Chelsea trash the foxes 3-0 at King Power Stadium to extend their lead on the English Premier League table to six pointsÂ
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Premier League leader, Chelsea defeated Leicester City 3-0 on their patch to temporarily extend their lead in the EPL to 6 points.
Antonio Ruediger opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 14th minute after heading home a corner from Ben Chilwell to make it 1-0 to the away side.Â
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It soon became 2-0 in favor of Chelsea in the 28th minute when N’golo Konte scored from a through pass from Reece James.
Leicester had decent ball possession in the first half but were unable to test the Chelsea keeper, as they had no shot on target. Â
The second half resumed with Chelsea still dominating possession and goal mouth action.Â
The visitors made their pressure count when they eventually scored a third goal in the 71st minute when Christain Pulisic scored from an assist from Hakim Ziyech to end the game 3-0 to Chelsea.
The Londoners with the win temporarily move 6 points ahead of Man City and West Ham who play tomorrow and later in the afternoon respectively.
