Chelsea will spend Saturday evening back on top of the league table following a morale-boosting derby demolition of West Ham.

Fresh from England action at Wembley, Frank Lampard and John Terry made sure they will be retuning there soon by firing Chelsea in to the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Chelsea failed to extend the lead at the top beyond a point after a first home defeat in 38 games on Saturday.

An away goal by Salomon Kalou leaves the tie on a knife edge after a night when we can feel aggrieved over another Champions League penalty decision and lost Petr Cech to injury.

Chelsea moved four points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League after a Didier Drogba brace at Molineux.

The defence of the FA Cup continues but Chelsea were made to work hard by a Cardiff side that gave as good as they got in the first half.

Chelsea's form on the road continues to keep it tight at the top of the table after a committed Everton performance took all three points despite Chelsea taking the lead.

Didier Drogba took his goal tally against Arsenal to 12 in 12 games today as we dominated the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.

Despite creating far more chances than our hosts, Chelsea had to settle for a point after falling behind at Hull, our goal courtesy of the returning Didier Drogba.

Chelsea made it a 100 per cent January when John Terry headed home a winner nine minutes from time.

Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League with a swaggering display against Birmingham at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.

Nicolas Anelka's 11th goal of the season and Daniel Sturridge's third secured a comfortable passage into the fifth round of the FA Cup.

A scintillating 90 minutes of flowing attacking football equalled the most goals scored by Chelsea in a top-flight game.

Chelsea began the new year and FA Cup campaign in emphatic style today, smashing visitors Watford 5-0 with Daniel Sturridge netting twice.

It would have been Dreadful December had the Blues not mounted a second-half comeback, scoring twice in three minutes to wrestle the championship challenge back onto the rails.