Wigan draws with Chelsea

Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League took a huge dent at Stamford Bridge on Monday when an injury time goal from Emile Heskey gave the relegation-threatened visitors a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

His strike cancelled out a 55th-minute goal from Michael Essien that had given Chelsea the lead.

Although they were not playing, Manchester United were the big winners on the night as Heskey's goal left Chelsea five points behind Alex Ferguson's league leaders with only four matches to play.

The result stunned the Chelsea fans but coach Avram Grant maintained they would keep battling.

"We'll keep on fighting, but the result didn't help us," he told reporters.

"The second half was one of our best performances of the season. We created a chance every three or four minutes, but that's football and you need to score the second. They scored from one of two chances so it's very disappointing."

Chelsea, who rarely looked like champions-elect, were booed off by their own fans at half-time and at the end of the match.

Chelsea had been weakened before the start when Frank Lampard pulled out of the team because of personal reasons and they certainly missed his inspirational influence.

Grant explained: "It's a personal matter and I prefer we keep it like this."

He also said Didier Drogba, who sat out the match had a knee problem and needed a scan on the injury.

Wigan manager Steve Bruce, who used to play for Manchester United, said friends from his former club had not stopped texting him congratulations.

He added: "The goalkeeper made two or three great saves. That was the plan, to keep them edgy."