Frank Lampard grabbed four as Chelsea demolished Aston
Villa to soar back to the top of the Barclays Premier League
table.
Lampard's quartet made him third-highest scorer in the club's
history - eclipsing legends Roy Bentley and Peter Osgood with 151
goals.
Lampard was assisted by a double from Florent Malouda and
another from substitute Salomon Kalou as Carlo Ancelotti's side
smashed in 12 goals in four days.
Chelsea have now scored 82 goals so far this season and apart
from John Carew's first-half equaliser, the Blues were in cruise
control for long periods.
The victory put them back in front of Manchester United by two
points although Sir Alex Ferguson's side play Bolton in the early
evening kick-off.
Chelsea, who left 30-goal top scorer Didier Drogba on the bench,
started brightly enough with Deco finding Nicolas Anelka inside the
Villa penalty area in the third minute.
But the France international, given the task of leading the
attack in place of Drogba, shot into the arms of Brad Friedel at
his near post.
Drogba, who scored twice in the 5-0 midweek demolition of
Portsmouth, was rested according to the club's assistant coach Ray
Wilkins.
