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Bolton were very much on top until Chelsea scored and did have chances after but Chelsea defended superbly and sealed the title with two goals from Lampard.
Bruno N'Gotty rises highest to meet a Diouf cross but his header is wide of the target.
Chelsea make their final change and replace Claude Makelele with Alexei Smertin.
Kevin Nolan picks up a booking for unsporting behaviour.
Bolton are committing more and more men forward and are very much open to the counter as they try and salvage something from this game.
Chelsea make a substitution and replace Eidur Gudjohnsen with Joe Cole.
The balls falls to Hierro at the edge of the bhox, following a Speed long throw, but his volley is sliced wide.
With this cushion and Bolton going for goal Chelsea are looking very dangerous on the break.
Bolton make their final change and replace Vincent Candela with Radhi Jaidi.
Chelsea break from a Bolton corner and work the ball to Lampard through on goal and he rounds the keeper to score.
Ricardo Gardner gets in fron of Tiago and plays a neat one two with Davies but lashes his shot wide.
Chelsea have taken a bit of the sting out of Bolton's approach with a controlled passage of play and good ball retention.
From a Gary Speed long throw, Geremi can only divert his header goalwards but Petr Cech pulls off a magnificent save.
Chelsea make a substitution and replace Didier Drogba with Robert Huth.
Bolton make a double change and bring on Nolan and Pederson for Okocha and Giannakopoulos.
Lampard whips over a great frick from the right and an unmarked Carvalho somehow misses a free header from 6 yards.
Jussi Jaaskelainen believed that Jarosik foulesd in the build up to the goal and is booked for dissent.
Jarosik flicks on for Lampard who shrugs off Candela before riflinig past Jussi Jaaskelainen from 12 yards.
El Hadji Diouf lunges at Geremi and although there is no contact he picks up a booking.
Geremi's shot is blocked and falls for Tiago but his follow up is high and wide.
It has been a rather disjointed start to the half as both teams are giving away possession and conceding free kicks.
Candela sells Ben Haim short with a pass but drags Lampard back to stop him reaching it and gets a booking.
The game is still being played at a frantic pace but neither side has got any fluency going in the second half yet.
There are no changes at the break and Bolton get the game restarted.
Bolton have been very much on top for this half and perhaps should be taking at least a one goal lead into the break.
The visitors feed Jiri Jarosik 25 yards out but he drags his shot wide of the post.
Chelsea can't clear a long throw in very far and Hierro tries his luck from the edge of the box but the effort is wide.
Chances have been few and far between over the last 15 minutes or so as Chelsea have come into the game more.
Chelsea are beginning to thread some moves together but have yet to seriously threaten Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Chelsea have not got going offensively and the Bolton defence has remained untroubled.
Hierro brings down a Terry clearance and unleashes a fearsome drive from 30 yards that goes just over.
Bolton are very much on top and are beginning to mount the pressure on Chelsea who, so far, are standing firm.
Diouf skins Carvalho and is free in the area but Terry scramles his cross behind.
N'Gotty clips a free kick into the box and finds an unmarked Davies but his header is weak and Cech gathers.
Lampard latches onto an N'Gotty clearance and feeds Jarosik but his left footed volley from 25 yards goes over the bar.
Bolton have dominated the early proceedings without creating any serious trouble for Petr Cech.
The ball is headed out by Terry only as far as Hierro but he doesn't quit connect with his shot and Cech gathers easily.
The game is being played at a frenetic pace with neither team being allowed to settle.
Vincent Candela turns inside Gallas and crosses for Speed but the Welshman is falling away from goal and can't enough power to trouble Cech.
It has been a lively start and Bolton are giving as good as they are getting and look particularly dangerous from set-pieces.
Hierro nods Speed's corner back across goal but Davies, under pressure from Terry, can't direct his header on target.
Bolton force a free kick and Petr Cech comes flapping at Hierro's cross but just does enough to tip it behind for a corner.
Terry can only head his clearance straight to Okocha but his 25 yard volley is high and wide.
Claude Makele jumps at Okocha at a throw in and earns himself a yellow card.
From a long throw in the ball is flicked onto Stelios Giannakopoulos but his shot is partially blocked by Gallas and Cech makes the save.
Chelsea work the ball to Frank Lampard 25 yards out but his shot is straight at the keeper.
Steve Dunn gets the game underway with Chelsea looking to confirm the title and Bolton hoping to guarantee European footbnall next season.
Two second-half goals from Frank Lampard finally earned Chelsea the Premiership title they had waited so long for. The long-time leaders had been second best for all of the first half, but Lampard struck first in the 60th minute to send the 2,800 travelling West London fans wild as the Blues won their first championship crown since 1955. And while they were still celebrating, Lampard had manager Jose Mourinho dancing with delight on the touchline when he added a second in the 76th minute. It was all too much for Wanderers, who themselves would have achieved a notable first had they been able to claim the three points. A win would have given Sam Allardyce's men a place in next season's UEFA Cup, the first time the club had ever qualified for a place in Europe. As expected Mourinho rested some of the players from the side that had been held by Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Joe Cole dropped down to substitute and Glen Johnson was left out with Jiri Jarosik and Geremi coming in as replacements, but there was no room for Arjen Robben, who was reported to have angered his manager by refusing to take his place in the starting line-up against Liverpool. Wanderers made just one change from the side that drew against Aston Villa a week earlier. England Under-21 international Nicky Hunt dislocated his shoulder for the second time this season in midweek and was replaced at right-back by Vincent Candela, who missed the game at Villa Park after his wife had given birth to a daughter. That allowed Jamaican international Ricardo Gardner to continue at left-back with Kevin Davies, El-Hadji Diouf and Stelios forming a three-man frontline. Chelsea knew all about the threat Wanderers posed from throw-ins by captain Jay-Jay Okocha and the game was only three minutes old when their defence came under pressure from such a ploy. Okocha's throw to the near post was flicked on by Davies, and although the defence managed to make a scrambled clearance, the ball fell to Stelios, whose shot forced Petr Cech into a good save. Three minutes later, Chelsea were in trouble from another Okocha throw, this time Geremi being booked for jumping in front of the Nigerian as he attempted to take the throw. Wanderers certainly kept up the pressure on their high-flying hosts and carved out two good chances in the opening 20 minutes. First Cech was called on to save when Gary Speed directed a powerful effort at goal and then the keeper had to work hard when Davies met a Bruno N'Gotty free-kick on the edge of the six-yard box and tried to nod the ball just inside a post. There was another scare in the Chelsea half when Geremi's missed tackle let in Diouf on the left but with Davies and Stelios waiting in the middle, John Terry was able to intercept the cross. Not much had been seen of the Chelsea attack, the Wanderers back four keeping a close watch on Eidur Gudjohnsen and Didier Drogba, and Fernando Hierro and Speed forming an effective barrier in midfield. That left Jussi Jaaskelainen in the Bolton goal virtually untroubled , his only danger in the first half coming from a Jarosik shot from distance that sailed high over the bar. That changed in the second half as Chelsea swept on to the attack and took the lead in the 60th minute. Lampard, anonymous for most of the first hour after picking up a knock in the first minute, suddenly pounced on a ball outside the Bolton area, cut in past Candela and fired a shot past Jaaskelainen. That was a cruel blow for a Wanderers defence that had restricted the Blues to having only one other shot on target up to that time, but that did not stop Chelsea's celebrations in front of their cheering fans. And they should have had another two minutes later when a Lampard free-kick found Ricardo Carvalho free in the six-yard box but hecould not get his head on the ball. For all that, Wanderers looked as if they had equalised in the 69th minute but for a magnificent save from Cech. The giant keeper made a one-handed save to keep out a close-range Davies header, crashing into the post as he did so, and needing lengthy treatment for it. All that was forgotten though in the 76th minute as Lampard added his second and championship clinching goal. With Wanderers committed to attack, the England man suddenly found himself in the clear and he was able to keep his cool to round Jaaskelainen and slot the ball into the net. MAN OF THE MATCH: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - He was quiet for so much of the match, but the England international was there when it mattered, scoring the two goals that clinched a deserved championship.
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