CITY 0 CHELSEA 1 FA Barclays Premiership 28th December 2005 attendance 46,587 scorer Cole(79)

City James, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Thatcher, Sinclair, Barton, Sun, Vassell, Sibierski, Cole – subs Wright-Phillips(72), Ireland(88), de Vlieger(unused), Croft(83), Sommeil(unused)

Chelsea Cech, Geremi, Gallas, Terry, Del Horno, Makalele, Essien, J Cole, Gudjohnsen, Duff, Drogba – subs Robben(59), Ferreira(83), Crespo(59), Cudicini(unused), Huth(unused)

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