Blues on course for Champions League football

Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2

Blues on course for Champions League football
Sat, 05 Apr, 2003 - 18:42

Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2

Substitute Carlton Cole fired Sunderland to the brink of relegation as Chelsea kept their Champions League charge on full throttle.

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CourtsSoccerHeathrowPlace: Stadium of LightPerson: Carlton ColePerson: Claudio RanieriPerson: Mick McCarthyPerson: Seán ThorntonPerson: Gianfranco ZolaPerson: ColePerson: McCarthyPerson: Marcus StewartPerson: Kevin KylePerson: Kevin PhillipsPerson: KylePerson: PhillipsPerson: StewartPerson: Mario MelchiotPerson: Frank LampardPerson: ThorntonPerson: Carlo CudiciniPerson: Talal El KarkouriPerson: Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkPerson: MelchiotPerson: Thomas SorensenPerson: ZolaPerson: Graeme Le SauxPerson: SorensenPerson: Enrique de LucasPerson: CudiciniPerson: Gavin McCannPerson: RanieriPerson: William Gallas’Person: El KarkouriPerson: HasselbainkPerson: DanePerson: Dermot GallagherPerson: John TerryPerson: Kevin KilbaneEvent: Champions LeagueOrganisation: BluesOrganisation: SunderlandOrganisation: ChelseaOrganisation: Black CatsOrganisation: BoltonOrganisation: Manchester CityOrganisation: WearsidersOrganisation: EnglandOrganisation: TurkeyOrganisation: WearsideOrganisation: Blues’
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