Caught on camera: Lindsay Lohan in her mugshot after being readmitted to jail earlier this week
Lindsay Lohan has been caught on camera apparently injecting what appears to be heroin into her arm.
The troubled 24-year-old is photographed wrapping what looks like a tourniquet around her arm before using a syringe to 'inject herself' with a substance into her left arm.
The photographs, printed in the News Of The World, come just hours after Lohan was released from jail after just 14 hours behind bars following the posting of £190,000 bail.
A source told the newspaper: 'These images of her with the syringe are terrifying. What no one knows for certain is just how often Lindsay does drugs - or exactly which drugs she does.
'Lindsay has made no secret of her drug addiction. People are used to seeing her off her head.'
Other photographs, apparently taken at a Hollywood party believed to have been held in 2007, show Lohan partying with socialite Paris Hilton, passionately kissing and cuddling her.
The actress was brought before a judge earlier this week after failing two drug tests this month. One was for cocaine and the other was for Adderall - a drug taken for ADHD.
More controversy: The 24-year-old has been caught on camera apparently injecting heroin
Terrifying: Lohan in 2007, the year the pictures were said to have been taken
After failing her drugs test, Lohan wrote on her Twitter page: 'Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight.
'I did fail my recent drug test. I am prepared to face the consequences.'
A Los Angeles judge overturned a ruling on Friday to deny Lohan bail and send her into custody at a Lynwood, California, jail.
'An order has been signed by Judge Patricia Schnegg granting writ of habeas corpus,' court spokesman Allan Parachini said on Friday night.
'Bail has been set at $300,000.'
Within hours the bail had been posted and Lohan walked free.
Judge Schnegg ruled, however, that Lohan must be fitted with a SCRAM alcohol-monitoring device.
She has also been ordered to keep away from shops that primarily sell alcohol, until her next appearance in court on 22 October.
The judge will then decide whether she formally violated her probation by failing the drugs test.
Lohan was ordered to jail until an Oct. 22 hearing after she admitted failing at least one court-ordered drug test in her three-year DUI case and was handcuffed and taken away.
Lindsay's reaction was apparently that of shock when she was remanded in custody.
She is said to have looked at her lawyer before being taken out of the courtroom.
Judge Fox scheduled a formal probation hearing for 30 days from now when Lindsay will have to answer to her failed drug tests.
Free woman: Lindsay Lohan hid behind the black curtain of her car as she was released from jail and driven home
Welcome to the circus: Media gather at Lynwood Jail to wait for news of Lohan
He had previously warned Lohan he would put her back behind bars if she tested positive or skipped one of her twice-weekly tests.
The Probation Department will apparently not recommend jail time for the second failed drug test because of an ambiguity in the paperwork.
It has also been claimed Lohan is planning to voluntarily check back into rehab, despite relapsing just weeks after being released from her court-ordered stay in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre.
A source told People.com: 'She will step up her treatment and do more than what she was previously ordered to do.'
If she does check back into a centre, it will be Lohan's fifth stay in rehab.
The actress previously spoke about her time in rehab, describing it as a 'vacation'. In an interview earlier this year with America's OK! magazine, Lohan explained: 'Well, the second two times I went into rehab, to be honest with you, I had to go because it was a court thing.
'It was an obligation. I had to do it to stay out of getting any jail time. And I took responsibility for that. And it was like a vacation.
'But it was a positive experience. When I was there it was like, there’s a lot of people that I know who should really be here now, not for drugs or alcohol abuse - just to learn about life. The world is nuts.'
Struggling: Mary Byrne couldn't keep up with the complex dance routine in the boot camp stage of X Factor
She was named the 'new SuBo' when she first auditioned and quickly became one of the favourites to win The X Factor.
But 50-year-old Tesco checkout worker Mary Byrne might have fallen at the first hurdle after struggling with a complex dance routine on the first boot camp episode of the show.
As she started to learn the dance routine, choreographed by creative director Brian Friedman, Mary started to lose confidence in her ability to perform the routine.
In pain: Mary complained that the arthritis in her knees was causing her immense pain
And it wasn't only her lack of confidence that caused her to doubt herself before she went on stage, as her arthritis in her knees was also giving her some trouble.
Mary said at the beginning of learning the routine: 'I had forgotten how amazing it is to do exercise - how electrifying it makes you feel inside.'
But then the repetitive dance moves started to get a bit too much for Mary, who suffers from arthitis in her knees.
Giving it her best shot: Despite being in pain, Mary took to the stage for the routine
Oops! But she promptly forgot the steps and made up her own moves instead
She said: 'My knees are starting to swell, my legs are seizing on me and the weight doesn't help. I'm not looking for excuses and I feel like I'm letting myself down.
'I want to try and dance for the judges. I refuse to be beaten by arthitis - I really am going to give it a try.'
And while she struggled to remember the dance steps as soon as she got on the stage, Mary just gave it her all with her own unique moves.
Controversial: Chloe Victoria forgot her words as she performed Wishing On A Star
Did she do enough? Chloe divided the judges with her performance
Afterwards, Brian said: 'Mary didn't give up and I love that. You need that drive and ambition.'
At the beginning of tonight's first boot camp episode, the 211 remaining acts made their way to Wembley Arena where they were put into their categories and allocated a song to sing.
While the girls were given Beyonce's If I Were A Boy, the boys regaled the judges with Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror and the groups tried their luck at Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.
Unique take: Cher Lloyd sang Coldplay's Viva La Vida in her own unique way
Rapper: She also included a rap which she had written herself
But it was the over-25s who were given the most unusual song when they were told they would all have to sing Lady Gaga's Poker Face. And while favourite Mary Byrne managed to bring her own take to the now infamous track, other more elderly people struggled to conquer some of the more complex melodies.
Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh, who began boot camp as a pair before the arrival of Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, were more serious than ever, with Simon reminding the acts before they took to the stage: 'By the end of the day half of you are going home.
'Today you're going to be put into your categories and you're going to sing one song. There are literally no second chances today.'
Second time lucky: Liam Payne, who got through to judges' houses two years ago, is hoping to make it further this time
Nervous: Despite forgetting his words before he went on stage, Liam managed to get through his rendition of Oasis's Stop Crying Your Heart Out
On his way to Wembley, Louis said: 'Bootcamp is tough - that's what it's all about. To survive in showbusiness you've got to be tough. You've got to go out there and deliver.'
And while many of the contestants sailed through the first stage of boot camp, others struggled with the pressure.
Cher Lloyd, 16, looked nervous and apprehensive before she performed her song, telling host Dermot O'Leary: 'I'm nervous about singing the same song as everyone else. The competition is heating up.'
Fun and sparkle: House husband Stephen Hunter went down well
Casual style: Marlon Mackenzie performed a Corinne Bailey Rae track
And Madonna wannabe Katie Waissel added: 'It's quite daunting when you've got these girls who are Beyoncing it out.'
But the pressure to stand out in the crowd was just too much for Tobias Sumpton, who forgot the words to the song and was cut from the competition in the first cull of contestants.
After coming off stage and sobbing, Tobias told Dermot: 'I had been practising all day but I just couldn't do it.'
What a surprise: The judges were stunned by Matt Cardle's performance of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
No belief: But Simon said the painter decorator has no self confidence
And when he found out he wouldn't be progressing to the next round, he admitted: 'I'm gutted, I'm absolutely gutted.
However, nerves didn't get the better of Cher, Katie or favourite Gamu, who all impressed Simon and Louis with their performances and were put straight through.
Someone else who was chosen to progress to the next stage was X Factor escort Chloe Victoria, aka 'Chloe Mafia', who arrived at boot camp hungover and stinking of vodka.
All or nothing: Yuli Minguel gave an energetic performance on stage
Dancing along: And the judges, including Nicole Scherzinger, loved the song
And before she sang, Chloe told the judges: 'I'm so nervous - I need a wee!' But that wasn't enough to put her off her stride, and her unique take of If I Were A Boy helped her get through to Day 2.
The second day of boot camp saw contestants greeted by Simon and Louis who told them that, in an X Factor first, they would be taught to dance by Freidman.
Wearing a low-cut khaki hoodie top, Brian told contestants: 'I don't want you to be scared. What we are going to work on is your stage presence and choreography.'
Simon added to the camera: 'This is something we have never done before, and I've no idea if it's the right thing to do or not.'
And while some of the hopefuls, including Girl group Husstle, were thrilled to be given the opportunity to show off their dancing talents, various other contestants found it more difficult than they first thought.
House husband Stephen Hunter, who was one of the first contestants to be put through at his audition, laughed: 'I have never danced in my life but it's amazing, I love it!! And I know I'm going to lose two and a half stone in a week!'
Through: Favourite Gamu will perform her solo track tomorrow night
Nice hat! Katie Waissel got through to Day 2, but can she go all the way?
Mary wasn't the only one who found the dance task daunting, as teenage student Zain Malik first refused to go on because he was too scared about performing the routine in front of the judges.
But then Simon decided to go backstage and speak to Zain to give him a boost and encourage him to take to the stage.
Simon said: 'Why aren't you out there? You can't just bottle it. Zain, you are ruining this for yourself. I'm trying to help you here. Don't do that again.'
Zain said: 'Simon came backstage and spoke to me and I thought I might as well give it a go.'
So, with some strong words from Simon, Zain decided to perform, and while his routine was deemed 'uncomfortable', it didn't go too badly.
On day three of boot camp, each contestant was told to choose a track from a list of 40 songs to perform solo in front of the judges, who were joined by Nicole Scherzinger on the final day of the boot camp stage.
Harmonising: Boyband F.Y.D impressed the judges with their harmonising
Splitting the judges: Storm Lee performed James Bond track Live And Let Die
Nicole told the contestants: 'This is where we separate the boys from the men and the pussycat from the dolls. Have fun and kick some butt!'
Teenager Cher was the first act to perform for the judges, singing her own take of Coldplay's Viva La Vida which included a rap which she wrote herself.
She said: 'I've put a lot of thought into this song but I decided to put my own take on it and write a little rap and I wrote my own lyrics to the rap.
'I'm a bit frightened that they don't understand what I'm about. I've just got to do my best.'
As she came off stage, Cher told Dermot, 'I didn't know I wanted it this much!' while Nicole told Simon and Louis: 'I like that she's original and unique and made it her own.'
Chloe Victoria decided to sing Wishing On A Star, but admitted she wasn't as prepared for the performance as she would have liked to be.
She told the judges ahead of the performance: 'I just want to show everyone that I can be what I want to be and I can make a better life for my daughter.'
But her lack of preparation started to show as soon as she started singing, and Chloe quickly forgot the words, before grinding to a halt.
Showing some moves: Girl group Husstle were delighted with the dance task
Impressed: Simon and Louis were impressed with Husstle's routine
Coming off stage, Chloe said: 'I could slap myself silly, I'm really really angry with myself.'
However, Simon said he was still unsure what to make of Chloe, admitting that he felt sorry for her following the performance.
Tom Richards was another contestant who divided the judges.
After his first audition, when Simon accused him of looking like he should be in a boyband, Tom tried to reinvent himself and performed James Bond track Live And Let Die for the panel.
But his performance didn't go down too well, with Nicole saying: 'I think he looks like he should be in a boyband!'
Liam Payne was one of the next contestants on stage, and decided to perform Oasis's Stop Crying Your Heart Out.
No confidence: Student Zain Malik refused to go on stage to dance
Stern: But he soon changed his mind when faced with Simon telling him off
After getting through to the judges' houses stage of X Factor two years ago, Liam was determined to get through to the next stage, saying: 'I want to show Simon that I mean business and that I have what it takes. This is the moment I've been waiting for.'
But while Louis and Nicole were impressed by his emotional performance, Simon wasn't so sure, adding: 'I like him but I think it was a little bit one-dimensional.'
Painter and decorator Matt Cardle was the last person to perform in tonight's programme, singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
And while he acknowledged that choosing the track, originally sung by a woman, was a risk, he explained: 'I've taken a bit of a risk with the song I've chosen, it's a girls song and I think I'm the only guy in boot camp to sing this song.
'I think it's right to take a risk at this stage.'
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Following his performance, Louis remarked: 'He's the biggest surprise for me so far.' Simon added: 'Do you know why we hadn't noticed him before? He's got no confidence or self belief at all.'
The judges will decide who will be going through to the judges' houses stage of the competition tomorrow night when the remaining contestants will perform their tracks. The X Factor is on ITV1 on Sunday night at 7.45pm.
Up for it: West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green denies Peter Crouch and then delivers a defiant message to his critics in the press box (below right)
Robert Green bellowed his delight, as accompaniment to the raucous relief of the West Ham fans, marched over to the main stand to milk the applause and was seen to deliver a gesture of defiance in the direction of the press box.
After the months of being written off he has endured, who could deny him his right of reply?
Showing the agility that made him England's No 1 before his and the national team's shocking World Cup, Green pulled off some special saves as West Ham clung on to Frederic Piquionne's first-half headed goal for their first win of the season, all the sweeter against fierce London rivals.
What a difference a week makes, at the bottom as well as the top of the Premier League. After a draw at Stoke last weekend, a morale-boosting midweek Carling Cup win at Sunderland and now this entertaining encounter, all of a sudden life looks less dark in the East End as the nights draw in.
'I like emotions in sport,' said the West Ham manager Avram Grant of Green's reaction. 'I tell all my players that you don't have to say anything because if you perform on the pitch, that is the best speech.
'We are becoming stronger and stronger. We have made mistakes but we are learning from them. I am happy with the victory because I know much this game means to the supporters.'
By contrast, it has been a miserable few days a few miles north at Tottenham, taking in their Carling Cup defeat by Arsenal. This setback followed five straight wins over Harry Redknapp's former club and the manager now has to inspire some better finishing in his inconsistent side for their Champions League match at home to Twente Enschede on Wednesday.
Super Fred: West Ham striker Frederic Piquionne (left) wheels away in delight after opening the scoring against Tottenham
'It could have gone either way,' said Redknapp. 'It was more like a basketball match than a football match. It's the first time I have lost to the super Hammers but I don't feel any worse. I don't want to lose any game.'
In truth, his reorganised side, missing Ledley King and William Gallas from the defence, struggled to recover from a sluggish start, in which Carlo Cudicini had to save shots from Piquionne and Kieron Dyer as prelude to West Ham taking the lead.
Mark Noble swung a corner from the left into the danger area and Piquionne rose above his team-mate Manuel Da Costa to power home a header from 10 yards through a crowded goalmouth.
Spurs had been forced into longrange shots, with West Ham closing them down quickly and denying them room to create clear chances, Scott Parker and Noble terrier-like in midfield.
Green pushed attempts from Jermaine Jenas and the silky Rafael van der Vaart round posts to make stops that might have been expected. As Tottenham stepped up the pressure looking for an equaliser before half-time, however, Green excelled himself.
Strong arm tactics: Kieron Dyer battles for possession with Gareth Bale
When Aaron Lennon cut the ball back to Luka Modric, the Croat got in a powerful shot from 12 yards and a goal seemed certain before Green finger-tipped the ball on to the crossbar and to safety. From the corner, he then saved Van der Vaart's low header with his legs.
Illness forcing off Dyer was a blow to West Ham and with Spurs also starting the second period with renewed intent, the home side struggled to rediscover their rhythm.
After Tom Huddlestone, sent through by Alan Hutton, went round Green but turned the ball high and wide from an acute angle as an unmarked Peter Crouch begged for it in the middle, the feeling grew, however, that it would be a barren day for Spurs.
Indeed, West Ham might have grabbed a second - with Cudicini saving well from the lively Victor Obinna and Noble's 25-yard drive - to spare themselves a nervous endgame. No matter. Spurs had been left Green at the gills.
Stop gap: Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia saves penalty
West Brom destroyed Arsenal's chance to close the gap on Chelsea at the top of the Barclays
Arsene Wenger emerged from the dressing room with the face of a man who had just inflicted some serious damage.
No more the tolerant, protective figure who nurses his charges through their weekly tests and tribulations.
This time, home truths had been told and blood had been spilled.
Last night in north London, they were trying to recall when Wenger came out with lines like 'I didn't recognise my team today ... we were collectively poor ... we got what we deserved ... it is unexplainable'.
There wasn't a single expletive and the voice was never raised. But coming from Wenger, it carried the force of a diatribe.
And what gave his criticisms a cutting edge was the knowledge that he had brought some of the troubles upon himself.
Over the past year or more, it has become a wearisome cliche to suggest that Arsenal lack a talented, efficient, dependable goalkeeper.
After Manuel Almunia's latest exhibition, the need is more pressing than ever. Wenger refused to condemn individuals, insisting his defence had made some massive collective errors.
Treble chance: Jerome Thomas shoots past Laurent Koscielny to score their third goal
But he knew, as 60,000 others knew, that the bulk of the blame for this extraordinary defeat should be laid at his keeper's creaking door.
Albion's second goal, the success which made them believe that victory was achievable, was a grotesque mistake by Almunia.
It emerged from the 52nd minute when a ball was slickly played into yards of space down the right and Gonzalo Jara moved on to the opportunity.
He assessed his options and decided to gamble on crashing a shot at the near post. A more confident, more competent goalkeeper would have stifled the drive. Almunia stooped arthritically, lost his bearings and somehow scooped the ball into his own net.
It was the kind of error which breaks a team's heart. Some 20 minutes later, he handed over the third goal and, effectively, the game.
Chris Brunt worked his way across the Arsenal defence and moved wide to the right. Amazingly, the keeper elected to follow him. He seemed to think about changing his mind, but it was far too late, and he was stranded yards outside his goal when the cross came over.
As Jerome Thomas clattered the drive, Almunia was barely in the same postal district. It was another calamitous error.
In truth, the inadequacies of Arsenal tended to overshadow the genuine virtues of a resolute Albion side.
Their manager, Roberto di Matteo, insisted that they had gone into the match believing they could win, and their positive approach endorsed his view.
Remember me: West Brom's Jerome Thomas celebrates scoring against his former club
Predictably, West Bromwich had attempted to impose themselves physically at the start, but their efforts were largely within rules and reason.
Jonas Olsson was booked for a reckless lunge at Emmanuel Eboue on eight minutes, but it was scarcely an outrage.
So Arsenal played their football, Albion did their work and the crowd waited for Arsenal to break the stalemate.
They went close a time or two, and never closer than Andrey Arshavin's effort which slapped against a post, but they could never find the pass to strip down the defence.
And when the really important break was made, it was Albion who made it. Brunt, a significant figure in midfield, ran into space and played a pass through to Peter Odemwingie.
Almunia came surging out, sprawled obstructively and brought down the striker for the clearest penalty.
Brunt took the kick, but struck the ball without power or intent, and Almunia practically fell upon the effort.
Hard to watch: Arsene Wenger
Equality at half-time was something Arsenal scarcely deserved, but it offered them the chance to set things straight after the interval. In fact, they never looked like taking it.
In five minutes, Albion were ahead.
Thomas, attacking on the left, went round Bacary Sagna rather too easily. The cross was cut back, and Odemwingie reacted half a yard ahead of the rest to take his chance.
It was then that Almunia played his disastrous hand. It might have been redeemed late on. With 15 minutes remaining, Sami Nasri picked his way through the tackles for a tidy goal.
Then as the game went into added time, he repeated the feat to raise hopes of a point which would have been ill-deserved.
In those last, hectic moments, a host of chances arrived, and all were missed. Justice was done, and one of the shocks of the young season was complete.
Leading by example: Not for the first time, Steven Gerrard (left) came to Liverpool's rescue
Just as the vultures were getting ready to circle manager Roy Hodgson, Steven Gerrard and referee Stuart Attwell came to his rescue.
This was a game that Liverpool simply could not afford to lose after their midweek humiliation against Northampton - and Anfield's Captain Fantastic duly bought his manager more time.
Hodgson also had some good fortune to thank as accident-prone referee Attwell helped his side on their way after only five minutes.
The official allowed Dirk Kuyt's goal to stand after Fernando Torres had provoked fury among the Sunderland ranks by intercepting the ball when they thought it was dead at a free-kick.
Michael Turner had rolled the ball back towards Sunderland's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, where he thought the free-kick needed to be taken, but it didn't reach and Torres pounced.
'For me, it's unjust, it's unsportsmanlike,' said Sunderland manager Steve Bruce. 'Everybody in the ground, including most of the Liverpool team, knew that Michael Turner didn't take the freekick. If Turner had kicked it forward, the referee would have whistled and rightly said the kick was 25 yards back where the alleged offence happened.
Kop that!: Sunderland's Darren Bent celebrates scoring from the penalty spot with teammate Jordan Henderson (right)
'I looked at the referee and he went three or four times to his whistle. He just got it wrong.'
Hodgson cared little and praised his players for their quick-thinking. After all, it almost sparked a much-needed Liverpool victory and the damage it did to Attwell's low credibility, as the official relied on his assistant, is certainly not the struggling manager's concern.
It said a lot for Sunderland's character that they recovered from the early setback to turn the match on its head with two Darren Bent goals, although Hodgson himself complained about the first from the penalty spot.
In the end, Sunderland just about escaped back to the North-east with a point, no matter how vehement and bitter their contesting of that Liverpool opening goal.
Gerrard was the reason for the draw as he stepped forward to save his team once again.
Red peril: Joe Cole (right) takes a tumble after a heavy challenge from Sunderland's Lee Cattermole
Liverpool's talisman was mysteriously employed just in front of the defence for the first hour and the team struggled, but he did his superhero bit to perfection nonetheless
Gerrard finally threw off his defensive shackles and levelled with a 64th-minute header that at least guarantees his club will be spared the embarrassment of sitting in the bottom three this weekend. Hodgson is lucky to have him.
The England midfielder's goal - his third in two games following a double at Old Trafford last weekend - nearly created the spark for something even more spectacular, with Liverpool laying siege to the Sunderland goal during six frenetic minutes of injury time.
The Kop found its voice for the first time as Daniel Agger twice missed from close range and Joe Cole had his shot brilliantly blocked.
'It wasn't the result we wanted but in many ways it was the performance we wanted,' said Hodgson, who at least stayed dry after being drenched in a virtual monsoon as his side lost dismally to League Two opposition in the Carling Cup on Wednesday
'This was a totally different team to the Northampton game but that was a disappointing night for the club and it was nice to react well to that disappointment.
'If we'd won, we would have moved up the table to fourth or fifth but I admit we're not playing like a team in the top five. 'We've been thrown in at the deep end together and have to learn to play as a team. It's the old adage that Rome wasn't built in a day.'
Liverpool were not to be denied on a day when tensions ran high and 2,000 home fans stayed in their seats for 30 minutes after the final whistle to stage a peaceful protest against the club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
How's that for opener's?: Dirk Kuyt celebrates after scoring Liverpool's first
They still lie 15th with one win in six games and could even fall to 17th after Stoke and Wolves play today.
Slip any lower than that and the fans' protests might soon be aimed at Hodgson as well as the beleaguered owners.
Manchester City's Carlos Tevez, left, celebrates his super strike
After handing Chelsea the title yesterday, Roberto Mancini watched his Manchester City side promptly snatch it away again as Carlos Tevez's second-half strike ended the champions' 100% record.
In a tactical battle with defences largely on top throughout, Tevez's moment of inspiration just before the hour proved to be decisive. Chelsea were unable to halt the South American's burst from halfway and he found the perfect finish too, through Ashley Cole's legs and in off the post.
Carlo Ancelotti's men battled hard to force an equaliser, but, just as they had done for most of the contest, they failed to open up a disciplined City defence and came no nearer than the header Branislav Ivanovic struck the bar with before half-time.
It rather showed up the opinion Mancini offered yesterday that Chelsea would win the title easily, and signalled City can join Manchester United and Arsenal in harbouring genuine hopes of glory next May as well.
It was slightly strange that the build up to a game between the Premier League big spenders, both have spent around £700m, should be centred around respective injury problems.
Yet that is exactly how it turned out, Ancelotti claiming he had just 12 fit players, which was one more than Mancini.
Magic moment: Carlos Tevez scored with a fine run and shot
Defensively, City are struggling with neither Joleon Lescott nor Jerome Boateng - who did make his debut as a late substitute - considered fit enough to start.
And once Wayne Bridge had failed a pre-match fitness test on a thigh injury it was anticipated would keep him out for another fortnight anyway, Mancini went for 19-year-old Belgian Dedryck Boyata, normally a centre-half, to make only his fourth league appearance.
Boyata rewarded his manager with a solid contribution to an obdurate defensive performance from City.
Only once were the Blues opened up properly, and that had nothing to do with the teenager.
In fact it was Tevez who drifted away from Florent Malouda as he anticipated a return pass to Didier Drogba, who had just taken a corner on the Chelsea left.
Tevez's movement gave Malouda the space to curl a deep cross to the far post, where Alex nodded it back to Ivanovic.
Tough battle: Chelsea's Florent Malouda struggled to find space
The Serbian had two goes at putting Chelsea in front. The first came bouncing back off the bar, giving him a second header to go for, this time Joe Hart making a comfortable save.
Apart from that, both goalmouths were largely underused
Knowing this was their biggest test of the season so far and without Frank Lampard to drive them forward from midfield, Chelsea were content to play within themselves, keep a fairly rigid shape and let City expend their energy trying to break them down.
For their part, the home side failed to get sufficient support to Tevez, who worked incredibly hard up front on his own but was limited to speculative long-range efforts.
Under such circumstances, it was hardly a surprise it began to get a bit tetchy and Pablo Zabaleta's booking for a reckless sliding tackle on Ivanovic gave way to a period of play scarred by physical confrontation.
Italian job: Roberto Mancini (right) and Carlo Ancelotti served up a dour tactical tussle
The first two minutes of the second period produced as much intense action as there had been in the whole of the first.
After Hart had pushed a curling Nicolas Anelka shot away from danger, Michael Essien should have done far better with the near-post corner than send his header sailing over the bar after being picked out completely unmarked.
City responded with their first meaningful assault on the Chelsea goal, which forced Cech to make a decent low save to deny Silva.
It proved to be the prelude to the deadlock being broken.
Yaya Toure and the nippy Silva deserve mentions for their short pass and running off the ball respectively after Ramires had conceded possession just inside the City half.
Tough battle: Chelsea's Florent Malouda struggled to find space
The rest of it was all the South American's own work as he ran ferociously at the visitors' defence, jinked to his right, then blasted a shot through Cole's legs and into the net off the inside of Cech's right-hand post.
Twice Essien tried to level from long-range. Twice his radar was way off and the ball sailed over.
Alex glanced a header wide after Boyata had marred his effective performance by getting booked for chopping down YuZhirkov,ry Zhrikov, but with Cole also belting a shot into the side-netting, Chelsea ran out of ideas.
After beating the Chelsea twice last season as well, City are rather getting to like this.
Caught on camera: Lindsay Lohan in her mugshot after being readmitted to jail earlier this week
More controversy: The 24-year-old has been caught on camera apparently injecting heroin 
Terrifying: Lohan in 2007, the year the pictures were said to have been taken
Free woman: Lindsay Lohan hid behind the black curtain of her car as she was released from jail and driven home
Welcome to the circus: Media gather at Lynwood Jail to wait for news of Lohan
