Leicester 0 Chelsea 3 LIVE: Blues go SIX POINTS clear after comfortable victory at King Power – latest updates

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW

If you had any doubts on Chelsea being title contenders before today, then surely you must be convinced of it now.

Thomas Tuchel’s men completely outfoxed Leicester and that is a kind way of me describing how the game went.

From the first minute, the visitors controlled possession and it wasn’t long before Antonio Rudiger exposed the Foxes achilles heel of conceding from set-pieces with a brilliant guided header on the 14^th minute.

N’Golo Kante then came back to haunt his former team yet again with a wonderful solo goal a little under 15 minutes later.

Brendan Rodgers made a couple of attacking changes for the start of the second half and it did spring his side into life for a short period of the game.

But Chelsea weathered that storm and it was check mate when substitutes Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic combined to score the Blues’ third and final goal of the day 20 minutes from time.

Three was a pleasant score-line in the end for the Foxes to say the least because had it not been for the active linesman, Chelsea could have easily had three or four more.

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CHELSEA PLAYER RATINGS

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KAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

How rude of me not show you N’Golo Kante’s solo run and goal which doubled Chelsea’s lead and took the sting out of the tie.

Didn’t know the Frenchmen had it in him and if he can do that more often, the next 5 fixtures will be a piece of cake for the Blues.

NEXT 5 FIXTURES

As for Chelsea, they will be on their travels in the month of December where they’ll be visiting Watford, London rivals West Ham and hopping on a plane to take on Russian champions, Zenit St.Petersburg in the Champions League.

But prior to that, the Blues will be rolling out the red carpet for some heavy hitters at Stamford Bridge because next up they welcome Italy’s most successful club Juventus in a Champions League group game.

And shortly after that, Thomas Tuchel’s men will have to deal with the hurdle of England’s most successful club in Manchester United.

COMING UP

The Foxes have little time to feel sorry for themselves because they are back at the King Power for their next two fixtures as they host Polish side Legia Warsaw in the Europa League and Premier League freshmen Watford three days later.

Leicester then have two tough away matches scheduled against Southampton and Aston Villa in the league which is followed up by a trip across the pond to Italy where the Foxes will be taking on 2x Serie A champions Napoli in their final Europa League group game.

RODGER THAT

The odds were always stacked against the Leicester gaffer because Brendan Rodgers’ lowest winning percentage and points-per-game ration are both against Chelsea.

At least he has the reversed fixture to improve that statistic.

BROKEN BRENDAN

Leicester head coach Brendan Rodgers looked like a broken man speaking to Des Kelly in the post-match interviews regarding the game.

The Northern Irishman highlighted where his side went wrong and that he is determined to solves the Foxes’ issues ahead of their upcoming fixtures.

We obviously conceded a disappointing goal from a corner so that gives them confidence and you can see why they are the European champions, they are a top team in every aspect of the game that you would want.

We lacked that little belief at the beginning of the game and of course then you go 2-0 down so we had to resurrect that at half-time

In fairness to the players, their attitude, their spirit, everything was much better in the second half.

Confidence has not been where it’s been in the last couple of years but that’s my job.

But there’s no doubt that we need to defend better and attack better as a team and that responsibility is down to me to find a solution to it.

Brendan RodgersBT Sport 1

SILVA SURFER

Keeping Jamie Vardy quiet is no joke but Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva seemed to make it look easy which is why he was named as BT Sport’s man of the match.

And according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, the Chelsea key figure has earned himself a contract extension at the club.

TUCHEL’S THOUGHTS

The Chelsea gaffer was delighted with his side’s performance this afternoon but he still had some problems with the team’s decision making in the final third.

Baring in mind the Blues scored three away from home with no reply.

I think we played a good game, a good away game and an excellent result. It’s a good mixture.

We knew we needed to be strong from first to last minute, this is what we did and I am happy with the effort and the quality. It was a deserved win.

It was a very good first half but still we was struggling in the last third with some decisions and some decision making and the precision.

Two goals and anything can happen. If you have one deflected shot or one set piece, whole stadium can wake up and the momentum can change but we didn’t allow them to come back into the game and third one finished it off.

Thomas TuchelBT Sport 1

TABLE REFRESHED

Those three points for Chelsea are huge because it means that the Blues go six points clear at the top before everyone else plays during the course of the weekend.

As for the Foxes, that’s a third consecutive Premier League fixture without a win and a second successive home defeat.

This time last season, Brendan Rodgers’ men were a point off the top spot so this is worrying times for Leicester indeed.

FULL 90 STATS

There was a little improvement from Brendan Rodgers’ men in the second half, but ultimately Chelsea dominated the game.

Some serious work is to be done if the Foxes want to turn this form around.

FULL-TIME

If the offside goals had counted, it could have been 6-0 but one thing Chelsea have done with this win is go 6 points clear at the top.

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

THREE GOALS THREE POINTS!

CHELSEA GO MARCHING ON IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!

FT: LEICESTER 0-3 CHELSEA

LEICESTER 0-3 CHELSEA

90+1. Just as Robbie Savage nominated Thiago Silva with BT Sport’s man of the match, the 37-year-old has just had a clash of heads with Jamie Vardy.

Thankfully both players are back up on their feet.

THREE MINUTES OF STOPPAGE TIME HAS BEEN ADDED ON

LEICESTER 0-3 CHELSEA

87. They want to get on the act now.

Trevoh Chalobah drove forward before finding Christian Pulisic and he picked out Ben Chilwell on the edge of the box who lined up a spectacular.

However the less said about the strike the better.

LEICESTER 0-3 CHELSEA

85. As expected, the Foxes fans are heading for the exit doors early in what has been yet another poor performance from their team at home.

Chelsea are such strong title contenders and if they hold onto this clean sheet, that will be four consecutive clean sheets on the road.

So impressive.

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83. I don’t believe this.

It’s another excellent well-worked Chelsea goal that is going to be chalked off for offside.

This one looked tight but it was the right call.

That’s three goals ruled out in about 12 minutes for the Blues.

AMERICAN DREAM

Hakim Ziyech put it on a plate for Christian Pulisic to make it three for Chelsea and here is how it happened.

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79. Wow that was a superb finish by Christian Pulisic but it’s going to be another goal ruled out for an offside in the build-up.

The linesman are really sparing Leicester blushes this afternoon.

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75. A change has been made by both sides as we tick towards the end of this contest.

Leicester:

• Boubakary Soumare – OFF
• Kiernarn Dewsbury-Hall – ON

Chelsea:

• Jorginho – OFF
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek – ON

Going off my lip reading skills, Jorginho seemed to have said to N’Golo Kante that his hamstring is gone so hopefully he won’t be out long term.

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73. It’s a shame because the Foxes came out in the second half with a real attacking intent about themselves.

But a simple through-ball after to Hakim Ziyech from Thiago Silva who by the way controlled the ball exquisitely and then followed by a nice pick-out for an unmarked Christian Pulisic in the box has led to the three points being put in the bag for the visitors.

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73. Wow, Chelsea had the ball in the back of the net again only a couple minutes later.

But thankfully for Leicester, Callum Hudson-Odoi’s strike was ruled out for offside.

Worrying times for Foxes fans.

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!

AND THAT SHOULD BE THAT!

THE TWO CHELSEA SUBSTIUTES COMBINE TO MAKE IT A CHELSEA THIRD!

HAKIM ZIYECH —> CHRISTIAN PULISIC

LEICESTER 0-3 CHELSEA

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