Chelsea trash the foxes 3-0 at King Power Stadium to extend their lead on the English Premier League table to six points
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.
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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.
The second half resumed with Chelsea still dominating possession and goal mouth action.
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.
