Anelka 48, 52

                                                                                                                                              Kalou 78, 90

                                                                                                                                              Benayoun 90 + 3

A clinical second-half performance gave Chelsea their second consecutive 6-0 win in the EPL after Wigan had started well.

The Blues tore Wigan apart on the break with Didier Drogba the pivotal figure despite not scoring himself.

Chelsea were fortunate not to lose captain John Terry, who should have been dismissed alongside Wigan’s Charles N’Zogbia as the two feuded throughout.

But otherwise it was a perfect day for Carlo Ancelotti’s men after Wigan’s early pressure.

They went ahead on 34 minutes, Florent Malouda following up after Latics keeper Chris Kirkland saved Frank Lampard’s shot.

Nicolas Anelka scored twice in four minutes shortly after half-time to kill the contest, the first a right-foot drive from Jon Obi-Mikel’s raking crossfield pass, the second a close-range header after good work by Malouda and Drogba.

Wigan’s James McCarthy’s struck a post with a deflected left-foot shot. But the respite was temporary.

Substitute Salomon Kalou made it 4-0 on 78 minutes with a neat right-foot finish after a speedy Drogba break. Kalou grabbed his second on 90 minutes with a glancing header from Drogba’s superb inswinging cross from the left.

And sub Yossi Benayoun opened his Chelsea account three minutes later, converting Paulo Ferreira’s pull-back.