Chelsea stormed back to the top of the Premier League with another superb home performance as they ended Birmingham’s 15-match unbeaten run in fine style.
Florent Malouda got the ball rolling with the simplest of headers after some good work down the right by Joe Cole.
And Frank Lampard grabbed the second with a typically pin-point 20-yarder.
Birmingham had only two shots on goal, Petr Cech saving the best from Keith Fahey, and Lampard slammed in a third late on to wrap up a comprehensive win.
The results means the Londoners, thanks in part to rivals Arsenal’s failure to beat Aston Villa at Villa Park, return to the top of the table after falling off the number one spot last weekend for the first time in three months.
And with key striker Didier Drogba due to return to the squad this weekend following the Ivory Coast’s exit from the Africa Cup of Nations, the Blues’ title rivals could not possibly underestimate the challenge Chelsea pose in such apparently irrepressible form.
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