Chelsea rally against Reading

Chelsea came from 2-1 behind to make it two wins from two league matches with a 4-2 victory at home to Reading last night.

Chelsea took an 18th-minute lead when Frank Lampard scored from the penalty spot. But Reading hit back with two goals as they went 2-1 up before the half-hour mark.

Pavel Pogrebnyak got across Gary Cahill to head past Petr Cech. And the latter was at fault in the 29th minute when he fumbled Danny Guthrie’s free-kick.

However, Cahill drew Chelsea level in the 69th minute when a goalkeeping error, this time from Adam Federici, saw his strike somehow find its way into the net.

Fernando Torres completed Chelsea’s recovery when he tapped in a centre from Ashley Cole.

Then, from a Reading corner with Federici up in the Chelsea box, Branislav Ivanovic added a late fourth goal on the counter-attack.

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