GreatBriton
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:50 am
From AOL News -
Champions Chelsea demolish Liverpool.
The Premiership.
Liverpool 1 - 4 Chelsea.
(Gerrard 36)........(Lampard pen 27, Duff 43, Cole 63, Geremi 82)
Chelsea made it eight straight Barclays Premiership victories to take a nine-point lead at the top of the table as Liverpool were reduced to also-rans at Anfield.
They are now 17 points behind the leaders, albeit with two games in hand - a fact of dubious meaning against Joe Mourinho's superbly organised side.
Liverpool had three penalty appeals rejected in the European tie - so it was with some irony that Chelsea took the lead from the spot after 27 minutes.
Traore was badly at fault, striking a clearance against Drogba before needlessly hacking the striker down.
Frank Lampard made no mistake with the penalty, before Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool hope with a driven equaliser.
But Damien Duff had Chelsea ahead again before the break - and in a second half during which Liverpool had to come forward, Chelsea took advantage and struck twice more via Joe Cole and Geremi to secure an emphatic victory.
