Chelsea sealed their second 4-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers in four days in their Premier League clash at the Reebok Stadium.

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Following on from Wednesday's win over the Trotters in the Carling Cup, Carlo Ancelotti's men delivered another consummate victory courtesy of a Frank Lampard penalty, strikes from Didier Drogba and Deco and a Zat Knight own goal.

The result means that Chelsea stay top of the Premier League table for the weekend, while Bolton drop down two places to 14th.

Not for the first time, Bolton were kept in the match by their goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, who made several important saves in the first half.

However, the Finn was finally beaten with the final kick of the half after Didier Drogba had his heels clipped inside the box by Jlloyd Samuel. Referee Peter Walton had no choice but to send the full-back off, and Lampard duly stroked the spot-kick home for his fourth goal in three matches.

Portugal international Deco doubled Chelsea's lead on the hour as he finished off a swift counter-attack just as Bolton began to threaten an equaliser.

Ricardo Gardner's corner for Bolton went over everyone's head, and Ricardo Carvalho released Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman slipped a pass through to Deco, who cut back inside and curled a left-footed finish past Jaaskelainen.

Chelsea were without first-choice full-backs Ashley Cole and Jose Bosingwa, but Paulo Ferreira and Branislav Ivanovic deputised more than sufficiently.

Indeed, Serb defender Ivanovic was one of Chelsea's stand-out performers, and deserved a goal when the third came on 82 minutes. Chelsea retained the ball from a set piece, and Carvalho beat Samuel Ricketts on the wing before sending a cross towards the near post with the outside of his boot. Ivanovic stooped in to guide the header in, but the final touch appeared to come off Knight, denying the Serb his first goal of the season.

The Blues rounded off a miserable week for Bolton in stoppage time with a sublime goal. Anelka scooped a cross to Deco, whose chested pass dropped kindly for Lampard to flick the ball into Drogba's path, and the Ivorian striker side-footed from close range to finish off a slick one-touch move and register his 11th goal of the season.