(CNN) -- Late goals from Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a 4-2 win over promoted Reading at Stamford Bridge Wednesday.
The hard fought victory leaves Chelsea top of the early standings in the English Premier League with two wins from two games.
But they were made to work hard by the battling visitors, who led 2-1 deep into the second half after Frank Lampard had put the home side ahead with an 18th minute penalty.
Chelsea's new signing Belgium's Eden Hazard was again influential as they went ahead, winning a penalty after being pulled down by Chris Gunter.
Lampard easily beat Adam Federici and last season's Champions League winners looked set for a comfortable victory.
But in a dramatic turnaround, Russian international Pavel Pogrebnyak leveled with a firm header from a Garath McCleary cross before the visitors went ahead as Danny Guthrie's free kick found its way past Petr Cech.
It was a soft goal to concede by the home goalkeeper, but midway through the second half Chelsea were level after an even worse blunder by Federici.
He allowed a long range speculative effort from Gary Cahill to go under his body, similar to his mistake against Stoke in Reading's EPL opener Saturday as they drew 1-1.
Chelsea pushed forward in search of a winner, but there was an element of fortune as Torres struck, replays appearing to indicate he was offside as he received a pass from Ashley Cole in the 81st minute.
Federici's miserable evening was complete when the Australian came up for a corner in injury time, but it was cleared quickly and Torres then Hazard set up Ivanovic for the clinching fourth goal.
The three points put Roberto Di Matteo's men top of the EPL table for the first time since November 2010 after a fixture brought forward due to Chelsea's involvement in the UEFA Super Cup where they will play Spain's Atletico Madrid.
Source: Cable News Network
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