Jose Mourinho put new signings Assien and Wright-Phillips in the starting line-up for the first time this season, with outspoken centre-back Carvalho coming to the bench and Joe Cole and Wright Phillips coming into the starting line-up in place of Duff and Arjen Robben.

Jonker, who scored the winning goal in the last round win over Arsenal, was not even in the squad, but new signing Ibrahimovic was in the starting line-up. Jonathan Cudicini rotated for Cech in goal, with Glen Johansen starting for the first time this season.

West Bromwich Albion put new signings Ellington and Ernshaw on the bench, with Kanu and Kamara starting up front.

Unsurprisingly, Chelsea thrashed West Bromwich Albion 4-0 at home. Frank Lampard, who made 149 consecutive league starts, scored twice, while Didier Drogba and Joe Cole also netted as Chelsea made a perfect three-game winning streak at the start of the season.

Frank Lampard, who had just become a father on Monday, scored twice as his chic cradle celebration helped the Blues to a 4-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion. It was the biggest slaughter since the start of the new Premier League season, and Chelsea replaced Manchester City as the new top team with three wins. Don't forget that the Blues didn't give up the lead after reaching the top last season!

Chelsea made six changes in the starting line-up, and Arjen Robben did exactly sit on the bench as Mourinho said – an extra seat next to Mourinho and down the tunnel, to be exact. And West Brom's coach Brian. Robson was clearly more concerned about the weekend game against Birmingham City, who also made five changes.

Soon after, the difference in quality between the two teams was laid bare unmistakable: even the Chelsea second team, West Brom, could not compete with it. Didier Drogba misses a superb cross from Del Horno. Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when West Brom's back line was wrong and Wright Jr. flicked the ball to Didier Drogba and the Ivorian picked up the ball from the flank. The West Brom's returning defender inexplicably let Frank Lampard go, and the latter slotted the ball in with ease under the cover of Essien's dwindling shot! The media commented: "There is no point in defending to the death if West Brom can't make the basic defensive moves. ”

It was Frank Lampard's 50th goal for Chelsea's 150th start! After the goal, he kissed the ring on his hand and rushed to the side of the stands and beckoned Terry and other team-mates to make a cradle motion on the touchline. It was apparently a celebration of the birth of his youngest daughter, Luna, to him by his Spanish fiancée, Erin, on Monday, which was originally the name that Beckham's wife Victoria had intended for her daughter.

The fans playfully sang Luna's name as well. As Luna means "moon" in Spanish, the BBC commentator also used the English phrase "OvertheMoon" to describe Frank Lampard's celebration as "OvertheLuna"!

"Papa Smurf" even expressed a little jealousy of his beloved daughter after the game: "It was the most wonderful week of my life, and the goal added extra frosting to the cake. I'm so proud. I heard the fans singing my daughter's name, she was only 3 days old! And it will take me 3 years to get the fans to call my name! Even the fans are doing arm cradle movements. ”

Before the season, Frank Lampard was rumored that he had deliberately scheduled his fiancée's caesarean section to avoid missing the game. Mourinho really owes Erin a lot of money for her belly fight. Didn't add to the trouble for him.

The past few days. Lampard has been looking after his children: 'I've been in the hospital, taking care of my girlfriend and my kids, I don't think I can say I'm well rested, but I'm really proud. Mourinho treated me very well, he gave me a day off on Monday and asked me if I was okay. But nothing stopped me from competing. ”

Lampard also revealed that the cradle action was the result of discussions with his friend and captain John Terry: 'I'm proud to have scored my 50th goal. John Terry and I decided before the game how we were going to celebrate, and I'd seen people do it before, and I couldn't resist the temptation to do the same. ”

2 minutes before the end of the first half. Wright Jr. chased the ball back from the baseline without giving up and then split it into the middle. Joe. Cole scored the ball with ease. Cole celebrated as he looked back to see if the referee blew the ball out of bounds, while Mourinho praised him and said: "Cole is a substitute, but he speaks with his performance on the pitch and not to the media. ”

In the second half, Essien had two great chances, one which was narrowly cleared by the goalkeeper and one was blocked by the defender's body. In the 67th minute, Del Horno swept the ball in front of goal after a corner instigated by Frank Lampard, and Drogba made it in from close range. In the 80th minute, substitute Arjen Robben was in the opposition penalty area, and his pass allowed Frank Lampard, who had stepped back a little half, to score his second goal of the game, and Lampard rushed to the sidelines again to shake the cradle!

Jose Mourinho is always the first to calm down: "We are at the top of the table because Manchester United and Charlton have played one game less. It doesn't make sense to me, it's the improvement of the team that matters. We played better than in the first two rounds, we used the ball better and we took our chances. We're solid defensively, we've got a great midfield, and I'm happy about that. I don't think West Brom could have done better, I don't think they had a chance. ”

Another noteworthy person is Drogba, he is an inaccurate person, firstly, his shot is not accurate, and he seems to be able to kick the top stand with a kick, and secondly, he is in an uncertain state, and when he is bad, he can't cry or laugh, but he is like a god when he gets better.

West Bromwich Albion were unlucky enough to run into a god-like Drogba, who broke through with a big black man, keeping the opposition's defence busy, and he left proudly with a goal and an assist.

The credit for the opening goal should actually go to Drogba. His pressing sent the opposition defenders like Sendros to scare, accidentally conceding the ball at his feet, and then the Ivorian went all the way to the front, swaying the defender with a clever pluck and smashing a precise low cross into the front of goal to set up Frank Lampard's comfortable one-on-one goal. In the process of this breakthrough assist, Drogba unexpectedly appeared very accurate, whether it was plucking the ball or pushing horizontally in front of the goal, there was no rough brother feeling who made a mistake in stopping the ball in the last round.

Scoring goals was Drogba's "luck". In the second half, he had a goalmouth tackle that was just as close to a ball as it slid past the goal. Then his luck came, and when Del Hornou's volley was drawn towards goal, he was standing right on the spot. It only took a slight block to score his third goal in four games of the season.

After sealing the win in the second half, Gudjohnsen replaced Didier Drogba and was quiet except for frequent offside traps. In a way, the Icelander needs chances, he needs someone to pass the ball to him, and this substitution is a reminder that Drogba has something else besides luck. He himself is an opportunity. He squeezed, he hit, he carried, and used all means to disturb the opponent's defense, create flaws and create opportunities. Although it doesn't look as chic as Gudjohnsen's one-hit defeat, and even a little clumsy, in Mourinho's opinion, this is called another type of work. It's called terrible. It's scary.

As for Jonker, it is obviously going to rise to a height, which is very terrible, in Mourinho's heart, the four striker players have roughly already had a ranking, and Jonk is the first choice to be stable, and there are goals in the coach Mourinho where the same applies, and the second place is the nerve knife Drogba. It's nice to have a little surprise every now and then!

It's just that the Ivorians are unstable. The next may be Ibrahimovic, whose ability has not yet been fully shown, Mourinho's forward line looks somewhat consistent in type, just looking at the surface, it is all a macho center forward with outstanding body, but in fact, it is not the center forward, yes, but the characteristics of each are all different, and it is not a center forward who traditionally only waits for opportunities in the small penalty area.

Needless to say, Drogba is even more foreign, and the same is true for Ibrahimovic, who has skills under his feet, don't look tall, but when it comes to dexterous bodies, there are really few professional players who can compare to the Swedes, the body is surprisingly flexible, and all kinds of unbelievable movements can often be shown at the feet of the Swedes.

The most rear-end position, that is, the more tragic Gudjohnsen, only the ability to grab points is considered to be quite good among the four, and the rest of the ability is not on the same level at all, and it is sliding more and more to the margins, especially after Ibrahimovic's strong joining.

Of course, Mourinho didn't give him a chance, and if he couldn't grasp it, then he couldn't blame others.

Speaking in detail, Mourinho's rotation, that means that the manager attaches importance to you, and if you don't see it, you can't enter the eyes of the magic bird, and you won't even have a chance to rotate!

In terms of employing people, Mourinho and his tactics are so utilitarian and practical at the same time!

Those who do not participate in the rotation will only be purged after the final outcome.

It can be said that Mourinho's favorite talents have the opportunity to rotate, and there is no way to rotate if he doesn't want to.

Jonk didn't really need to go to the manager again to say anything, but he did, and Mourinho also said why.

The result of the discussion is very satisfied, at least Jonk will not say it in front of the media, and with the head coach, he is more confident.

This season, his stage is two lines, the Premier League and the Champions League, and the bigger stage has slowly unfolded, just waiting for Jonk to shine!

Jonk finally has a good mood, Mourinho is right, kill chickens with a knife, anyway, this is what it means, whether it is a compliment or not, it sounds very comfortable and very useful, at least I know the importance of the head coach, plus the promised Champions League, there is no reason to be in a bad mood!

Ibrahimovic was a little depressed, but he was a man to talk about, he had been here for too short a time, and he had not yet integrated into the Chelsea team, which made him a little unable to let go of his hands and feet in the game.

The team doesn't revolve around him, there's no way it's Chelsea, it's just the whole here, there's not a lot of individuals.

Jonk is not worried about Ibrahim, he knows better than anyone what the level of his little brother is, and the highlight performance is a matter of time, but he takes the two little brothers to sweep any opponent in the arena, and he feels very majestic when he thinks about it.

It's just that it's hard to have such a lineup in Mourinho, and you can only think about it.

It is worth noting that Chelsea have won a big game and returned to the top of the table, but the news has made Chelsea a little embarrassed.

"Have a frenzied night at Chelsea", "Wednesday, see how the Premier League champions are devastating'...... Flip through Monday's London Evening Standard and anyone will easily spot a large advertisement with these words written on it.

The advertisement also included a straightforward list of ball fares: £48 for the cheapest and £60 for the rest.

In terms of format, this is a very ordinary flyer, but in terms of content, it is quite strange. As a spokesperson for the London ticket distribution company put it: "Clubs like Chelsea advertise to attract spectators. This is very rare. "What's more, the defending champions have just beaten Arsenal and are in the limelight.

The simplest explanation is that Chelsea don't want to suffer losses or be embarrassed by the space in the stands because they haven't sold out of tickets for Wednesday's league games.

In the tradition of the club. 10,000 tickets for each home game will be reserved for retail sales three weeks before the start of the game. Today, the fact is that the sales of these 10,000 tickets are not ideal.

Although 90 per cent of the seats at Stamford Bridge have already been booked (including season tickets), the game against West Brom could still be an embarrassment for Chelsea.

In other leagues or other sports, 90 per cent may be considered a high attendance, but it is below the Premier League average.

Nearly 10 per cent of the vacant seats at Stamford Bridge, which has a capacity of 42,522 people, are also quite scary. That pretty much means they had a live audience of just under 39,000 people. That's less than the club's lowest record last season ——— 40,864 at home to Southampton.

That's why Chelsea was in such a hurry and didn't hesitate to surrender their identity to advertise in the newspapers. In fact, they have taken emergency measures beyond advertising, with Chelsea even breaking with the original form of ticket sales.

In accordance with the rules of the club. Selling tickets over the phone is not allowed, and a spokesman for the club has recently said that it will not run a telephone ticketing business. But the situation forced them to change and began offering fans tickets to Wednesday's games through a "paid hotline".

After a series of adjustments. Chelsea may have avoided the embarrassment of being left on the off line at the start of the season, but it is still worth pondering whether the defending champions are not selling out.

First of all, tickets are too expensive. Chelsea are one of the most expensive clubs in the Premier League. Their cheapest season ticket costs a whopping £650, just £885 lower than Arsenal. And the average ticket price for Chelsea is even higher than Arsenal. In addition, the cheapest single ticket at Stamford Bridge costs £45. That's 1.5 times the price of a Manchester United home ticket.

Although there is no shortage of excitement in the Premier League, and the first two rounds of matches have attracted large crowds, when the opponent is West Bromwich Albion and the time is set for Wednesday night, how much desire can there be for the defending champions? Similar incidents have already happened at Manchester United. The Champions League qualifier in midweek saw just over 50,000 home fans, but last weekend's win over Villa saw Old Trafford full.

It has to be mentioned. The defending champions' cold pitch may also have been influenced by some non-football factors. Under the influence of the series "AshesCricket", England is currently trending with a cricket craze. At the end of July, when football events were missing. They have already taken over the sports market in England.

The game was almost full, and the black market tickets were also sold to thousands of pounds (two). The final game of the third stage at Old Trafford on 15 August (the week when United played away from home) even saw thousands of unticketed fans surround the stadium.

Such an embarrassing situation will not be expected to carry over to the upcoming Champions League group stage, which is also in midweek.

On the 25th, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the Champions Cup was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Defending champions Liverpool and Chelsea are once again in a Premier League derby. The top three in Serie A, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus also reunited with last season's old rivals PSV Eindhoven, Porto and Bayern Munich respectively, and Manchester United met Villarreal, where the veteran Forlan played. Real Madrid are in the same group as Lyon, Arsenal and Ajax, and Barcelona with Bremen and Udinese.

The draw includes Liverpool against 15 teams that qualify directly for the group stage, as well as 16 teams that qualify. According to UEFA's club points system, Porto is seeded with the top 7 teams, and the other 24 teams are divided into 3 brackets. During the draw, one team will be drawn from each pot to form a group, for a total of 8 groups, provided that the teams in the same league are not in the same group.

Defending champions Liverpool are seeded, but because they are a special entry, they do not enjoy the treatment of "avoiding the league", so they may meet Chelsea, who are in Pot 2. The two teams met five times in three competitions last season. In the Champions Cup semi-finals, Liverpool eliminated the Blues 1-0 on aggregate.

As a result, in this draw, the two teams staged a Premier League derby.

There is providence in the dark, this is not false at all, there are so many coincidences on the football field.

Can you think about it? The draw for the Champions Cup brought the 4 pairs of "enemies" who met last season back together, and the other 2 groups of collisions also have their own stories.

Juventus and Bayern were group stage opponents last season, and in the last meeting, Juventus won two 1-0 clean defeats to Bayern to get six points, paving the way for early promotion, this time, will Bayern make Juventus so easy? Is history repeating itself? Or complete revenge? However, judging from the situation of the group, neither Brugge nor Rapid Vienna can pose a threat to the two powers.

AC Milan and Eindhoven met again, in the semi-finals of last season's Champions Cup, the two teams played sparks, and finally the experienced AC Milan eliminated Eindhoven, of course, the current Eindhoven may be difficult to achieve revenge, AC Milan has more Gilardino and Vieri, and Eindhoven has less Warger, Park Ji-sung, Van Bommel, Li Rongpyo will soon leave, coach Hiddink has accepted the invitation of the Australian Football Association, and the soul of the team has been dispersed.

Inter Milan met Porto again, Porto failed to cause much trouble for the Nerazzurri in the round of 16 last season, and this season, Inter Milan have made great progress, and Porto have lost their goal Fabiano, and maybe this time, Porto have not even won a draw against Inter.

If the meeting between Juventus and Bayern is more like a show, and AC Milan and Inter Milan encounter old rivals do not make much sense, then the rare "group stage English derby" between Liverpool and Chelsea is really a strong dialogue, and the encounter between Chelsea and Liverpool is a little dramatic, if it were not for Liverpool winning the Champions Cup last season and only finishing fifth in the league, he would not have started from the first round of the Champions Cup qualification, and he would not have been broken the precedent of "different groups from the same country".

Interestingly, Chelsea and Liverpool are in Pot 2 again, having gone out of the game without scoring twice last season, and maybe that's the opportunity Mourinho was hoping for, maybe it was all providence.

Providence, let Forlan meet Manchester United who once abandoned him, after winning the La Liga Golden Boot, Forlan once bombarded Ferguson, and now, he has the opportunity to prove his ability to Manchester United in person; Arsenal met PSV Eindhoven in the group stage last season and Ajax this season, and this summer, Arsenal happened to play in the Amsterdam Invitational Tournament and are no strangers to this venue.

On the football field, there are many things that cannot be explained, the important thing is that after a round that is as thrilling as a game and full of suspense, fans have more to look forward to. (To be continued......)