Didier Drogba opened the scoring with a header and Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge topped with goals in the final minutes to give Chelsea on Saturday for a 3-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League. The victory put the team of Andre Villas-Boas among the top four and kept alive their hopes of winning the title.

Drogba headed powerfully center Juan Mata after 38 minutes. Kalou scored the second at 89, after a pass from Fernando Torres and Sturridge sealed the result in injury time.Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul, I saved a Frank Lampard penalty on 13 minutes. Newcastle did not take advantage of the opportunities he had and crashed three shots at the poles, including two from Demba Ba.