Shaky win for Blues

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is exultant after netting the winning goal against Stoke City in their Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Photo: Reuters

Didier Drogba scored his 100th Premier League goal as Chelsea maintained the pressure on Arsenal in the race for fourth place with a 1-0 win over 10-man Stoke City on Saturday.
Drogba bagged his eighth goal of the season after 68 minutes of a tense encounter at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea notched their second victory since last week's sacking of manager Andre Villas-Boas.
The win saw interim manager Roberto Di Matteo's side go level on points with fourth-placed Arsenal, who can restore their three-point lead with victory over Newcastle United on Monday.
Stoke, who were reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Ricardo Fuller for a stamp on Branislav Ivanovic, slipped to 10th.
Di Matteo said he was satisfied with his team's ability to grind out the win.
"Today was a step in the right direction and sometimes you have to win like this to get three points," Di Matteo said.
"It's not easy and sometimes you have to win scrappy."
With league leaders Manchester City and second-placed Manchester United playing on Sunday, Saturday saw a reduced fixture schedule.
At Goodison Park, Tottenham Hotspur crashed to their third consecutive league defeat as Nikica Jelavic's first goal for Everton clinched a 1-0 win.
Harry Redknapp's third-placed side are in danger of being passed by local rivals Arsenal after Croatian striker Jelavic -- a January signing from Rangers -- struck with a fine finish from Leon Osman's pass in the 22nd minute.
Spurs, who have also lost to Arsenal and Manchester United in their poor run, had a Jermain Defoe effort ruled out for offside and hit a post through Louis Saha in stoppage time to leave them four points ahead of the Gunners.
Liverpool's faint hopes of qualification for next season's Champions League suffered another blow as the Merseysiders crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland.
Nicklas Bendtner scored the winner for the Black Cats on 56 minutes as Liverpool slumped to a second consecutive loss following their defeat against Arsenal at Anfield last weekend.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish refused to admit his side's hopes of a top-four finish were over.
"We will say what we said at the very first game of the season -- we will play all the matches, count the points up and see where we finish then," Dalglish said.
At the other end of the table, the problems mounted for struggling Queens Park Rangers and Wolverhampton Wanderers, who both suffered defeats that left the two clubs in the relegation zone.
Bolton snatched a dramatic late 2-1 win over QPR as the debate over goal-line technology was reignited by a blunder from match officials.
An 86th-minute winner from substitute Ivan Klasnic bagged a vital three points for Bolton after Djibril Cisse's equaliser looked to have earned a draw for Rangers following Darren Pratley's opener.

RESULTS
Aston Villa 1 (Weimann 90) Fulham 0
Bolton 2 (Pratley 37,
Klasnic 86) QPR 1 (Cisse 48)
Chelsea 1 (Drogba 68) Stoke 0
Everton 1 (Jelavic 22) Tottenham 0
Sunderland 1 (Bendtner 56) Liverpool 0
Wolves 0 Blackburn 2 (Hoilett 43, 69)