Associated Press

London, May 1:

Frank Lampard shot Chelsea to its first English league title in 50 years on Saturday as Jose Mourinho’s team beat Bolton 2-0.

The England midfielder struck in the 60th and 76th minutes at the Reebok Stadium and the Blues now have an unbeatable 14-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Second-place Arsenal, last year’s champion with only four games to play, can’t catch Chelsea, whose only other league title was in 1955.

Mourinho’s team has lost just one league match all season and has 88 points from 35 games,

including 27 victories. After referee Steve Dunn blew the final whistle, the celebrations began. Mourinho hugged his players as they sprayed champagne over each other while billionaire club owner Roman Abramovich applauded from the VIP box.

Italian Serie A

ROME: Andriy Shevchenko scored two goals within eight minutes early in the second half as AC Milan rallied to a 2-1 victory at Fiorentina to move three points clear of Juventus atop.

The record 12th win on the road this season lifted Milan to 76 points with four matches to play. The Turin team will be under heavy pressure as it can’t afford losing points ahead of the May 8 showdown with Milan at San Siro, which is likely to decide the 2005 title.

In an earlier match, an injury-time goal from substitute Rolando Bianchi rallied 10-man Cagliari to a 1-1 home draw with Reggina. Midfielder Giuseppe Colucci scored for Reggina.

Spanish La Liga

MADRID: Ronaldo scored twice in the final seven minutes to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad and narrow FC Barcelona’s lead atop the Spanish league to three points.

Jose Maria “Guti” Gutierrez, who entered in the 60th minute to replace Santiago Solari, set up both goals by Ronaldo, who increased his season total to 18, three behind league leader Samuel Eto’o of Barcelona. In other games, it was Atletico Madrid 1, Athletic Bilbao 1 and Numancia 1, Valencia 1.