Chelsea show the Wright stuff in Hammers rout

The man leading the charge was Wright-Phillips.

There seemed little danger when the winger received the ball 40 yards from goal, with defenders clustered all around. But he wriggled into space in West Ham’s right-hand channel, evaded the lunging Jonathan Spector and swept the ball into the bottom corner.

It was the cue for a keenly-fought match to burst into life. Four minutes later, Tevez collected possession tight by the left-hand touchline, eased past Michael Essien and struck a shot which gave Ricardo Carvalho a haircut as it curled towards goal. An unusually butter-fingered Cech could only fumble the ball into the bottom corner.