Chelsea’s home record and title hopes ended

As the teams walked out onto the pitch Chelsea knew a win would put them back on top as title rivals Liverpool didn’t play until the following day.

Having won all of their last five Premier League home games and recording no defeats in all 77 Jose Mourinho managed games at Stamford Bridge, a Chelsea win seemed a safe bet despite a huge blow with Petr Cech missing the game through a virus.

Indeed Samuel Eto’o opened the scoring but Sunderland displayed the same fight that saw them draw 2-2 against Man City midweek and levelled after some disastrous Mark Schwarzer goalkeeping.

With only three games left in the race for the title, one of which is against Liverpool, the Blues were desperate for all three points so when Fabio Borini converted a contentious late penalty to put the Black Cats ahead Chelsea gave a final stream of pressure, though to no avail.

Sunderland stay bottom and Mourinho’s impressive record comes to an end along with Chelsea’s title hopes it seems.