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Chelsea converted Leeds 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and recorded a major victory in the battle for the Premier League title.
With this success, the Londoners added 22 points and are now alone in the first place of the standings, ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham, who have 21 points each. However, the Merseysiders and Spurs have one game less.
Chelsea’s goals in the match were scored by Olivier Giroud (27), Kurt Zuma (61) and Christian Pulisic (90), before the guests went ahead with a goal from Patrick Bamford (4).
In general, the “blues” had more control of the initiative, they searched until the end of the three points and in the end they deservedly took the victory and are in the lead in England.
Leeds, for their part, started the game well, but did not believe they could get anything out of London and logically lost. Thus, the team remains in the second half of the table, remaining in 12th place with 14 points.
The match started wild and Chelsea may have scored early on, but Zieh and Giroud consistently missed excellent scoring opportunities. Leeds’ response was fierce.
By the fourth minute Patrick Bamford was in a clear position and made no mistake – 0: 1. The Londoners reacted immediately and took the game completely into the guests’ penalty area.
The positions in front of the Leeds gate were loaded one after another and logically an equalization was achieved. In the 27th minute Reese James crossed into the guests’ penalty area, where Giroud scored 1: 1.
The second half started with new attacks from Chelsea, but Havertz and Giroud missed. The logical thing happened in the 61st minute, when the Londoners made a complete turn.
Then Kurt Zuma took advantage of a cross from a corner and scored with a header by 2: 1. The “Blues” continued to dominate, but also missing. Christian Pulisic and Tammy Abraham made omissions.
In added time, Chelsea scored Pulisic’s third goal. Thus, the Londoners deservedly took the victory and are alone in the first place of the classification.
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