The 32-year-old former England striker used it well, leaving Martin Taylor sprawling before unleashing a left-footed shot. At the end of St Andrews where Villa's Thomas Sorensen and Peter Enckelman erred calamitously in previous derbies, Maik Taylor parried the ball but could not keep it out.Phillips later spoke of his "happy knack" of scoring in derbies, noting he had never been on a losing team when doing so "We've finally got the monkey off Villa's back," he added. Phillips is a specialist in these heated parochial affairs, having scored four times for Sunderland against Newcastle, as well as hitting Southampton's winner over Portsmouth before a £750,000 summer transfer to Villa. His first taste of the West Midlands' biggest derby was approaching the midway point in the first half when he added to his collection, giving his new club their first top-flight win over their neighbours in 22 years. David O'Leary's side had already shown a desire to atone for their supine record against Birmingham - four defeats and two draws in the modern era - when Eirik Bakke marked a forceful full debut by dispossessing Jermaine Pennant.The ball was switched around patiently along Villa's right flank before James Milner threaded it into the danger area.Gareth Barry then executed a deft back-heeled flick, allowing Phillips room to manoeuvre just inside the 18-yard line. The spell is broken. With a superbly worked early goal by Kevin Phillips, Aston Villa finally ended Birmingham City's dominance of the Second City derby yesterday, gaining their first victory in seven attempts since the rivals were reunited in the Premiership three years ago.

Substitutes not used: Cudicini (gk), Huth.Bolton Wanderers (4-5-1): Jaaskelainen; Ben Haim, Jaidi, N'Gotty, Pedersen (Gardner, 43); Giannakopoulos, Faye, Speed (Nakata, h-t), Nolan, Diouf; Davies (Fernandes, 75). Sent off: Bolton Gardner.Man of the match: Drogba.Attendance: 41,775.. Substitutes not used: Walker (gk), Borgetti.Referee: R Styles (Hampshire).Booked: Chelsea Drogba, Essien; Bolton Nolan, Jaidi. "Now we are in the 21st century and it's very different." Although even he would have to agree that there is something timeless about great managers making courageous decisions.Goals: Giannakopoulos (4) 0-1; Drogba (52) 1-1; Lampard (55) 2-1; Lampard (59) 3-1; Drogba (61) 4-1; Gudjohnsen (74) 5-1.Chelsea (4-1-4-1): Cech; Gallas, Terry, Carvalho, Del Horno (Gudjohnsen, h-t); Makelele; Wright-Phillips (C Cole, 74), Essien, Lampard, J Cole (Ferreira, 59); Drogba.

They responded by standing up, they sang, "for the special one" who, for the first time in an hour, was sitting down again.The fifth was Gudjohnsen's, he ran onto Essien's through ball and beat Jaaskelainen to leave Chelsea two games short of the record 11 straight wins at the start of the season that Tottenham set in 1960 "That was in the 20th century," Mourinho said. Two minutes later Drogba met Lampard's corner at the near post for the fourth goal and Stamford Bridge finally had a moment to take stock of their team's achievements. His free-kick on 52 minutes was spilled by Jussi Jaaskelainen and Didier Drogba poked home the rebound and then the striker returned the favour. Running onto Gudjohnsen's pass he back-heeled the ball to Lampard who scored from close range before adding a second just before the hour with a low free-kick.That free-kick had come as a result of a misjudgement by Gardner who, brought on to deal with Wright-Phillips, had been sent off for handling a pass floated over his head to the England winger. "Chelsea should have been 1-0 down and down to 10 men after the Essien tackle," Allardyce said. "I could be stood here with a victory under my belt and the first manager to beat Chelsea this season but they still might have beaten us with 10 men they have that much quality."Without Speed to counter him in the midfield, Frank Lampard took control of the afternoon's events. A tackle by Michael Essien on Tal Ben Haim - studs up, a raking down the leg - had earned the Ghana midfielder a booking rather than the dismissal it deserved.