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A year ago

LEICESTER 1-3 CHELSEA

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Clinical Chelsea proceeded with their new recovery under Graham Potter - as Gary Lineker watched them breeze past Leicester. Ben Chilwell got the opener against his previous club to establish the vibe for a 3-1 win and further facilitate the strain on Potter.


Kai Havertz's fine completion reestablished the guests' lead after Patson Daka evened out and Mateo Kovacic's volley fixed it. Chelsea forward Joao Felix hit the post and had an objective precluded by VAR while Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor missed a sitter for the hosts before Wout Faes was shipped off late on.




A third consecutive triumph, in the wake of arriving at the Heroes Association quarter-finals having taken out Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, ought to address the beginning of the recuperation under Potter. It was only the second time Chelsea had scored multiple times in a Chief Association game this season and there was an ease and clinical edge which has been deficient with regards to this term.


For Leicester, rout edged them nearer to the assignment zone having looked great to remain clear before the World Cup break. Wins for Bournemouth and Everton left the Foxes simply a point over the drop zone. Triumph for West Ham over Aston Estate on Sunday would leave Brendan Rodgers' men, who face excursions to Brentford and Crystal Palace next, seventeenth after five straight losses in all contests.




Match of the Day moderator Lineker came to help his old neighborhood club after the BBC advised him to move away from facilitating the features program on Saturday in succession over unprejudiced nature. Indeed, even James Maddison, the Foxes' most brilliant flash, couldn't motivate them and on the off chance that Lineker had expected a loosening up evening time watching his group he was mixed up as the hosts fell behind following 11 minutes.


Chilwell's corner was just half-cleared and reused by Kalidou Koulibaly who threw in a high cross past the far post where Chilwell held up having moved into the furthest side of the container. There was a lot to do as the hanging ball dropped however the safeguard's controlled volley got out Danny Ward at his close to post.



The Foxes almost hit back right away however Daniel Amartey headed Maddison's horrendous free-kick wide. Yet, Chelsea, drove the contentious Kovacic, were battling and ought to have multiplied their lead following 24 minutes. Havertz recognized Felix's run and his ideal pass sent the striker clear however the Atletico Madrid loanee's chip over Ward skipped off the post.


Only 90 seconds after the fact it was Leicester's chance to stir things up around town when Dewsbury-Lobby's 20-yard exertion cut Koulibaly and afterward the bar. The possibilities continued to come and Chelsea thought they had a subsequent when Felix perfectly completed a smooth move including Mykhailo Mudryk and Ruben Loftus-Cheek just for VAR to mediate and preclude it.




Felix ought to have been more focused, instead of wandering offside, and he was then at real fault for giving Leicester a 39th-minute leveler. The striker vacillated on the edge of his own crate and was looted by Ricardo Pereira with Daka getting the parts of crash into the base corner from 20 yards.


Having endure two let-offs Leicester were empowered and Maddison tried Kepa Arrizabalaga before the goalkeeper beat away Kelechi Iheanacho's depiction. Yet, similarly as the Foxes naturally suspected they had acquired an edge, they fell behind


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