Blues battle past Stoke

It did not rain goals at Stamford Bridge for a change but Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba still came up with vital strikes to give Chelsea a 2-0 win and keep their 100% record intact at the top of the Premier League.Malouda expertly converted a first-half opportunity with his right foot against a Stoke side made of much sterner stuff than the Tony Pulis team who surrendered seven at the Bridge back in April.And Drogba supplied the coup de grace with a second-half penalty after Thomas Sorensen had brought down Nicolas Anelka.Chelsea even had the luxury of seeing Frank Lampard miss the tamest of first-half penalties.