Chelsea sent warning to Manchester United they will not relinquish leadership of the Premiership easily as they regained the summit with a crushing 7-0 home win over Stoke. The Blues went in at the break 3-0 to the good and whilst they initially coasted at the beginning of the second half the gulf in class was evident as they scored four times in the final twenty minutes.
Kalou scored twice in the first half before Frank Lampard made it three from the penalty spot.
Kalou completed his hat-trick on 68 minutes before Lampard got his second and Chelsea's fifth.
Daniel Sturridge's and Florent Malouda completed the rout.
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