04/11/2001 Chelsea 2 Ipswich 1 Sam Dalla Bona's spectacular last-gasp winner cruelly denied Ipswich a share of the spoils at Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea midfielder let fly two minutes into injury time to provide some welcome relief for the London club in an otherwise disappointing week. The Blues were knocked out of Europe in midweek by Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv and looked to be heading for a sixth winless match when Marcus Stewart converted a penalty with eight minutes to go. Gianfranco Zola had shot the hosts into the lead in the first period but the spirit that Ipswich had shown in beating Helsingborg three days ago was evident again and arguably worthy of a point. Claudio Ranieri made six changes from the team that started Thursday night's 1-1 draw, with just captain Marcel Desailly starting of the sixth that refused to travel to Israel a fortnight ago. Emmanuel Petit was ruled out with a knee injury but Chelsea's Italian boss decided to wield the axe and chopped Graeme Le Saux, William Gallas, Mario Stanic, Boudewijn Zenden and Eider Gudjohnsen from the team that started against Hapoel. The visiting Ipswich fans in the 40,000-odd crowd reminded their rival supporters of their contrasting midweek fortunes by chanting: "We're just a small club in Europe" as proceedings got underway. While George Burley's men, who will play Italian giants Inter Milan in round three, are enjoying their continental sojourn, their League form is causing concern. This was their 10th consecutive Premiership match without victory - a run which matches Burley's worst since taking the reins at Portman Road seven years ago. The last time it happened Town, who lie uncomfortably in the bottom three, were relegated. Chelsea created the better chances throughout the first period with 10-goal Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink twice manoeuvring into range in the first 10 minutes but failing to find the power to match his direction on both occasions. Ipswich, for their part, were restricted to living off scraps and captain Matt Holland and the impressive Hermann Hreidarsson both sent headers over the crossbar. The home side looked increasingly likely to open the scoring as time drew on with Frank Lampard and Dalla Bona both watching efforts deflect narrowly wide. Chelsea did have the ball in the net in the 27th minute as John Terry dived to head home after Matteo Sereni had spilled Lampard's drive, only for a linesman's flag to rule it out for offside. Mikael Forssell dragged a shot wide following a delightful dummy by Hasselbaink, who then watched Sereni hold his curling attempt from the edge of the area. Just as it looked as though Ipswich's luck was in, however, a moment of controversy saw them go behind. Referee Rob Styles failed to penalise Terry's manhandling of Richard Naylor, much to the disgust of an incensed Burley and his coaching staff, and a swift raid led to a 36th-minute opener. Lampard's surge into the area was halted by Titus Bramble but the ball ran loose for Zola, who despatched a left foot effort into the bottom corner. Tensions were clearly high and two minutes before the break Ranieri's men were inches away from a second. Bramble's foul on Hasselbaink was penalised and following prolonged remonstrations from a number of Ipswich players, Naylor and Jermaine Wright received cautions, the ball was moved 10 yards forward, to the edge of the box, from where Hasselbaink drove it the wrong side of a post. From the restart, though, the visitors were in the ascendancy, Mark Venus forcing Bosnich into his first save with a 62nd minute free-kick and Hreidarsson striking the side-netting. Last season's fifth placed Premiership side did eventually find a leveller as Mario Melchiot's shove on Stuart was spotted and the striker converted his fifth goal in four games and eighth of the season, sending Bosnich the wrong way. Just as it looked like the visitors had earned a valuable point, however, Dalla Bona arrowed his late effort beyond compatriot Sereni and Chelsea had bailed themselves out.