Over the same period in 2009, record-breaking blockbuster Avatar was in its second week of release and box office hit Sherlock Holmes had just opened.

BBC: Little Fockers tops US holiday box office chart

But the slowdown is not yet having any effect on what all the estate agents report to be a record-breaking period for sun-starved Britons buying houses in Europe, cashing in on a strong domestic economy and the weakness of the euro.

ECONOMIST: Hot property

They spent the beginning of the second period encamped in Everton's half and two Drogba free-kicks came close to breaking the deadlock - the first picked up well by Howard, the second headed wide by Lampard.

BBC: Chelsea 1-1 Everton (aet)