Shock at The Bridge as Palace Score!

Of course whereas Arsenal and Man United could only extract four points each from Palace this season, Chelsea have taken six from six.

Crystal Palace's last visit to Stamford Bridge for a league game seven years ago, ended in a 6-2 victory for Chelsea with goals from Gianluca Vialli (2), Tore Andre Flo (2), Dennis Wise and the great Gianfranco Zola. For the opening period of this match, the leaders against seventeenth place Palace, it looked like the score of seven years ago would be matched or bettered. Joe Cole had another stunning game. Peppering shots in from all angles and scoring Chelsea's second after being fed a pass from Gudjohnson. Didier Drogba had a 'better' game in that he won his ariel duel with Sorondo time and time again and was spectacularly unlucky with a scissors kick effort that forced a flying save from Palace's keeper Kiraly.

Super Frank had an 'indifferent' 15 minutes. First he scored a wonder goal from 30 yards on the half hour, beating Kiraly with a shot that flew into the top corner and then completely missing his kick whilst defending a Routledge corner the ball find its way to Riihilahti who joyfully stabbed the ball into the Chelsea net a couple of minutes from half-time. Oh the audacity of it all. Palace became ONLY the third team to score at The Bridge in the Premiership this season, following behind Southampton and Bolton. Right on the stroke of half-time, Palace should have taken the lead when Johnson had a clear cut chance, but he could only pull his shot very wide of Petr Cech's far post.

Joe Cole's goal came in the 54th minute. Robben came on with seventeen minutes to go for Duff. Tiago replaced Drogba and Kezman replaced Gudjohnson. Kiraly wished that the newly laid Stamford Bridge pitch could have opened up and swallowed him after he let in a speculative effort from Kezman through his arms and legs to make the score 3-1 and then in the dying embers of the game, Kezman popped up to score his second and Chelsea's fourth with a close range stab in after the ball had pinged about the Palace six yard box.

Kezman's double gave him four goals in his last five games. Come on Kezzer.

Chelsea resume Premiership action after the break for World Cup qualifiers against Southampton on Saturday 2nd April. Only fourteen points now required from eight games to confirm Chelsea as the NEW Premiership Champions.

COME ON CHELSEA!!

v Man Utd H (L) W1-0

v Birmingham A (L) W1-0

v C Palace A (L) W2-0

v Southampton H (L) W2-1

v Aston Villa A (L) D0-0

v PSG (CL) A W3-0

v Spurs (L) H D0-0

v Middlesbrough A (L) W1-0

v Porto (CL) H W3-1

v Liverpool (L) H W1-0

v Man City (L) A L0-1

v CSKA Moscow A (CL) W2-0

v Blackburn Rovers H (L) W4-0

v West Ham Utd (CC) H W1-0

v WBA (L) A W4-1

v CSKA Moscow (CL) H W1-0

v Everton (L) H W1-0

v Newcastle Utd (CC) A W2-0

v Fulham (L) A W4-1

v Bolton (L) H D2-2

v PSG (CL) H D0-0

v Charlton Athletic (L) A W4-0

v Fulham (CC) A W2-1

v Newcastle Utd (L) H W4-0

v Porto (CL) A L1-2

v Arsenal (L) A D2-2

v Norwich City (L) H W4-0

v Aston Villa (L) H W1-0

v Portsmouth (L) A W2-0

v Liverpool (L) A W1-0

v Middlesbrough (L) H W2-0

v Scunthorpe Utd (FAC) H W3-1

v Man Utd (CC) H D0-0

v Tottenham Hotspur (L) A W2-0

v Portsmouth (L) H W3-0

v Man Utd (CC) A W2-1

v Birmingham City (FAC) H W2-0

v Blackburn Rovers (L) A W1-0

v Man City (L) H D0-0

v Everton (L) A W1-0

v Newcastle Utd (FAC) A L0-1

v Barcelona (CL) A L1-2

v Liverpool (CCF) Cardiff W3-2

v Norwich City (L) A W3-1

v Barcelona (CL) H W4-2 won on agg 5-4

v W.B.A (L) H W1-0

v Crystal Palace (L) H W4-1