Chelsea remains second after West Ham draw

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12/14/2008 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea missed out on a chance to take over the Premiership lead on Sunday as the Blues were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham at Stamford Bridge.

League-leaders Liverpool entered the weekend with a one-point lead on Chelsea, but after finishing 2-2 with Hull City on Saturday, the Reds were in danger of dropping to second if Chelsea could beat the Hammers.

However, Craig Bellamy fired the visitors ahead in the 33rd minute and Chelsea could only pull level early in the second half through Nicolas Anelka.

After being the most dominant side at home in England, Chelsea has now won just three of its nine home contests this season, and dropping more points at home against a bottom-half side is more evidence that Stamford Bridge is not quite the fortress it once was.

Chelsea started brightly with Joe Cole getting into the box on the right and firing a shot towards goal from eight yards that was deflected just past the upper right corner.

However, Mark Noble won the ball near the end line from Chelsea's Jose Bosingwa, and although he appeared to use his arm to control the ball, the referee saw nothing wrong, allowing Noble to find Bellamy inside the box.

The striker took the ball down off his chest and fired a volley inside the near post, putting his team ahead.

It didn't take Chelsea long to level the match after halftime as substitute Didier Drogba dropped a pass to Frank Lampard at the top of the box and Lampard lobbed it over the top to Anelka, who fired home his 100th goal in Premiership play.

West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green made a good reaction stop on a header from Alex with 11 minutes to play, but it was West Ham that almost stole the points in stoppage time as Petr Cech did well to keep out a low shot from Carlton Cole.

Sunday's other match saw Newcastle earn three vital points as the Magpies put together a 3-0 win over Portsmouth. After a scoreless first half Newcastle fired home three goals with Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Danny Guthrie providing the tallies.

Newcastle moves up to 14th in a crowded bottom half of the table with the win, while Pompey remains in eighth place.

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