BOLTON WANDERERS 1, CHELSEA 1: JIMMY-Floyd Hasselbaink snatched a last-gasp equaliser for 10-man Chelsea to deny Wanderers two precious Premiership points.
The Dutchman, a half-time substitute for Jesper Gronkjaer, found the net with a glancing header from Gianfranco Zola's cross in the 89th minute, just when Henrik Pedersen's 63rd minute header appeared to have set up a second home win of the season for Sam Allardyce's men.
Chelsea were down to 10 men for the last 14 minutes after Celestine Babayaro was sent off for a challenge on Youri Djorkaeff but they kept plugging away, finishing the game strongly - just as they had started it..
In between, Wanderers belied their lowly league placing and would have been good value for the win.
Pedersen scored his third goal in seven days - the first Chelsea had conceded in six top flight fixtures - to give them a just reward for some enterprising play, so often denied by Italian keeper Carlo Cudicini.
Wanderers: Jaaskelainen; Barness, Campo, Warhurst; Gardner, Okocha, Frandsen, Nolan, Charlton; Djorkaeff, Pedersen. Subs: Tofting for Frandsen (h-t), Ricketts for Nolan 79 mins. Not used: Holdsworth, Southall, Poole.
Chelsea: Cudicini; Melchiot, Desailly, Gallas, Le Saux; Gronkjaer, Lampard, Petit, Babayaro; Gudjohnsen, Zola. Subs: Hasselbaink for Gronkjaer (h-t), Morris for Le Saux 71 mins. Not used: Stanic, Terry, De Goey.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral).
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