Cardiff 1-2 Chelsea: Azpilicueta scores OFFSIDE goal before Loftus-Cheek wins it

Game is over and the final score is Cardiff City 1-2 Chelsea. Here is the match report.

Match Events

46' GOAL! Cardiff City 1-0 Chelsea (Camarasa)

Cardiff deliver after their bright first-half performance and it's Camarasa with the opener! The Spaniard catches a side-footed volley just right on the edge of the box, curling the ball into the top corner beyond Kepa!

Arter's assist was actually a wayward cross, not that Camarasa responded like a man taken by surprise.

84' GOAL! Cardiff City 1-1 Chelsea (Azpilicueta)

Willian's corner is nodded on by Alonso, and the skipper pops up in the six-yard box to finish it off.

The Spain international appeared to be in an offside position and Warnock will not be happy.

87' Rudiger should have been sent off!

HUGE call here by the referee! Zohore runs in on goal and Rudiger stumbles into him as the last man, for what should surely be a red card for the Germany international. Instead, the referee awards just a booking.

90+1' GOAL! Cardiff City 1-2 Chelsea (Loftus-Cheek)

Loftus-Cheek completes the turnaround with a header at the back post and that is so, so cruel for Cardiff!

Peltier tries to wrestle with the England midfielder but he was far too strong. 2-1 to Chelsea and surely three vital points are theirs.

Match Report

Chelsea boosted their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League as they fought back from a goal down to record a controversial 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Cardiff City on Sunday that left Neil Warnock raging. 

Ruben Loftus-Cheek headed in Willian's cross in the first of seven additional minutes as the Blues - insipid for so much of the contest until the arrival of Eden Hazard off the bench - produced an impressive turnaround at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Víctor Camarasa had reacted quickly to sweep home Harry Arter's weak cross to open the scoring early in the second half, but the Welsh club were unable to cling on to their lead during a dramatic conclusion.

Cesar Azpilicueta's 84th-minute header dragged Chelsea level, though replays showed the defender was in an offside position when turning the ball home.

Substitute Loftus-Cheek then nodded in a much-needed winner for Maurizio Sarri, who had listened to a section of the travelling fans chant for him to be sacked earlier in proceedings.

Players Ratings

Line-ups

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge; Bennett, Ecuele Manga, Morrison (C), Peltier; J. Murphy, Arter, Camarasa, Gunnarsson, Hoilett; Niasse.

Subs: B. Murphy, Ralls, Zohore, Reid, Bacuna, Mendez-Laing, Harris.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (C), Luiz, Rudiger, Alonso; Jorginho, Kovacic, Barkley; Willian, Higuain, Pedro.

Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Hazard, Giroud.