Thomas Tuchel’s team showed grit and guile to claim first Chelsea’s home victory of the season against Leicester City, playing over an hour with 10 men on a warm day at Stamford Bridge to win a hard-fought three points.
An impressive victory for 10-man Chelsea! Raheem Sterling proving to be the difference with his brace – his first two Premier League goals for Chelsea. A late strike from Harvey Barnes proved to be too little too late.
Raheem Sterling is third player in Premier League history to score for each of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea after Nicolas Anelka and Daniel Sturridge.
Raheem Sterling’s first Chelsea goals came in a 16-minute salvo at the start of the second half, a brilliant curling effort followed by a predatory finish from close range. That followed the first-half dismissal of Conor Gallagher, who saw red for two quick bookings.
It was a far from straightforward afternoon’s work, with Harvey Barnes reducing the deficit swiftly and the hosts forced to defend desperately in the closing stages, also relying on Edouard Mendy to make a couple of key saves.
The Foxes finished with 12 shots to Chelsea five but the scoreline remained in Thomas Tuchel’s team favour, the result of great effort and endeavour in the south-west London sunshine.
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