Chelsea remain unbeaten, Everton down Bolton

EPL Sunday Night Review

Champions Chelsea claimed Arsenal's scalp in the league for the first time in 10 years after a freak Didier Drogba goal carried them to a 1-0 win.

Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho was left out after his midweek outburst over bench time while Arsenal gave a starting debut to Aliksander Hleb.

The game started frantically with Freddie Ljungberg clearing a Lampard header off the line inside the opening two minutes. Arsenal began to find their feet and Henry cut the ball back for Ljungberg who blazed over the bar.

On 23 minutes Ashley Cole took a tumble in the box and called for a penalty though replays showed it was more a clash of bodies than a foul. Freddie Ljungberg was stretchered off with a leg problem minutes later and Robin Van Persie came on to add pace.

As an even first half drew to a close, Jens Lehmann was forced to make a sharp save with his forehead from Arjen Robben's follow up before Robert Pires' drive flew wide at the opposite end.

Didier Drogba replaced Crespo at half time and new Chelsea signings Michael Essien and Shaun Wright-Phillips followed shortly after.

Drogba became a real handful for defender Phillipe Senderos and on 73 minutes Drogba scored a fluke goal after kneeing the ball in past a diving Jens Lehmann.

Drogba gave Senderos nightmares in the recent Community Shield and some questioned Mourinho's logic in waiting until half time to bring the Ivory Coast forward on.

Thierry Henry struggled to find space on the compact Stamford Bridge pitch and his own chances to score seemed limited by his midfield organising in the wake of Patrick Vieira's departure.

Arsenal will be annoyed that they conceded the late goal, but Chelsea earnt the three points on the day.

Meanwhile at the Reebok stadium, Everton recorded a gritty 1-0 win over a Bolton side stuttering in the open stages of the season.

The first half was full of chances for Bolton but they failed to capitalise as Nigel Martyn was alert to deny Kevin Davies, Henrik Pedersen and Kevin Nolan from close range.

Alessandro Pistone was stretchered off with a knee injury on the half hour mark and the industrious Leon Osman came on to add some flair.

Less than ten minutes into the second half, Everton were ahead.

Joseph Yobo lofted a ball onto the left wing where Australian Tim Cahill steered a cross past Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and into the path of Marcus Bent who netted from close range.

After Bolton's hard work it was a nasty sucker punch, but Wanderers fought back and in the final stages produced some golden chances.

Raidi Jaidi and Gary Speed headed over from close range before Diouf saw a thunderous half volley crash off the underside of the bar right at the death.

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