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The referee blows up for full-time.
Eidur Gudjohnsen has the ball in the back of the net but it is ruled out for offside.
Didier Drogba is caught just offside as Chelsea break again.
Stelios whips in a free-kick but El Hadji Diouf just fails to get on the end of it.
Eidur Gudjohnsen goes close again but can only shoot over the bar.
Chelsea also make a change as Shaun Wright-Phillips is replaced by Carlton Cole.
Bolton make a change with Fabrice Fernandes coming on for Kevin Davies.
Eidur Gudjohnsen springs the offside trap to slot home the fifth for Chelsea.
Chelsea win a free-kick but Renato Paulo Ferreira's kick is too big and avoids everyone.
Kevin Nolan is booked following a late tackle on Frank Lampard.
Shaun Wright-Phillips whips in a cross but Bolton clear the danger.
Didier Drogba heads the ball home at the near post following a Frank Lampard corner.
Joe Cole is replaced by Renato Paulo Ferreira.
Frank Lampard fires home a free-kick to put Chelsea further in front.
Ricardo Gardner is sent off for deliberate handball.
Frank Lampard fires the ball home from 16 yards following Didier Drogba's back heal.
Didier Drogba slots the ball home after Jussi Jaaskelainen fails to hold Frank Lampard's free-kick.
Radhi Jaidi is booked following a tackle on Michael Essien.
Chelsea go close but Shaun Wright-Phillips can only fire his shot over the bar.
Bolton also make a change with Hidetoshi Nakata coming on for Gary Speed.
Chelsea make a change with Eidur Gudjohnsen coming on for Asier del Horno.
The referee gets the second half underway.
The referee blows up for half-time.
Chelsea win a free kick 30 yards out from goal but Didier Drogba hooks it over the crossbar.
Michael Essien is booked following a late tackle on Tal Ben Haim.
Bolton make a change with Ricardo Gardner coming on for Henrik Pedersen.
Chelsea win a free-kick in a dangerous area but Frank Lampard fires his effort wide.
Petr Cech pulls off a world-class save to tip Gary Speed's long-range effort on to the crossbar.
Didier Drogba slots the ball home but the goal is ruled out for offside.
Frank Lampard fires in a shot from range that is easily saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Bolton break but Stelios' corner is too big and Chelsea manage to deal with the danger.
Shaun Wright-Phillips skips down the right but Bruno N'Gotty is on hand to snuff out the danger.
Stelios fires in a shot that is deflected just wide for a corner, but Bolton fail to make it count and Chelsea clear.
Chelsea win a corner after Henrik Pedersen clears but Frank Lampard's kick is poor and Bolton deal with it.
Joe Cole tries his luck from 30 yards but his dipping volley goes just over the bar.
Chelsea push forward again but Tal Ben-Haim clears William Gallas' cross.
Jussi Jaaskelainen pulls off a brilliant save to deny Joe Cole who fired in a shot from 18 yards out.
Bolton win a corner after Petr Cech clears El Hadji Diouf's cross. From the corner Gary Speed's kick is too big and Chelsea clear.
Chelsea break again but Joe Cole is caught just offside.
Asier del Horno heads the ball just wide after latching on to a fine cross from Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Chelsea win a corner after Bruno N'Gotty heads Shaun Wright-Phillips' cross just wide.
Chelsea breakaway but Joe Cole's cross is poor and Bolton clear the danger.
Stelios fires Bolton in front when slotting the ball home from 10 yards out after good work by El Hadji Diouf.
Claude Makelele feeds the ball through to Didier Drogba but the striker shoots high over the bar from a good position.
The referee blows up to get the game underway.
Jose Mourinho walked down the tunnel at the final whistle with the crowd singing his name and rarely has their praise been more deserved. His tactical acumen turned around the setback of a one-goal deficit at half-time to annihilate Bolton Wanderers with a five-goal salvo to maintain their 100 per cent record in the league. The Stamford Bridge crowd were stunned when Bolton took the lead after just four minutes, but champions Chelsea struck back and it was stalwart Frank Lampard who dragged his side into the game. With Didier Drogba also in scintillating form, Wanderers wilted under the extraordinary autumn sun. With just four minutes played Bolton striker El-Hadji Diouf held off William Gallas on the edge of the area and somehow managed to slice the ball across the box, through the bodies of John Terry and Asier del Horno. It fell into the path of Stelios Giannakopoulos, who coolly slotted home a low, right footer from ten yards. Chelsea are never more dangerous than when wounded and they peppered the Bolton goal for the remainder of the half. Jussi Jaaskelainen produced a fine save to deny Joe Cole's piledriver in the 17th minuet and Lampard saw several goalbound efforts blocked. The Blues even had the ball in the net after 33 minutes when Drogba sliced the ball home, but he was adjudged offside. Bolton could have extended their lead when a spectacular 25-yard shot from Gary Speed rebounded off the angle of post and crossbar two minutes later. Mourinho raced down the tunnel before the half-time whistle to prepare his talk and what a talk it must have been. He made just one half-time substitution, bringing on Eidur Gudjohnsen for the luckless Del Horno, but his tactical changes bamboozled Bolton. Seven minutes after the restart all hell broke loose after Drogba blasted home from eight yards after Jaaskelainen could only parry a Lampard free-kick. It was now an all-out assault on the Bolton rearguard. Three minutes later the Blues took the lead. A superb move involving Claude Makelele, Gudjohnsen and Drogba, saw the Ivory Coast striker feed Lampard on the edge of the box. The midfielder needed no encouragement and he rammed home past the goalkeeper. Fate conspired against the visitors after 58 minutes when substitute Ricardo Gardner was sent off for deliberate handball just outside his area. Up stepped Lampard to swerve the ball around the static defence and plant the ball into the vacant net. Chelsea took full advantage of the extra man and pulverised Bolton into submission, with the fourth arriving on the hour mark. A Lampard corner was met on the half-volley by Drogba and the ball arrowed into the top corner of the net. Former Bolton striker Gudjohnsen took Chelsea's final goal in consummate style. Given the ball by Makelele, the Icelander headed it on and raced after it into the area. He then produced a fine right-foot curler to send the ball past the grasp of the diving Jaaskelainen. It's now nine wins in a row for the champions and they look more unstoppable every week. Man of the Match: Didier Drogba Two goals were just rewards for his performance. Pace, power and grace flowed from him and he outshone Frank Lampard - no mean feat.
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