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| Frank Lampard scored in 1-0 win over Sunderland. |
Chelsea battled to a narrow 1-0 win over an extremely wasteful Sunderland side on Saturday at Stamford Bridge with Frank Lampard scoring the match's only goal.
The home side got off to a great start with a Lampard goal after Fernando Torres hit the bar, but Sunderland struggled to convert the chances they were presented with.
Andre Villas-Boas made just the one change from the Chelsea side that beat Portsmouth so comfortably in the FA Cup in their last match, as Florent Malouda dropped to the bench with young Spanish midfielder Oriol Romeu making his seventh Premier League start.
Sunderland manager also made only one change from their FA Cup win, with Craig Gardner dropping to the bench in favour of Nicklas Bendtner.
Despite an arguably sloppy start, Chelsea had the lead with just over ten minutes played. Bosingwa’s right-wing cross was fantastically met with a scissor-kick at the far-post by Fernando Torres, but the Spaniard’s effort cannoned back off the bar, on to Lampard and past Simon Mignolet.
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| Fernando Torres's scissor kick,but hit the crossbar. |
