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Lampard sends Chelsea second
Chelsea moved into second place in the Premier League due to a last-gasp goal from Frank Lampard.[LNB] John Terry gave Chelsea the lead against the run of play when he volleyed home a left-foot strike on 25 minutes and the home side began to dominate from thereon.[LNB]But Oliver Kapo levelled the match late in the second-half when he turned in a cross from Maynor Figueroa.[LNB]Lampard headed over Chris Kirkland in the dying minutes to score the winner amidst claims from the away side that Mario Melchiot was pushed by the England midfielder.[LNB]The contest began with a flurry of niggling challenges but referee Lee Probert refused to issue a yellow card until Chelsea defender Alex lunged at Paul Scharner in the ninth minute.[LNB]The fouls continued to interrupt the football and Probert found himself having quiet words with Michael Ballack and Wigan's Michael Brown after the pair clashed off the ball.[LNB]Chelsea had goalkeeper Petr Cech to thank for keeping them on level terms in the 17th minute.[LNB]SavedMelchiot's ball was helped on by Amr Zaki to put Scharner clean through with just Cech to beat.[LNB]However, the Wigan midfielder saw his low shot pushed around the post by the Czech Republic international.[LNB]Moments later Terry was booked for a foul on Zaki as Wigan continued to press for an opener.[LNB]Chelsea then survived a double scare when Ashley Cole cleared a Titus Bramble header off the line and Terry did likewise seconds later with a Charles N'Zogbia shot.[LNB]But Chelsea hit back and Kirkland saved superbly to deny John Obi Mikel. The Nigerian midfielder let fly with a 25-yard shot that Kirkland did well to tip over the crossbar.[LNB]But Chelsea went ahead in the 25th minute. Emmerson Boyce partially cleared a cross by Lampard and captain Terry smashed home a volley on the edge of the penalty area to become the highest scoring defender in the club's history.[LNB]Lee Cattermole was lucky to escape with just a yellow card in the 28th minute when he left Mikel writhing on the ground with a reckless challenge.[LNB]Chelsea were now dominant for the first time in the game and Nicolas Anelka was just wide with a header from Lampard's 31st-minute corner.[LNB]Chelsea should have gone further ahead in the 35th minute but Lampard failed to finish when found superbly in the area by Salomon Kalou.[LNB]Lampard's shot was kept out by Kirkland and Michael Ballack was then deemed offside when his header from the rebound was cleared off the line by Bramble.[LNB]A shot from Didier Drogba was well saved by Kirkland but when the ball rolled out to Terry, the Chelsea captain was too high with his shot.[LNB]In the 43rd minute Kapo brought down Drogba and Lampard tried his luck with the free-kick even though it was some 40 yards from Kirkland's goal.[LNB]However, the England midfielder managed to lift the ball over the defensive wall and get it to bounce awkwardly in front of the Wigan goalkeeper.[LNB]In the 47th minute, a long ball by Terry was handled by Bramble as Drogba looked to cash-in.[LNB]Bramble made up for his error though minutes later when Lampard put Drogba in the clear.[LNB]The Ivorian striker's shot beat Kirkland but the retreating Bramble managed to clear the goalbound effort.[LNB]ThreatenWigan were finding it hard to keep pace with Chelsea but they occasionally managed to threaten.[LNB]In the 61st minute Cattermole sent a low drive wide of the target from 20 yards but generally, they could not rekindle the form they displayed in the early stages of the game.[LNB]A quick break in the 68th minute ended with the visitors winning a free-kick 25 yards from goal.[LNB]But substitute Hugo Rodallega's effort was charged down by Chelsea's defensive wall. In the 78th minute Wigan wasted a chance to equalise when a cross from Figueroa was headed over by Scharner.[LNB]Seconds later Zaki sent a curling effort just wide as Chelsea faded. Wigan levelled in the 82nd minute when Figueroa's cross was turned in by Kapo at the near post.[LNB]But with three minutes of injury time to be played, a long clearance was flicked on by Ballack and Lampard got ahead of Melchiot to loop a header over Kirkland for the winner.[LNB][LNB][LNB]Chelsea[LNB]Team Statistics[LNB]Wigan Athletic[LNB][LNB][LNB]2[LNB]Goals[LNB]1[LNB][LNB][LNB]1[LNB]1st Half Goals[LNB]0[LNB][LNB][LNB]8[LNB]Shots on Target[LNB]4[LNB][LNB][LNB]4[LNB]Shots off Target[LNB]8[LNB][LNB][LNB]5[LNB]Blocked Shots[LNB]4[LNB][LNB][LNB]12[LNB]Corners[LNB]8[LNB][LNB][LNB]15[LNB]Fouls[LNB]15[LNB][LNB][LNB]2[LNB]Offsides[LNB]2[LNB][LNB][LNB]3[LNB]Yellow Cards[LNB]2[LNB][LNB][LNB]0[LNB]Red Cards[LNB]0[LNB][LNB][LNB]82.9[LNB]Passing Success[LNB]73.1[LNB][LNB][LNB]16[LNB]Tackles[LNB]25[LNB][LNB][LNB]81.2[LNB]Tackles Success[LNB]68[LNB][LNB][LNB]60[LNB]Possession[LNB]40[LNB][LNB][LNB]40.5[LNB]Territorial Advantage[LNB]59.5[LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB]
