Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: Young Blues finish season on a high

Goals from John Terry and Raul Meireles helped Chelsea to a 2-1 win over already relegated Blackburn. Joshua Sodergren has the report.

In theory, the match was pretty meaningless with Blackburn already relegated due to their 1-0 loss on Monday at the hands of Wigan. As for Chelsea, their only hope of getting Champions League football would be to win the tournament next weekend against Bayern Munich, so they would have to rest some players.

The game was even for the first twenty-five minutes with Romelu Lukaku looking sharp for Chelsea, while Martin Olsson and Junior Hoilett running at the Chelsea defence quite regularly.

The Chelsea breakthrough came in the 31st minute, when Romelu Lukaku provided a fantastic cross which John Terry managed to get on to the end of, to head past Blackburn goalkeeper Jake Kean. If Paul Robinson is sold in the summer, Kean could see many more games next season.

Chelsea dominated for the rest of the first half, with Daniel Sturridge striking a shot just over the bar.

Then, with minutes on the clock, Michael Essien went on a powerful run through the Blackburn defence, eventually cutting into the box where he was tackled by. The penalty was initially given, but the ball landed kindly for Raul Meireles as he smashed the shot into the bottom corner of the net, 2-0 Chelsea.

In the second half, Blackburn seemed more determined to get something from the game. Morten Gamst Pedersen played some nice passes one of which forced a corner.

It was Pedersen who took the corner, and Ross Turnbull was unable to get a touch to it. The ball was then headed across goal and into the net by Nigerian striker, Yakubu. Five minutes later, Marcus Olsson skipped past Branislav Ivanovic, but his shot went just over.

However, second half substitute Didier Drogba looked like a man on a mission in what many have predicted to be his final Premiership game in a blue shirt. Daniel Sturridge nearly added a third late on from a corner, but his effort went just wide.

All in all, it was a typical end of season game between two teams whose fate had already been decided. Nonetheless, it was good for the Blues to go in to the Champions League final on a high.