Chelsea captured the English Premier League title after an 8-0 victory over Wigan on tonight at the home. Didier Drogba's hat-trick inspired an emphatic 8-0 win and Barclays Premier League title for Chelsea.
CHELSEA CAPTURED the English Premier League title after an 8-0 victory over Wigan on tonight at the home. Didier Drogba's hat-trick inspired an emphatic 8-0 win and Barclays Premier League title for Chelsea for the fourth time in EPL history. Didier Drogba becomes the league’s top-scorer with 29 league goals. It was the first time this season that Chelsea had scored eight goals at home, having on three previous occasions registered seven goals.
Nicolas Anelka scored first goal for Chelsea in the just six minutes of the play. Lampard scored second goal for his team in the 32 minutes of the play through a penalty. Score was 2-0 in favor of Chelsea during the half time of the play between Chelsea vs Wigan. From the 54th minutes goal from Kalou and the 56 minutes second goal from Anelka, host Chelsea took lead by 4-0.
Golden Boot winner Didier Drogba started his storm to convert the ball into the net from the 63 minutes of the match. The Blues got a second penalty in the 68th minute and Lampard allowed Drogba to take the penalty. Drogba didn't disappointed Lampard and scored 6-0 in favor of Chelsea. Twelve minutes later, Didier Drogba completed his hat-trick. At the last minute of the play between Chelsea and Wigan, Cole goaled eight for the Blues.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti guided Chelsea took their tally to 103 goals, the highest in the Premier League since Manchester United in 2000. However, Manchester United defeated Stoke City by 4-0 but still stood on the second place in the EPL just one point less from champion Chelsea. Arsenal stand on third, Tottenham on fourth and Manchester City placed on fifth place in the English Premier League this season.