Chelsea shrugged off talk of a defensive crisis with a clean sheet in a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
Defeat at Aston Villa at the weekend prompted talk of a defensive malaise, but Chelsea are made of stern stuff and two goals from Salomon Kalou, one from Frank Lampard and a late own goal moved the Blues to the brink of the knockout stages.
Atletico are a fine attacking unit, but Chelsea limited the threat of Diego Forlan and co. and Kalou made up for a couple of misses with goals on 41 and 52 minutes.
Lampard put some gloss on the performance with his first goal since August and an own goal in injury-time from Luis Perea saw Chelsea make it three wins from as many games in Group D.
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Kalou goal
Kalou goal
Lampard goal
Parea (o.g)