JUAN MATA toasted his debnt with a late goal as Chelsea saw offten-manNorwich. The £26million superstar came off the bench to score after 101 MINUTES to help the Blues sink Paul Lambert's men.
Jose Bosingwa's thunderbolt broke the deadlock just six minutes in but Grant Holt squared it up after the break. Didier Drogba then suffered a sickening injury after a mid-air collision with Canaries keeper John Ruddy.
The Stamford Bridge striker was out cold and medics took seven minutes to get him off the pitch. Norwich looked to be holding firm but Ruddy clattered Ramires in the box with eight minutes to orders and Lampard slotted home from the spot Incredibly, Chelsea were not finished ana there was still time for Mata to make it 3-1 with a goal ELEVEN minutes into injury time.
Boss Andre Villas-Boas ditched his 4-3-3 formation and instead paired Fernando Torres and Drogba up front in a 4-4-2. And it did the trick as Villas-Boas' men needed just six minutes to break the deadlock. Bosingwa picked the ball up 25 yards out and nammered a shot past Ruddy. Desperate defending stopped Lampard doubling the lead — and the Canaries could then have levelled.
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