Chelsea salvage two-goal win from plucky Blackburn
FT: Chelsea 4 Blackburn 2
Second-half goals from Frank Lampard and Joe Cole ensured Chelsea would not pay the penalty for throwing away a two-goal lead against Blackburn at Stamford Bridge.
Two goals inside the first 13 minutes from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard had put Chelsea on course for a rout but a brace from Wales striker Craig Bellamy - his second courtesy of a dreadful error from Blues ’keeper Petr Cech – had levelled matters by the interval.
Lampard rescued the Blues with a superb second-half free-kick – the 100th league goal of his career – and a fourth from Joe Cole ensured Mourinho’s men maintained their healthy lead at the top of the Barclays Premiership table.
Chelsea were now in an unstoppable mood and Joe Cole added a decisive fourth in the 74th minute when his 20-yard shot took a violent deflection off the foot of Khizanishvili.
However, the champions almost conceded a third moments later when Bellamy spurned the chance of a hat-trick by firing over the bar with just Cech to beat.
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