Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy both bagged a brace as Manchester City stunned nine-man Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Premier League leaders stunned in six-goal thriller

Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy both bagged a brace as Manchester City stunned nine-man Chelsea with their first victory at Stamford Bridge in 17 years and their first league double against the Blues since 1957. The Argentina international and the Wales striker took the headlines away from the John Terry-Wayne Bridge sideshow as Carlo Ancelotti suffered his first home defeat since taking charge of the West London club in the summer. Frank Lampard had given Chelsea a deserved lead in the 42nd minute but Tevez, back in action after returning to Argentina following the premature birth of his daughter, levelled against the run of play prior to the interval before the Premier League leaders were humbled in the second period. Back-up goalkeeper Hilario, at fault for Tevez's leveller, was again not at his best for Bellamy's strike which gave Roberto Mancini's men the advantage before further goals from the strike duo put the result beyond doubt. Substitute Juliano Belletti and Michael Ballack were both dismissed to cap a miserable afternoon for the hosts, who claimed a consolation from Lampard in the closing moments. Terry extended his hand to his former team-mate during the pre-match formalities, but a stern-faced Bridge snubbed his rival without a glance before shaking hands with the rest of the Blues squad. Bridge was predictably jeered by the home supporters every time he touched the ball, with England coach Fabio Capello, who still hopes the left-back will end his self-imposed international exile, looking on from the stands. After a quiet opening spell, Florent Malouda had Shay Given scrambling across his goal after unleashing a vicious long-range effort which only narrowly cleared the City keeper's crossbar.

Nasty clash

Joe Cole then warmed Given's palms as he received the ball out wide on the left flank, before cutting back into the box and firing in a shot which the Republic of Ireland international pushed away. Didier Drogba had the chance to test Given in the 25th minute after he got away from Micah Richards in the area, but his header from Branislav Ivanovic's measured cross cleared the crossbar. Pablo Zabaleta, Drogba and Richards were involved in a nasty clash of heads in the 31st minute, with the Argentina international coming off worst and looking very groggy and dazed as he left the field, but he was able to continue after a further spell of treatment. Ivory Coast international Drogba then fired over from just outside the six-yard box as he seized onto Lampard's scuffed shot from the edge of the area, with City being kept very much on the back foot by the hosts, before Nicolas Anelka's powerful goal-bound shot struck Lampard in the box. And the seemingly inevitable breakthrough came in the 42nd minute when Cole threaded a superb ball through the City defence to meet Lampard's diagonal run, with the England international firing across Given and into the bottom corner with a first-time shot. But City stunned the hosts on the stroke of half-time as Tevez latched onto a long clearance out of defence by Bridge which John Obi Mikel failed to deal with, held off Terry and turned Ricardo Carvalho inside out before scuffing a low shot which somehow trundled beyond Hilario's despairing dive and into the net. Mancini's men could even have gone in ahead at the break as Joleon Lescott fluffed his lines after being presented