Romelu Lukaku, Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic scored one each to lead a dominant Chelsea to a comfortable 3-0 defeat against a 10-man Leeds United at the Elland Road on Wednesday.
Match Report
It took Chelsea just four minutes to take the lead through Mount, who found the top right corner with a brilliant strike from the edge of the box on the counter.
Leeds were dealt another great blow 24 minutes in, when Daniel James was sent off for a horrible challenge on Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
The Croatian midfielder limped off the pitch a few minutes after James' tackle, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek taking his place in midfield.
Lukaku found the back of the net just after the half an hour mark, but his goal was ruled out for offside. The Belgian forward was very lively, with his header going just wide in the 34th minute.
Illan Meslier pulled off a fine save to deny Pulisic before the break, but the USMNT international capped off a smooth team move to double Chelsea's lead in the second half.
Lukaku failed to hit the target with a low strike from the edge of the box after the hour mark, but he managed to beat Meslier with seven minutes to go and sealed the victory for the Blues.
Chelsea are still third with 70 points, with Leeds currently being in the relegation zone, level on points with 17-placed Burnley, who have one game in hand.
Dan James was sent off for horror lunge on Mateo Kovacic in the first-half as Chelsea eased to victory at Elland Road.
Goals by Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku secured a routine win.
More to follow
Match Events
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
3' GOAL! Leeds United 0-1 Chelsea (Mount)
18' CLOSE! Llorente’s shot wide out
23' Red Card! Daniel James sent off
28' Kovacic out with frustration, Lofts-cheek in
30' OFFSIDE! Lukaku’s goal disallowed
42' Yellow Card! Phillips booked
55' GOAL! Leeds United 0-2 Chelsea (Pulisic)
58' CLOSE! Pulisic’s shot wide out
64' Lukaku's show time!
82' GOAL! Leeds United 0-3 Chelsea (Lukaku)
Line-ups
Leeds United XI: L. Cooper, Rodrigo, D.Llorente, Daniel James, Koch, K. Phillips, Raphinha, J. Harrison, P. Struijk, Illan Meslier, L. Bate
Subs: M. Klich, Firpo, K. Klaesson, Sam Greenwood, Jamie Shackleton, Joe Gelhardt, L. Hjelde, C. Cresswell, A. Gray
Chelsea XI: Lukaku, Alonso, Kovacic, Jorginho, Rudiger, Christensen, E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, Mount, Pulisic, Reece James
Subs: Thiago Silva, Azpilicueta, Barkley, Kepa, Werner, Ziyech, Loftus-Cheek, Sarr, Havertz
pompooFC
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Lampard thanking Chelsea with a salute for giving his club a Lifeline in the relegation battle 😂 😂 😂
KolaB
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Lukaku since Boehly Took Over
Musatunkara
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Lukaku is back Pulisic is back Chelsea is back let's go blues winning track started again until end of the season
RaiyanHasib
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I remember this lad getting so much hate last year. It's really good to see him finally developing as a player. 💙 you Mase
dfirst001
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Chelsea is a big team 💙 👏
Vuecklz
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What issue does Mount and Pulisic have with Lukaku🤔, He could have scored more if they weren't being selfish...I think Chelsea needs a creative midfielder, talking about the likes of De Bruyne, Pogba, etc. Someone who can break through the defence with killer passes
Lobklotuz
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Guys just watch the reaction of ziyech after he passed the ball to lukaku, he was like "am just gonna sit here and let lukaku do his thing"
kokonwadeQualify
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chelsea to arsenal and Tottenham 3rd position is meant for us u can't catch us
Easytemple-CR7-CP10
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Arsenal fan be like 😐😂🤣😂😂👇👇
Blairnation1
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From lakaka to real lukaku😎
DonaldsonK
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1 - Man City - 86 points 2- Liverpool - 83 points 3 - Chelsea - 67 points 4 - Arsenal - 66 points 5 - Tottenham - 62 points 6 - Man Utd - 58 points Man U can't get top 4 in EPL so we took them to Laliga 😂😂😂😂😂😂 1 - Real Madrid - 82 points 2 - Barca - 69 points 3 - Sevilla - 65 Points 4 - ATM - 62 Points 5 - Betis - 58 Points +17 goals 6 - Man Utd - 58 Points +1 goal Man U can't get top 4 in Laliga so we took them to Sirie A 😂😂😂😂😂😂 1 - AC Milan - 80 Points* 2 - Inter Milan - 78 Points 3 - Napoli - 72 Points 4 - Juventus - 69 Points 5 - Lazio - 62 Points 6 - Roma - 59 Points 7 - Atalanta - 59 Points 8 - 1 Man Utd - 58 Points Manchester United cannot make it to the top 4 in the Italian Seria A so let's take them to Ligue 1😂😂😂😂😂 1 - PSG - 82 Points* 2 - Marseille - 68 Points 3 - Rennes - 65 Points 4 - Monaco - 65 Points 5 - Rennes - 62 Points 6 - Strasbourg - 60 Points 7 - Nice - 60 Points 8 - Man Utd - 58 Points Manchester United cannot make it to the top 4 even in the French Ligue 1 let's take them to Portuguese league 😂😂😂😂😂 1 - Porto - 88 Points 2 - Sporting - 82 Points 3 - Benfica - 71 Points 4 - Braga - 65 Points 5 - Man Utd - 58 Points Now that they can't make it to top 4 in the Portuguese League, let's take them to Germany Bundesliga 1 - Bayern - 76 points 2 - Dortmund - 66 points 3 - Leverkusen - 61 points 4 - Man Utd - 58 Points Huraaayyyyy!!!! Finally they got a place in the Bundesliga 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 God bless Manchester united
frastel
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Chelsea is treating Arsenal the same way Man City is treating Liverpool in the EPL race
Antony Wasike
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Manchester united team of the season
Drbin
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Mount and pulisic are great together
Jaheim10
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pls send a 💓 for my wall and wish him a speedy recovery
Amgnonijunior
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Lukaku,Mount and Pulisic going home after the match 👇👇
Erasto_22
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That's a Hunter's goal💯💯
midestivah
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Mount was so annoying in the game,and I sense Mount has something against Lukaku, he always takes the shots himself even of lukaku is in a better position to shoot, that's unsportsmanlike conduct,he have to learn how to trust his teammates especially the strikers, if he thinks it's easy to be a striker, he should convert to a striker then. but I hope he change thay attitude
Bobraper
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