Mason Mount scored one goal and created another as Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea won 3-0 against Leeds United at Elland Road and tightening their grip on third place.
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Chelsea were off to a blistering start – 1-0 up inside five minutes – before adding two more after the break and taking the three points. It put Thomas Tuchel’s team on the verge of Champions League qualification and lifts confidence ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final.
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Chelsea went ahead in the fourth minute when Reece James teed up Mount to curl a superb first-time effort into the top corner.
Setting us on our way! 😁 pic.twitter.com/5e4Dzm9PuO
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 11, 2022
Leeds were reduced to 10 men on 24 minutes as Daniel James received a straight red card for a challenge on Mateo Kovacic, who limped off shortly after.
Chelsea doubled their advantage 10 minutes after the break through Christian Pulisic, who controlled Mount’s clever flick before drilling his strike into the bottom corner.
A great move for the second of the night! 🤤
Read all about our win at Elland Road! ⤵️
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 11, 2022
With seven minutes remaining, substitute Hakim Ziyech squared to Romelu Lukaku, who fired in for his third goal in two matches.
The goal his work merited! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/0nvgO5eQ2B
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 12, 2022
Chelsea now have 70 points, four more than fourth-placed Arsenal, although the Gunners have a match in hand.
Leeds are 18th on 34 points, inside the relegation zone on goal difference and having played a match more than both Burnley and Everton above them.
Chelsea Coach Thomas Tuchel said ,”It was nothing new that we did today but we did it on a much higher level of focus and discipline than in the last matches.
We played very, very well from the very first minute and I was very happy with the level of focus and the level of determination and the level of support that we showed. We were strong in the challenges, we were brave in defending, we supported each other so I was very happy with the performance over the whole 90 minutes.
We were very strong when it was 11 versus 11. The focus shifts a little bit when you are one man more on the pitch because we get easier ball possession, but at the same time the level of focus needs to stay high and we needed to be very disciplined and not allow counter-attacks, because Leeds will never stop running and fighting.”
A happy gaffer! 😁
More from Tuchel after tonight's win! ⤵️
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 11, 2022
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