It may have taken more than 140 minutes for Chelsea to get their first goal of the 2011-2012 campaign, but they finally have the ball in the back of the net, and it comes from a slightly surprising source: Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman grabbed the ball after Frank Lampard went to ground in the area -- rightly, no penalty was given, and the veteran midfielder even signaled to the referee that he wasn't looking for one. Anelka then nutmegged his shot through Jonas Olsson, and despite an attempted save from Ben Foster, the West Bromwich Albion keeper simply helped the ball on into the net.
Chelsea Vs. West Bromwich Albion: Nicolas Anelka Evens The Scoreline, 1-1
Sadly for fans of Andres Villas-Boas (and I know you're out there), the new Chelsea manager simply gave a restrained fist pump in appreciation of the goal. However, it now looks as though, now that the home side have finally broken their duck, Chelsea are ready to score even more. Lampard, Anelka, Florent Malouda -- all pressing forward and looking to threaten the West Brom goal. Here's to AVB's future celebration actually causing his tie to sway back and forth, then.
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