Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea
Chelsea eased to a 2-0 victory against Stoke City thanks to a goal in each half.
Former Porto full-back Jose Bosingwa scored his first goal for the club then set up the second goal for substitute Nicolas Anelka.
For a period before Anelka's goal Stoke came back into the game and had some good pressure.
Stoke manager Tony Pulis:
"Their second goal killed us we had a little bit of steam up in the second second half and had really got into the game but that finished us off.
"They had a lot of possession, they are a smashing team and have all the attributes. They were excellent.
"But they are on a different level and can hurt you on in all areas and we just have to go out and compete. And although I have no complaints about the result, we weren't bowled over."
"We have to take positives out of the game and cannot get down in the dumps. We competed well against Chelsea and Liverpool."
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari:
"It is impossible to play beautiful football all the time and it was difficult against Stoke. Whenever we made a mistake they arrived and tried to put the ball in the box. We had to pay attention.
"But we kept our shape and that was important. It was fantastic to get a win like this as Stoke created only one or two chances. We always want to play football but sometimes the other team does not think that way. They just want to live off your mistakes.
"They were physical and compact and we tried to move the ball before they pressured us. We had the ball around their goal many times but could not score. But our performance was very good."
Stoke: Sorensen, Griffin, Cort, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Lawrence (Tonge 65), Diao, Olofinjana, Cresswell, Kitson (Fuller 52), Sidibe (Amdy Faye 81).
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Whelan, Soares, Sonko.
Booked: Griffin, Cresswell.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Obi, Kalou (Anelka 46), Ballack (Ferreira 89), Lampard, Malouda, Drogba (Belletti 73).
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Ivanovic, Sinclair, Bridge.
Booked: Malouda.
Goals: Bosingwa 36, Anelka 76.
Att: 27,500.
Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).
