Chelsea leave it late to defeat Stoke City
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Chelsea have
extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to 13 points
following a 3 - 1 win over Stoke although Tottenham have a game in hand
against Southampton.
Conte
was without Hazard for the clash but he made to forget his worries as
Willian scored a wonderful free-kick from an acute angle to give Chelsea
the lead.
Chelsea players celebrate Willian's goal
Though one could wonder if Lee Grant could have done better with the effort from the Brazilian.
Stoke
though they had equalized when Bruno martins Indi scored with a header
but Saido Berahino was adjudged to have pushed Ceaser Azpilicueta in the
build up.
The teams were level when
Jonathan Walters scored from a penalty after Gary Cahill was penalized
for pushing the Potters striker in the box.
Marcos Alonso shoots at Grant
Walters who once missed two penalties in a game against Chelsea shot high up into the net to draw the teams level.
Conte
changed his much-vaunted 3-4-3 formation to a 4-2-3-1 to supply more
bodies forward and he was duly rewarded as Cahill scored with just three
minutes left.
Stoke's misery was compounded when Phil Bardsley was sent off for a second bookable offence in second-half stoppage time.
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