Captain John Terry put Chelsea five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League with a second-half match winner at Stamford Bridge.

Terry glanced home a 76th minute free-kick from Frank Lampard although United claimed Didier Drogba was in an offside position.

United had their chances with Wayne Rooney twice going close but the Blues made it a club record of 11 straight home wins.

Chelsea:
Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba (Kalou), Michael Ballack, Deco (Cole), John Terry, Nicolas Anelka (Alex)

Subs:
Joe Cole, John Obi Mikel, Florent Malouda, Paulo Ferreira, Salomon Kalou, Alex, Henrique Hilario

Manchester United:
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Anderson (Owen), Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs (Obertan), Michael Carrick, John O’Shea, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia

Subs:
Michael Owen, Nemanja Vidic, Paul Scholes,Fabio, Gabriel Obertan, Darron Gibson, Tomasz Kuszczak

Goals:
John Terry ‘76

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