Chelsea held 1-1 by lowly West Ham

After Scott Parker blocked a header from Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic on the line, West Ham went ahead in the final minute of the first half. Ashley Cole brought down Jack Collison and Alessandro Diamanti drove home the penalty.

Chelsea equalized in the 61st minute after Matthew Upson was harshly judged to have brought down Daniel Sturridge even though the West Ham defender appeared to make contact with the ball.

Lampard twice fired home the spot kick but each time had to take it again because players from both teams had run into the penalty area. He had to beat goalkeeper Green for a third time. Chelsea's second draw of the season means that Carlo Ancelotti's team now has 41 points from 18 games. Second place Manchester United has 37 after losing 3-0 at Fulham on Saturday. West Ham would have slipped to last with a defeat but instead moved a point ahead of Portsmouth into 19th place. Portsmouth beat Liverpool 2-0 on Saturday.

Birmingham's five-game winning streak ended with a 1-1 draw at Everton where Alex McLeish's team had to come from behind to get a point. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov fired Everton ahead in the fifth minute but Sebastian Larsson equalized in the 22nd as Birmingham jumped above Liverpool into seventh place and stretched its unbeaten run to nine games.

Goals in each half by Nenad Milijas and Kevin Doyle lifted Wolves out of the relegation zone and up to 12th place after a 2-0 victory over Burnley, which has only captured one point in nine games away from home. Relegated from the Premier League last season, Newcastle opened up a 10 point lead at the top of the League Championship by beating neighbor Middlesbrough 2-0 with goals by Marlon Harewood and Shola Ameobi.

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