FRANK Lampard came off the bench to set-up one goal and score the other from the spot watched by the man he now trails by just one in the all-time Chelsea scoring table.

Former Blues star Bobby Tambling must know his record is in serious danger from the modern hero.

Swansea came out with the apparent aim of containing Chelsea by sitting deep.

The home side could have taken an early lead through Oscar – but the young Brazilian's touch seemed to abandon him on more than one occasion.

When Ramires pulled up with what looked like a thigh injury after 24 minutes, Lampard (pic) was the beneficiary coming on to rapturous applause.

And that was the change the game needed.

The veteran midfielder steamed through the Swans midfield time after time – causing bother with both shots and passes.

Two minutes before the break he was at the heart of the move that became the opener. Collecting the ball from John Terry to his left, he made the crucial pass for Oscar to slide home a great shot from the right corner.

Come added time, the super sub added his name to the score sheet.

On his birthday, Juan Mata handed his team mates the gift of a penalty after he was sliced down by Leon Britton in the box.

Lampard made a bee-line for the spot and put his kick hard to the left with keeper Michel Vorm a shade too late to deny the Blues man.

Stamford Bridge yet again sang to Roman Abramovich: “Sign him up, sign him up, sign him up” after Lampard netted goal number 201.

Half time itself brought a special moment. Tambling, the only man to have scored more Chelsea goals than Lampard, came onto the pitch to great adulation from the stands.

Recovering from a debilitating illness, he was in a wheelchair. But, with his wife beside him, he commanded huge respect from those all around and showed clear emotion as Stamford Bridge sung his name once more.

With the work done, the second half was less fraught for Chelsea.

There were chances, notably for Mata, whose angled shot running away from goal went inches wide of the far post.

Swansea could have been a man short when Ashley Williams, already on a yellow for a foul on Oscar, was pulled up for impeding Demba Ba.

Referee Mark Clattenburg, not in need of a headline-making appearance on his first return to these parts since unproven claims of inappropriate language, decided a final warning was enough.

There could have been more.

A great move from Mata with his back to goal shot inches wide of the far post.

Lampard went close to scoring a second by side-footing a perfectly placed Mata corner from the edge of the box. But it never made it through the forest of green-clad Swansea legs.

But, job done, nobody looked like they wanted to get their boots too dirty.

An uncontroversial, and reasonably straightforward afternoon competed. And that’s something for which both Chelsea, and Clattenburg, would be grateful. 

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