Jonas Elmer at the far-post but the Swiss left-sider
couldn’t spring high enough to direct his header down.
On another night Elmer might have been a match-winner; two early
chances had come his way. In the first-half he was on the end of a cross
after an exquisite Phil Younghusband turn but his first touch was wayward
and when a Filipe Morais cross found him in the second-half, his volley was
blocked.
Morais moved to the right wing late on and not without an impact. A
swivel of the hips took him past two players and he set up Cummings nicely
for a shooting opportunity which was blazed a yard over. That was
Chelsea’s clearest opening of the game.
It took a late save from Pidgeley to preserve the deserved draw after
Lupoli’s head was first to a free-kick. The young Chelsea keeper can be as
pleased as anyone with his evening’s work.
Chelsea: (4-3-3)
Lenny Pidgeley
Dean Smith Adrian Pettigrew Steven Watt (capt) Wayne Bridge
Filipe Morais Anthony Grant Joe Keenan
James Younghusband (Dean Furman 70) Jonas Elmer
Phil Younghusband (Shaun Cummings 70)
Arsenal:
Vito Mannone, Kerrea Gilbert, Mitchell Murphy, Fabrice Muamba, Sean Kelly,
Mathew Connolly, Patrick Cregg, Alexandre Song, Nicklas Bendtner,
Arturo Lupoli, Anthony Stokes.
by Paul Mason
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