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  • Alex (27), Anelka (30), Anelka (45), Lampard (51), Anelka (53)
  • Date:2008-11-01
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Stamford Bridge
  • Attendance:41693
  • Referee:Atkinson, M

Live Commentary

90mins

Sunderland are put out of their misery as the referee blows the whistle on one of the easiest victories Chelsea will have this season.

90mins

There's just one minute of time to be added on.

89mins

Pascal Chimbonda surges forward but the ball is easily taken from him by John Terry.

87mins

Sunderland can't wait for the final whistle as Chelsea continue to stroll around.

85mins

Deco tries to thread the ball through but the players are slipping on the greasy surface, Sunderland clear but can't break the Chelsea defence down.

82mins

Sunderland are at last showing some urgency in the last 10 minutes.

81mins

Didier Drogba gets past Anton Ferdinand but Nyron Nosworthy gets back to prevent another goal.

79mins

Sunderland are summed up by a mis-hit shot from Djibril Cisse which ends up high in the stand.

77mins

The game has slowed right down as Chelsea pass the ball around midfield.

75mins

Florent Malouda goes close with a downward header which is held by Marton Fulop.

73mins

Hat-trick hero Nicolas Anelka goes off to be replaced by Carlos Mineiro.

70mins

Chelsea are on cruise control and Sunderland look like boys against men.

68mins

Djibril Cisse almost gets on the end of a long ball but Petr Cech is alert to the danger.

67mins

El Hadji Diouf sends the ball into the penalty area but it's cleared by Wayne Bridge.

66mins

Sunderland have a rare foray forward but Petr Cech gathers easily.

64mins

John Terry is cleaning up everything at the back on his 350th appearance for Chelsea.

62mins

No respite for Sunderland with Didier Drogba coming on for Joe Cole.

60mins

All the Chelsea players want to get in on the act as John Obi Mikel has a shot that goes wide of the left-hand post.

59mins

The ole's are ringing out as Malouda sends the ball over the bar following another passing move.

58mins

Sunderland make their final change as Kenwyne Jones is replaced by Djibril Cisse.

56mins

Roy Keane is watching from the stands after being sent off at half-time for something he said to the officials.

53mins

Chelsea are rampant as Anelka gets his hat-trick, Marton Fulop helping him on his way.

51mins

Frank Lampard heads his 100th career league goal from a far post cross from Joe Cole

50mins

Sunderland have changed their formation with Kenwyne Jones on his own up front but they can't put an attack together.

48mins

Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka are charging forward but George McCartney does well to stop the threat.

46mins

Sunderland have made two changes at half-time, with El Hadji Diouf and Jordan Henderson on for Martyn Waghorn and Steed Malbranque.

46mins

The second half is underway as Chelsea look for more of the same.

45mins

Half-Time: CHELSEA 3-0 SUNDERLAND, Chelsea fully deserve their lead after totally dominating a half in which Sunderland had no shots on or off target.

45mins

CHELSEA 3-0 SUNDERLAND, ANELKA gets his second, tapping in a Malouda cross to finish a flowing Chelsea move.

45mins

There's one minute of added time.

45mins

Joe Cole has a snapshot which is blocked by Anton Ferdinand and Sunderland try to build an attack which soon breaks down.

43mins

Joe Cole tries to find Nicolas Anelka in the area but the ball trickles through to Marton Fulop.

42mins

Sunderland try to charge forward but Steed Malbranque can't keep the ball in.

40mins

Frank Lampard sends a fantastic 40-yard pass diagonally across the pitch to Florent Malouda but he can't control the ball.

39mins

Tainio goes into the referee's notebook.

37mins

Steed Malbranque tries to break forward but can't get past Wayne Bridge and Sunderland can't get out of their own half.

35mins

Ashley Cole has been struggling after a heavy challenge and is replaced by Wayne Bridge.

33mins

Roy Keane has his subs warming up and might be thinking of changing things already.

30mins

Anelka's goal looked offside but there were no Sunderland protests.

29mins

CHELSEA 2-0 SUNDERLAND. More desperate defending from Sunderland as Lampard's cross skids across the area and is tapped in by ANELKA on the goal-line.

28mins

Chelsea crank up the pressure with another corner

26mins

CHELSEA 1-0 SUNDERLAND. Chelsea finally break the deadlock, ALEX tapping in from Joe Cole's cross following an error by Marton Fulop in the pouring rain.

26mins

Chelsea win another corner and Sunderland try to clear but they have no players in their own half and the ball ends up out for a Chelsea throw-in.

25mins

Chelsea have a corner but it ends up back with Petr Cech.

23mins

The rain is getting even heavier and conditions are worsening.

21mins

Bosingwa's throughball almost reaches Nicolas Anelka but Marton Fulop reacts well and gathers the ball.

20mins

Sunderland are charging forward but the ball is cleared and Chelsea break.

19mins

Martyn Waghorn takes on the Chelsea defence and beats John Terry and John Obi Mikel but then loses his footing.

17mins

Chelsea almost open the scoring as Deco hits the crossbar with a lovely right-foot effort from outside the penalty area.

16mins

Florent Malouda's low hard shot is well held by Marton Fulop.

15mins

Kenwyne Jones cuts a frustrated figure up front as John Terry is dealing with everything thrown at him.

13mins

Anelka has won a free-kick 25 yards out which Lampard sends into the wall and the follow-up shot goes wide.

12mins

Sunderland have their first period of sustained pressure but Frank Lampard wins the ball back and gives it to Nicolas Anelka who is fouled.

10mins

Desperate defending from Sunderland as Marton Fulop gets his fingertips to an Ashley Cole effort and Nyron Nosworthy manages to clear.

9mins

Joe Cole and Deco are linking up well in the Chelsea midfield.

7mins

Alex cannons the ball off Kieran Richardson from the free-kick and Sunderland manage to clear.

7mins

Chelsea are moving the ball around well and Sunderland are forced to foul Lampard, resulting in a free-kick 35 yards out.

4mins

Florent Malouda sends in a shot which skids wide of the right-hand post.

3mins

Chelsea are going through the gears quickly, Nicolas Anelka sending a ball into the area which is gathered gratefully by Marton Fulop.

2mins

Chelsea have already won a corner off George McCartney after Deco made his way into the penalty area.

1mins

The game is underway in the pouring rain.

0mins

The atmosphere is building at the Bridge as Chelsea look to bounce back at home from the defeat at Liverpool while Sunderland have something to prove after the defeat to Stoke.

Match Preview

With their unbeaten home record in tatters Chelsea will be looking to get back to winning ways at Stamford Bridge when Sunderland visit this weekend.

Liverpool's 1-0 win in London ended a groundbreaking four year run for the Blues and, more importantly, gave the Reds a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was furious at his players and, speaking after the match, accused them of not taking any notice of his instructions.

"I don't like to lose, but if we lose we need to touch the ball, not put the ball in the box every time. I tried to tell them to play, but they didn't listen," the Brazilian said.

Blues keeper Petr Cech was more constructive, telling the Evening Standard: "We have to bounce back. Defeats happen in football and you have to forget about it and start again.

"It was a strange feeling for me at the end because I have never lost a Premier League game at home in my Chelsea career.

"We want to start another run now. We know what we have to do and have the strength to do it," the Czech international said.

Scolari also announced that he was expecting to be without Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack for at least another ten days, ruling them out of the clash with Sunderland.

There was initially better news regarding Joe Cole, who returned to action in the 3-0 win over Hull City on Wednesday night, only to limp off with an ankle injury.

Centre-back Ricardo Carvalho will also miss the weekend action after suffering a hamstring injury against the Tigers.

Sunderland are hoping goalkeeper Craig Gordon can play through his twisted ankle, suffered in the 2-1 win over Newcastle United last week.

They will at least have the option of Kenwyne Jones in attack after the Trinidad & Tobago international returned from a knee ligament injury to play for the first time in four months, although manager Roy Keane is not yet ready to start the striker.

"It was important for us just to get him on the pitch and you saw what it did to our supporters, it gave them a big lift and also lifted his own team-mates," Keane told Sky Sports News.

"We'll have a look at him again as we constantly look at players in training for how their match fitness is coming up, but he's a very good option for us on the bench."


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Match Report

Nicolas Anelka grabbed a hat-trick as Chelsea ran riot against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge, hammering them 5-0.

Further goals from Alex and Frank Lampard, his 100th Premier League goal, completed the rout.

Chelsea went back to the top of the league, albeit for a couple of hours, and served a warning to the rest of the Premier League that their home defeat last week to Liverpool was just a blip.

Chelsea's first effort on the Sunderland goal came on three minutes from Florent Malouda, surprisingly shooting from distance with his right foot with the unsurprising result that it went wide of goal.

Four minutes later, Ashley Cole found himself in an advanced position working well with Malouda, but a tussle with Pascal Chimbonda saw the left-back scuff his shot from six yards out.

Malouda forced the first save from Marton Fulop of the match on 15 minutes, diving well to his left. But a minute later he was beaten all ends up when Deco let fly from just outside the visitor's area, only for his right-footer to skim off the crossbar to safety.

But the deserved breakthrough came on 27 minutes when Joe Cole weaved his way through the Sunderland defence and daisy-cutted a left footer.

Fulop could only deflect the ball across goal into the gleeful path of centre-back Alex who coolly slotted home, unmarked from two yards.

Alex then assisted number two, three minutes later. Lampard sent in a low ball on the right. The ball was pushed on by Alex but Anelka, seemingly in an offside position tapped the ball home - again from two yards out.

The first substitution of the match involved Ashley Cole, who was injured in a clash with Steed Malbranque and was replaced by Wayne Bridge on 36 minutes.

The third goal cam on 45 minutes and again it was a tap-in. A quick counter-attack saw Sunderland's rearguard completely humbled as Malouda's pinpoint pass to Anelka, this time, onside, gave the striker the easiest of chance to flick the ball into the empty net.

Roy Keane rang the half-time changes replacing the ineffectual Malbranque and Martyn Waghorn with El-Hadji Diouf and Jordan Henderson, but it made no difference and the Blues took just another five minutes to hit number four.

This time Joe Cole's expertly chipped right byline cross was met powerfully by Lampard's header.

It got worse for Sunderland two minutes later when Anelka notched his hat-trick goal sliding in from eight yards out to meet Malouda's left byline cross. Sadly for Fulop, his despairing dive only helped he ball over the line.

Djibril Cisse came on for Kenwyne Jones in the 58th minute with the job of hitting six goals while Chelsea withdrew Joe Cole for Didier Drogba five minutes later.

Sunderland finally got into Chelsea's area on 67 minutes but Petr Cech palmed the ball out of the way of the advancing Cisse and the attack petered out.

Carlos Mineiro, an out-of-contract player from Hertha Berlin, made his Chelsea debut for Anelka on 75 minutes as Chelsea ran down the clock and gained three valuable points.

Chelsea

Sunderland

Corners

40

Fouls

511

Goal attempts

171

Shots off target

51

Offsides

41

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