Chelsea trounce Man City

Avram Grant's ambition to play attractive, attacking football at Chelsea looks to have come true, as the London side trounced Man City by 6-0 at Stamford Bridge. Man City have been high flying of late, but this wonderful display of football by Chelsea is sure to bring City back down to earth.

Chelsea were quick, clever and intelligent with absolutely glorious football throughout the game.

The hosts dominated and were already 2-0 up at half time as Michael Essien and Drogba got on the end of passes from Lampard.

Drogba put them 3-0 up when Lampard's shot was parried, before Joe Cole, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko all grabbed goals.

It was a fifth straight win in all competitions for Chelsea, confirmation that the trauma of former boss Jose Mourinho's departure was well behind them.

They were simply too quick and too clever for a lethargic City side who gave them too much time on the ball and looked a shadow of the team which had also earned four victories in a row.

Great start

Essien gave the home side a deserved lead when Lampard slipped him in and it was no surprise when the England midfielder produced another quite sublime pass with the outside of his boot to send Drogba racing past Micah Richards for his third goal in as many games.

Rampant Chelsea

Chelsea were rampant and should have had a penalty moments later when Dietmar Hamann hacked down Drogba, while Joe Hart saved well from Kalou, who then appeared to be tripped by Richard Dunne in the box.

It proved academic, however, with the game over as a contest thanks to two further Chelsea strikes within 15 minutes of the restart.

The visitors, at times, were concentrating on damage limitation, and Chelsea could afford to bring on the out-of-sorts Shevchenko.

Chances continued to come their way and Essien carved open the shell-shocked City defence twice more to serve up opportunities which Kalou and Shevchenko gleefully accepted.