Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian coach was under pressure for this match as Hull City was gradually turning out as an underdog. But Lampard’s second minute goal put the entire Blue house on fire. Throughout the first half, Chelsea was just one goal ahead of City. But as the second half started, Anelka, the Blues striker doubled the score in the 50^th minute, breaking all possible calculations of Phil Brown, the Hull City coach.

The return of Joe Cole obviously rejuvenated the Blues, but Scolari preferred to keep him undettered as he brought Belletti as a substitute for Cole in the 53^rd minute. As Boateng repeatedly failed to bring a change, Brown replaced this Dutch striker in the 62^nd minute with Halmosi. Garcia, another City striker, was brought to the field as a substitute for Marney in the 71^st minute.

Malouda, the French left winger of the Blues scored the third goal in the 75^th minute and sealed the victory for the Blues. Scolari also replaced Deco with Kalou in the 78^th minute. In the 83^rd minute, Brown made the last change to the City squad replacing King with Windass.

Bosingwa was benched in the 86^th minute as Scolari placed Ivanovic in the former’s position. Hull City committed no foul throughout the match, while both Deco and Cole were booked with yellow cards by referee A Marriner. Both the teams have already played ten league matches. Chelsea is in the second position with twenty-three points, whereas Hull City has twenty points and ranks fifth.