Match Report:

After all the trills of the 90 minutes it was chelsea’s captain Frank Lampard that made the diffrence in the dying moments of the game.
Frank Lampard claimed a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Premier League leaders Chesea snatched a 1-0 win over Everton.
Having dropped points at West Brom in their last top-flight fixture, Jose Mourinho’s men looked set to be frustrated again by an Everton side that had presentable chances of their own.

However, a free-kick from Lampard – who is now up to joint-second on the all-time Premier League appearance list – found its way into the net late on as captain John Terry applied pressure to Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard.

The goal sent Chelsea four points clear at the summit ahead of Saturday’s other fixtures.

Both goalkeepers were required to make impressive stops after the interval, before Lampard had the final say.

Willian dragged a low shot wide as the hosts started brightly, but Everton soon settled, enjoying prolonged spells of possession, and almost moved ahead in the 12th minute.

Naismith laid the ball into Osman’s path 25 yards out and the midfielder’s powerful first-time shot forced a fine one-handed save from Cech.

Chelsea gradually improved prior to the interval and visiting keeper Howard needed to be alert to deny Samuel Eto’o after the forward had made space for himself inside the penalty area.

Everton’s Kevin Mirallas then wasted a fine opportunity just before half-time, scuffing a shot into Naismith having been given space on the edge of the box.

Chelsea, with Ramires on for Oscar, came out for the second period with renewed purpose and Lampard tested Howard following a neat pass from Eden Hazard.

Yet Everton refused to lie down and Osman brought another good save from Cech on 58 minutes with a deflected strike that the keeper did well to parry past his left-hand post.

Not to be surpassed, Howard got down to deny Hazard before springing to his feet to keep out Branislav Ivanovic’s close-range follow-up.

Ramires almost broke the deadlock in the 89th minute with a fizzing 25-yarder that flew narrowly wide, but it mattered little as Chelsea secured a precious winner.

The Toffees were left to watch the day pass as all their effort was undone with the late strike from Lampard.

Lukaku is said to be fit, but can’t play against the side he was on-loan from.