Sunderland Vs. Chelsea: Blues Dominate In 2-1 Win

Chelsea cruised to a 2-1 victory whose scoreline singularly fails to represent the disparity in quality between themselves and Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The Blues started very brightly, annihilating their hosts for most of the first half, and went ahead following a strange sequence which eventually saw John Terry squeeze home from a tight angle at the second attempt. Although Chelsea's new-look front line of Juan Mata, Nicolas Anelka and Daniel Sturridge were playing well, the visitor's dominance was more of a reflection of how poor Sunderland were than a mark of great quality on the Blues' part - aside from Wes Brown at the heart of their defence, the Black Cats were dire.

Andre Villas-Boas' side would add to their lead in the second half following the deftest of backheel finishes by Sturridge, who was making his first start of the season following suspension, and then continued to play Sunderland off the park until the 90 minutes were up, at which point they stopped playing. The hosts, however, recognised that there were three added minutes and took advantage of Chelsea's falling asleep by pulling a goal back through the figure of debutant Ji Dong-Won, but it was far too little far too late, and a really disappointing performance from Steve Bruce's side.