Wigan Athletic brought Chelsea's undefeated Premier League start to a crashing halt as goals from Paul Scharner, Titus Bramble and a Hugo Rodallega penalty gave them a 3-1 win.The turning point was Petr Cech's sending off after clipping Rodallega in the area. The Czech goalkeeper was correctly shown the red card and the resulting penalty was slotted home by the Colombian striker.Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba but that will be scant consolation for Carlo Ancelotti in his first loss in English football.In the week leading up to the game, Latics boss Roberto Martinez enriched training “group therapy” amongst his ailing players after a 4-0 capitulation at Arsenal. The need to keep spirits high was imperative given their impending clash against another top four team, Chelsea.Carlo Ancelotti’s men were flying off a clean sweep of wins and the return of Joe Cole and Yuri Zhirkov from injury. Still, given their opponents’ Jekyll and Hyde start to the season, there was some concern as to which Wigan Athletic would turn up.
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