Chelsea Defeat Milan By 5 Goals - Match Report

Chelsea demolished the weakened Milan side thanks to the 4 goals houl by Nicolas Anelka. Milan were short of strikers as the Brazilian duo of Pato and Ronaldinho are away on international duty and the injuries to FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka and Borellio.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring before Nicolas Anelka bagged four goals as the Londoners won the third-place play-off in the Railways Cup pre-season tournament.

A strong Chelsea line-up saw Michael Ballack make his first appearance of the summer following his late return to the squad after Euro 2008 duty with Germany.

But it was his central midfield partner Lampard who put Phil Scolari's side ahead in the second minute when his curling free-kick went through the legs of Milan keeper Zeljko Kalac.

It was two in the eighth minute when Anelka latched on to a poor defensive header to fire home from the edge of the area.

And the Frenchman added a third 10 minutes later when Kalac's day went from bad to worse.

Attempting to clear a routine backpass, the Australian kicked nothing but air to allow Anelka to steal in and tap into an empty net.

Chelsea dominated the game and Shaun Wright-Phillips nearly headed a fourth soon afterwards as the Blues looked to make amends for their shootout defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow two days ago.

A Milan side with no recognised strikers, but featuring former Arsenal star Mathieu Flamini in midfield, provided little resistance and Anelka completed his hat-trick six minutes after the break.

Deco played in Florent Malouda down the left and the winger's cross found his countryman, who headed accurately into the corner of the net.

Remarkably if was four for Anelka and five for Chelsea in the 58th minute when another flowing move down the left ended with Malouda crossing once more for the former Bolton striker to volley home.