Fernando Torres scored a goal, and then got himself sent off as his season roller-coasts from game to game.
The hapless Spain hitman started so well to propel his side e Swansea dam were Chelsea to a 4-1 win over plucky Swansea City at Stamford Bridge.
He scored the first, aided the second, then clumsily lunged at Swansea’s’ Mark Gower, right in front of the dugout.
Referee Mike Dean had the easy decision to brandish the red and off Torres slumped on 39 minutes.
Swansea started brightly and ex-Chelsea man Scott Sinclair almost raced through the Chelsea defence, but was ultimately stopped by Branislav Ivanovic.
Chelsea was reduced to long-range efforts for the first 30 minutes, before Torres finally breached the South Wales’s side’s rearguard.
Juan Mata produced a lovely deft chip to Torres in the Swansea box. The striker chested and turned in one swift movement to arrow home a smart right-footer from close range.
The cracks in the Swansea dam opened further when six minutes later, Brazilian midfielder latching onto a fine Ashley Cole pass, took one touch before ramming the ball home from a tight angle.
With Chelsea in total ascendency, they were reduced to 10-men for the second game in a row, when with six minutes of the half remaining; Torres took leave of his senses and the pitch to lunge at Gower.
Swansea, sensing an avenue back into the game replaced Leon Britton with winger Wayne Routledge at half-time.
Within three minutes Nathan Dyer rattled the Chelsea crossbar, Mikel made a goal-saving challenge and Jose Bosingwa cleared off the line as the visitors went for the jugular.
But inevitably. Chelsea’s superior ability wrested control back of the game and the third came on 76 minutes. Again Ramires showed his Brazilian calmness under pressure. He collected a ball from Bosingwa, slid past Williams and side-footed the ball past Vorm.
But Swansea got their second wind, and with five minutes remaining got a consolation goal when Williams rose above a static Chelsea defence and headed the ball home from six yards out.
Chelsea replaced Nicolas Anelka with Didier Drogba on 79 minutes and deep into injury time, the Ivory Coast striker produced a fine turn and shot of his own, from just outside the Swansea area, arrowing a fine right-footer into Vorm’s right-hand corner of the net.