Blues bash Reds, go nine points clear.

(From Turkish Daily News)

Rampant Chelsea taught Liverpool a lesson, thrashing the European champions 4-1 at Anfield to charge nine points clear at the top of the Premier League

Goals by Frank Lampard, Damien Duff, Joe Cole and Geremi gave the English champions their eighth win out of eight in the league and left Liverpool a staggering 17 points behind them with less than a quarter of the season gone

Another of Chelsea's chief rivals, Arsenal, needed a late, deflected shot by substitute Robin van Persie to secure a much-needed 1-0 victory over 10-man Birmingham City at Highbury

However, they still trail Chelsea by 11 points. The leaders …