Lampard hat-trick buries Bolton
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October 3, 2011, Monday
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FRANK Lampard scored a hat-trick as Chelsea reminded its Manchester title rivals that it too could score for fun with a 5-1 thumping of bottom-of-the-table Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League yesterday.
Doubles apiece for Lampard and Daniel Sturridge, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Bolton, put the visitors four goals up with less than half an hour gone before Bolton pulled one back through Dedryck Boyata after the break.
Lampard, who scored in midweek in the 1-1 Champions League draw at Valencia, completed his treble in the 59th minute with a low, right-footed shot in a performance that will go a long way to silencing the critics who have questioned his future of late.
Chelsea climbed above Newcastle United to stand three points behind free-scoring leaders Manchester United and City, with the champion ahead on goal difference. The top two have 19 points from seven games.
Later yesterday, Tottenham Hotspur was entertaining Arsenal in the north London derby, while Queens Park Rangers was traveling to Fulham in another capital derby and promoted Swansea City was hosting Stoke City.
On Saturday, City moved on from the midweek turmoil of Carlos Tevez's apparent refusal to play with a resounding 4-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers while crosstown rival United struggled to a 2-0 win over Norwich City.
Adam Johnson, Mario Balotelli, Samir Nasri and Stefan Savic all scored second-half goals to ensure City kept pace with United, which welcomed Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez back from injury but needed late strikes by Anderson and Danny Welbeck to secure a club-record 19th straight league win at Old Trafford.
Doubles apiece for Lampard and Daniel Sturridge, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Bolton, put the visitors four goals up with less than half an hour gone before Bolton pulled one back through Dedryck Boyata after the break.
Lampard, who scored in midweek in the 1-1 Champions League draw at Valencia, completed his treble in the 59th minute with a low, right-footed shot in a performance that will go a long way to silencing the critics who have questioned his future of late.
Chelsea climbed above Newcastle United to stand three points behind free-scoring leaders Manchester United and City, with the champion ahead on goal difference. The top two have 19 points from seven games.
Later yesterday, Tottenham Hotspur was entertaining Arsenal in the north London derby, while Queens Park Rangers was traveling to Fulham in another capital derby and promoted Swansea City was hosting Stoke City.
On Saturday, City moved on from the midweek turmoil of Carlos Tevez's apparent refusal to play with a resounding 4-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers while crosstown rival United struggled to a 2-0 win over Norwich City.
Adam Johnson, Mario Balotelli, Samir Nasri and Stefan Savic all scored second-half goals to ensure City kept pace with United, which welcomed Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez back from injury but needed late strikes by Anderson and Danny Welbeck to secure a club-record 19th straight league win at Old Trafford.
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