Goals from Nicolas Anelka, Michael Ballack and Ashley Cole kept Chelsea's 100% record intact and left Burnley still searching for their first away point. Blues captain John Terry praised his team for making it four wins from four games with a 3-0 victory at home to the Clarets.

"It's four wins from four which is important," Terry told ESPN.

"But the overall performance, the work-rate, working for each other all over the pitch shows we are desperate to win this Premier League.

"In the first half we had a lot of chances and maybe should have scored more. They made it difficult and overall I thought we were fantastic today."

Goalscorer Cole added: "When a lot of teams come here they seem to sit back but these came at us a bit today and I think it helped us.

"When we got the first goal it gave us a bit of confidence, they had to come out a bit more which created more chances for us.

"It's my third season here and for me it seems we're closer to being a family, the spirit is better than I've ever seen it here. We're hungry to win and hopefully this season can be our year."

Burnley boss Owen Coyle said: "I don't think you could argue, Chelsea were the better side and deservedly got the three points.

"I was a bit disappointed, I thought we competed well in the first half and there was a suspicion of offside with the goal.

"Then we lost two early goals in the second half but in the first half we competed well and had a couple of opportunities."