Spurs sunk by rampant Blues

20 September 2009 17:15
Chelsea remained top of the Barclays Premier League after a 3-0 demolition of London rivals Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.[LNB]Ashley Cole put the Blues on the way to a comfortable victory with a first-half header and Michael Ballack made it two in the 57th minute following good work after Frank Lampard had cut the ball back from the byline.[LNB]Didier Drogba finished Spurs off with a third in the 62nd minute to make it six straight wins for the Blues and leave them three points clear of Manchester United at the summit.[LNB]To make matters worse for Spurs they lost both Ledley King and Sebastien Bassong through injury to leave Harry Redknapp with a defensive crisis.[LNB]There was bad news for Chelsea, too, as Drogba exited seven minutes from time with a calf problem.

Source: Eurosport