Premier League: Bolton 1 Chelsea 5

Frank Lampard scored a hat trick and Daniel Sturridge bagged a brace as Chelsea thrashed Bolton 5-1 at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.

Within the first minute the home side found themselves a goal down, as Sturridge, who had spent the second half of last season on-loan at Bolton, got away from his marker and powered his header past the helpless Adam Bogdan and into the net.

Sturridge then had a chance to put his side two goals ahead only a couple of minutes later, as the forward got the ball in the middle of the park, before striding forward and unleashing a shot that went just by Bogdan’s left hand post.

Just before the quarter of an hour mark the Blues doubled their lead after a well worked passing move led to the ball finding Sturridge on the right hand side of the Bolton area.

The young forward then found the on-rushing Lampard, who coolly put the ball beyond Bogdan to add to the home side’s woes.

The experienced midfielder could have got his second of the day only a minute later as Didier Drogba found Lampard on the left side of the Bolton penalty box, but Bogdan finally clung onto the ball at the second attempt.

The visitors got their third goal as Sturridge once again got on the ball on the right wing, before going by Dedryck Boyata and drilling the ball towards the Bolton goal.

It looked like Bogdan would comfortably save the ball, but it squirmed out of the Hungarian international’s arms and into the net.

The game went from bad to worse for Owen Coyle’s side as they parted like the red sea in midfield, allowing David Luiz to stride forward, before unleashing a drive which Bogdan once again failed to deal with, palming the ball straight into the path of Lampard, who placed the ball home for Chelsea’s fourth of the game.

Andre Villas-Boas side continued to press, looking to add to their goal difference, but they could not find a way past Bogdan, with Mata having his left footed drive saved comfortably by the Bolton stopper.

Those Bolton fans who chose not to return after the half-time interval missed their side pulling back a goal within 90 seconds of the restart.

Petrov floated a free kick from the left wing into the middle of the Chelsea penalty area, with Boyata rising highest from five-deep to head the ball home.

But the revival was shortlived, with Lampard bringing up his hat-trick just before the hour mark after a brilliant passing move from the Blues.

A long ball from Ashley Cole found Drogba, and the striker then played a series of passes with his Lampard, before England international slotted the ball home.

Both sides has chances in the final half hour, but the match was little more than a training run by that stage.