Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea: Blues display champion class against sorry Foxes

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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.

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.

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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.

50%
–
Exactly
50%
of
Antonio
Rüdiger’s
eight
Premier
League
goals
have
come
against
Leicester
(4),
the
only
Premier
League
side
the
German
has
netted
more
than
once
against
in
the
competition.
Foxy.

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—
OptaJoe
(@OptaJoe)

November
20,
2021

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.

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.

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.