Essien moves Chelsea into the record books

Michael Essien grabbed the winner as Chelsea defeated Birmingham to set an English record for unbeaten league matches at home.

Jose Mourinho's men were given a scare when Mikael Forssell opened the scoring and Olivier Kapo levelled before the break, but Essien's second-half strike into the top corner meant Chelsea have gone 64 league games undefeated at Stamford Bridge.

They go one match ahead of Liverpool's efforts at Anfield between 1978 and 1981, although Mourinho insisted before the game that anything less than a win would not be worth celebrating.

Mourinho's record is even more impressive. He has gone 99 home league games without a defeat, his last being a 3-2 reverse while at Porto at the hands of Beira Mar in 2002.....read more