Leicester City vs Chelsea LIVE: Tuchel’s Chelsea breeze past Leicester to go six points clear at the top – Chelsea coasted to a 3-0 away win over Leicester City as Thomas Tuchel’s team powered on at the top of the Premier League on Saturday. It could have been a lot worse for Leicester as later on Chelsea had 3 goals disallowed due to offside. For all the Live Premier League action follow InsideSport.IN
Brendan Rodgers’ home side had twice defeated Tuchel’s men in 2021 already, but the Blues raced into a two-goal lead this time as Antonio Rudiger and N’Golo Kante struck in the first half.
Three goals. Three points! 👌#LeiChe pic.twitter.com/NzHk38CsnH
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) November 20, 2021
The visitors remained utterly dominant after the break and added a well-deserved third through substitute Christian Pulisic against the hapless Foxes, who did not record a single shot until the 58th minute.
Chelsea, who collected a fourth successive away league win without conceding for the first time since December 2008, at least briefly moved six points clear at the summit.
No Premier League team had scored more headed goals than Chelsea this season (four), while no side had conceded more than Leicester (four) ahead of this game, and Rudiger’s 14th-minute opener continued the trend.
Leicester City vs Chelsea LIVE: Tuchel’s Chelsea breeze past Leicester to go six points clear at the top
💥 @nglkante doubles Chelsea’s lead #LEICHE pic.twitter.com/6QLE6fUXVI
— Premier League (@premierleague) November 20, 2021
Ben Chilwell, who rattled the crossbar after just three minutes against his former club, delivered to the near post where Rudiger deftly flicked into the top-left corner.
Ademola Lookman thought he had equalised but was denied by the offside flag, before former Leicester midfielder Kante drove forward and arrowed past Kasper Schmeichel in the 28th minute to double Chelsea’s advantage.
Schmeichel produced a magnificent save after the interval to thwart Chilwell and, not to be outdone by his opposite number, Edouard Mendy responded with a similarly brilliant stop against Daniel Amartey.
HALF-TIME Leicester 0-2 Chelsea
Goals from Antonio Rudiger and N’Golo Kante give the dominant Blues a two-goal lead at the break#LEICHE pic.twitter.com/LYludMKlC9
— Premier League (@premierleague) November 20, 2021
Substitutes Hakim Ziyech and Pulisic then combined, but the latter could only poke wide. However, the same combination proved fruitful when Ziyech found the United States international, who prodded through Schmeichel’s legs from close range after 71 minutes. Pulisic and Reece James saw late strikes ruled out for offside as Chelsea cruised to victory.
🔵 +3 for table-toppers @ChelseaFC #LEICHE pic.twitter.com/MNsq6HmGNq
— Premier League (@premierleague) November 20, 2021
Leicester’s first real chance came shortly after the hour mark, when Daniel Amartey’s long-range drive needed a diving save from Edouard Mendy to keep out.
Chelsea’s third came from Christian Pulisic who, minutes after missing a chance created by Hakim Ziyech, combined with his fellow substitute to slot home with 20 minutes to go. Hudson-Odoi had the ball in the net just seconds after, but VAR rightly ruled it out for offside.
Pulisic had another ruled out for offside ten minutes later, before Reece James’ own strike was wiped out for the same reason, forcing Chelsea to settle for just three goals.
Leicester City vs Chelsea LIVE: Tuchel’s Chelsea breeze past Leicester to go six points clear at the top
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