http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=326778 Chelsea Youth 3 Arsenal Youth 1 Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 Employing a slightly different shape, Chelsea Youth set the weekend going well on Saturday morning with a convincing 3-1 win over Arsenal. For the first time this season coach Brendan Rodgers used two holding midfielders in front of the back four, allowing just Ricardo Fernandes the freedom to go forward at any opportunity. It worked. Chelsea led 2-0 by the interval. Brendan describes the opening goal: “We won the ball high up the pitch, a terrific interception and pass from Dean Furman played in Jack Watkins who slotted in an excellent finish.” It was Jack’s third goal in five games, and that total is already one more than he scored in all of last season. Brendan was equally delighted with the second goal. “There was a great sequence of passes to get Dean Furman in on the edge of the box and he supplied another cool finish.” Dean managed just one goal last season and now has two this term. Chelsea dominated the first-half. “Scott Sinclair went close twice, forcing two good saves from their keeper in one on ones.” Sloppy defending allowed Arsenal to get a goal back in the second- half, but Brendan remained confident. “Arsenal came into it a little bit more but I still felt we controlled the game. We went close on a number of occasions and then got the third goal from a penalty.” It was won by Fabio Ferreira, a 16 year old signed in the summer from Sporting Lisbon who has spent most of the season injured. He played in the training ground friendly against Wycombe last week and came on here to find himself pushed in the penalty area. Sinclair took it, despite having his penalty saved at West Ham last week. “Scott stuck it away confidently,” says Brendan. “That was good because he and Jack Watkins did extra work on penalties for about 20 minutes on Friday.” Watkins had also missed a penalty this season, at Southampton. Arsenal started the day one point behind Chelsea, so this was a significant win. Brendan concludes: “I was delighted with the performance on the back of last week’s game at West Ham. And after a number of weeks when our group has been split up through illness and international duty, we’ve all been back together and it showed.” Team (4-2-1-3) Hamann Hutchinson Worley Cork (c) Hurrell Bridcutt Furman Fernandes (Bertrand) Cummings (Ferreira) Watkins Sinclair CHELSEA YOUTH ON RECORD ----------------------- Appearances 13 Sinclair 13, Furman 12, Hutchinson 12, Bertrand 10+1, Worley 10+1, Cork 10, Watkins 9+4, Cummings 9+2, Bridcutt 8+4, Fernandes 8+1, Simmonds 7+2, Mancienne 6, Hamann 6, Russell 5, Grant 4, J Younghusband 4, Ofori 2+1, Taylor 2, Saarelma 1+6, Sawyer 1+1, Elmer 1, J Smith 1, Tillen 1, F Ferreira 0+2, Ogbuagu 0+1, Saville 0+1. Goals 19 Sinclair 8, Watkins 3, Cummings 2, Furman 2, Bridcutt 1, Grant 1, Worley 1, og 1 Penalties scored 1 Sinclair 1. Penalties missed 2 Sinclair 1, Watkins 1. Penalties won 3 F Ferreira 1, Hutchinson 1, Ofori 1. Penalties conceded 3 Hutchinson 2, Saville 1. Penalties saved 1 Taylor 1. Woodwork 7 Furman 1, Saarelma 1, Sawyer 1, Simmonds 1, Sinclair 1, J Smith 1, Watkins 1. Bookings 6 Furman 2, Sawyer 1, Taylor 1, Worley 1, J Younghusband 1. by Neil Barnett -- Carefree, wherever we may be 　 We are the famous CFC！ --

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