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It's full time. Chelsea maintain their 100 per cent home record.
There's three minutes of added time.
Steven Reid's free kick hits the wall.
William Gallas clears the Chelsea lines.
Steven Reid's close-range effort goes just wide.
Paul Dickov is booked.
Steven Reid goes into the referee's notebook.
Brad Friedel makes a great save from Arjen Robben's curling free kick.
Didier Drogba is replaced by Hernan Crespo.
Aaron Mokoena is shown yellow.
Eidur Gudjohnsen fires just over.
Eidur Gudjohnsen replaces Joe Cole for Chelsea.
Aaron Mokoena replaces Robbie Savage for Rovers.
Paul Dickov replaces Shefki Kuqi for Rovers.
Joe Cole extends Chelsea's lead, his shot beating Brad Friedel after taking a wicked deflection
Michael Gray makes a great tackle to prevent William Gallas from putting in a cross.
Steven Reid replaces Kerimoglu Tugay.
Frank Lampard's driven effort flies over the crossbar.
Shaun Wright-Phillips is replaced by Arjen Robben for Chelsea.
Brad Friedel punches from Frank Lampard's free kick.
Didier Drogba hits his volley well wide of the target.
Frank Lampard re-establishes Chelsea's lead with a curling free-kick.
Kerimoglu Tugay goes into the referee's notebook.
Morten Gamst Pedersen is shown yellow.
Michael Essien fires a shot high over the crossbar.
Zurab Khizanishvili and Robbie Savage are receiving treatment for injuries.
Morten Gamst Pedersen receives treatment after picking up a knock.
Rovers boss Mark Hughes is dismissed from the sidelines and sent to the stands.
Brad Friedel saves from Didier Drogba's header.
Petr Cech collects from Michael Gray's high cross.
Frank Lampard's right-foot shot is comfortably saved by Brad Friedel.
Mike Riley gets the second half underway.
It's half time. Bellamy's brace ensures it's honours even at the break after Chelsea's early goals.
Craig Bellamy heads home from Shefki Kuqi's cross after a Chelsea defensive slip-up.
Brett Emerton gives away a free kick for a foul throw-in.
Petr Cech pushes Brett Emerton's fierce shot round the post.
Frank Lampard is unable to find Michael Essien.
John Terry makes a crucial challenge to get in ahead of Shefki Kuqi.
Brett Emerton clears Blackburn's lines from Frank Lampard's ball forward.
Ricardo Carvalho beats Shefki Kuqi to a high ball.
Asier del Horno heads over from Frank Lampard's free kick.
Robbie Savage makes a crucial interception to deny Joe Cole a shot.
Zurab Khizanishvili clears from Shaun Wright-Phillips' low cross to the near post.
Ricardo Carvalho finds Michael Essien with a long pass forward.
John Terry clears from Brett Emerton's testing cross.
Craig Bellamy grabs a goal back for Rovers, making no mistake with his penalty.
Rovers are awarded a penalty for a challenge on Zurab Khizanishvili.
Frank Lampard doubles Chelsea's advantage from the spot, sending Brad Friedel the wrong way.
Chelsea are awarded a penalty for an Andy Todd challenge.
Lucas Neill hooks the ball away from William Gallas' cross.
Didier Drogba scores for Chelsea with a glancing header at the far post.
Didier Drogba drags the ball across the face of goal from William Gallas' cross.
Joe Cole is shown yellow for a challenge on Lucas Neill.
Michael Gray concedes a free kick with a challenge on Shaun Wright-Phillips.
John Terry knocks the ball to the left to find Asier del Horno.
Referee Mike Riley gets the game underway.
The incredible Frank Lampard pulled Chelsea back from the embarrassment of lost points with a brace of goals and won three Premiership points for the Champions. Chelsea, undefeated after ten games started the game like a bat out of hell. They raced into a two-goal lead, before being backed into a corner as Rovers pulled back the deficit on the stroke of half-time. But Chelsea proved their credentials and the right to be regarded as something special with a scintillating second-half display as they dismantled Rovers' stoic rearguard bit by bit. Within seconds of the start, Chelsea had broken through but Didier Drogba could not latch onto an excellent Joe Cole ball. But the inevitable first goal came on ten minutes. Lampard had already sent a corner into the box - it was cleared back to him. His second effort was spot on as it was met with a deft headed touch by Drogba on the six-yard box and the ball was clipped into the net. A minute later and another fine counter-attacking move saw Lampard feed the ball to Shaun Wright-Philips who knocked a pass to the advancing Michael Essien. The midfielder did well to connect with the ball but it went inches wide of goalkeeper Brad Friedel's left-hand post. But just two minutes later Chelsea extended their lead. Andy Todd fouled John Terry in the penalty area and referee Alan Riley awarded Chelsea a spot-kick. Up stepped Lampard to hammer home his 100th league goal and 60th for the Blues. Blackburn, remarkably kept their cool and were back in the game on 18 minutes - again via a penalty. Centre-back Ricardo Carvalho lunged for the ball but caught the thigh of Zurab Khizanishvili instead. Craig Bellamy repeated Lampard's effort, sending Petr Cech the wrong way putting the ball into the keeper's right-hand side of the net. Within seconds of the break, and the Rovers comeback was complete. This time a poor Asier del Horno back-pass saw Cech sky the ball. Brett Emerton out-jumped Terry and angled the ball into the path of Bellamy, who stooped to head home from six yards. But those who got Chelsea into the mess were allowed to get them out of it and Lampard proved to be the inspiration. On 62 minutes, Chelsea were awarded a free-kick, wide on the left. Lampard dispatched a trademark whipped free-kick into the penalty area. Such was the swerve on the ball, that it deceived the Blackburn defence, took one bounce off the grass before sneaking past the outstretched left-hand dive of Friedel and into the net. It was no more than the Londoners deserved and Blackburn had no answer to the rampant hosts. The fourth goal was just desserts, if a little lucky. Cole collected the ball in midfield from Claude Makelele and raced towards goal. From 25 yards out he unleashed a fine right-footer which took a wicked deflection off the hapless Khizanishvili - sending the ball into the corner of the net as Friedel was again sent the wrong way. MAN OF THE MATCH: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - The back to form midfielder can score goals, head, tackle and display courage and leadership. He showed all those qualities with an overwhelmingly impressive display.
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