Goals from Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda maintained Chelsea’s flawless start to the season whilst Darren Bent’s 94th-minute penalty earned Sunderland a shock victory over Manchester City.

But the result of the weekend no doubt belongs to Wigan Athletic; shock victors in their clash with Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday. The Latics – amongst the early relegation favourites – had been thrashed by Blackburn and Chelsea 4-0 and 6-0 respectively, but pulled off a monumental smash-and-grab against Harry Redknapp’s high-flyers. The goalscorer was Hugo Rodallega, but Wigan’s match-winner was goalkeeper Ali al Habsi who pulled off a string a magnificent saves to preserve the Latics’ cleansheet and ensure a massive victory that might just have saved Roberto Martinez’ job at the DW Stadium, for the time-being at least.

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Chelsea duo John Terry and Frank Lampard will miss England’s EURO 2012 Qualifiers due to injury, Carlo Ancelotti has revealed.

Lampard, who has been suffering from a hernia, will undergo and operation in mid-week after a below-par performance from the England star led to a frank admission from Ancelotti.

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Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City

Goals from Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba handed Chelsea a deserved victory over a resolute Stoke City, despite a Frank Lampard penalty miss.

The Blues were not quite at their imperious best but Carlo Ancelotti’s side were able to dispose of a Stoke side who had been widely written off before a ball had even been kicked. And though ultimately the Midlanders were soundly beaten, Tony Pulis and his players will be proud of a resilient performance that limited the free-scoring champions to just the two goals.

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Michael Mancienne has joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on a one-year loan deal.

The Chelsea youngster made 25 appearances for the Black Country side last season and has been sent back by Carlo Ancelotti as he looks for his young stars to gain as much first team experience as possible.

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Yossi Benayoun could not contain his delight at scoring his first Chelsea goal in the Blues’ stunning 6-0 demolition of Wigan Athletic on Saturday.

The Israeli captain scored the sixth as Chelsea registered a second successive 6-0 drubbing after also having beaten new boys West Bromwich Albion by a similar margin at Stamford Bridge on the opening day. It was his first competitive goal for his new club, though he was indebted to the quick-thinking of flying full-back Paulo Ferreira.

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Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle all pulled off emphatic 6-0 victories whilst Gareth Bale’s wonder-strike gave Tottenham a contentious win at Stoke in one of the most memorable weekends in Premier League history.

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