Chelsea relieved some of the pressure on manager Maurizio Sarri with a thumping 5-0 win over bottom-placed Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge. Higuain celebrates his first Blues double as Hazard nets twice.
Match Reports
Gonzalo Higuain scored his first two goals for Chelsea as they thumped Huddersfield Town 5-0 in Saturday's Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentina striker converted in each half, either side of a double from Eden Hazard, to cap an impressive home debut for the club he joined on loan from Juventus last month.
Chelsea completed the rout in the 86th minute, when David Luiz's header got the better of Jonas Lossl with a hefty deflection off Elias Kachunga.
Match Events
16'GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Huddersfield (Higuain)
GOOOAAALLLL!!! HIGUAIN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK!! The new arrival bags his first Premier League strike following more Chelsea pressure in the Huddersfield half, and he gets on the end of Kante’s brilliant throughball before slotting it past Lossl! 1-0 to the Blues, and it has been coming!
46'Penalty Goal! Chelsea 2-0 Huddersfield (Hazard)
HAZARD MAKES IT 2-0!! The Belgium winger makes no mistake from the spot as he scores his 11th Premier League goal of the season!
66'GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Huddersfield (Hazard)
GOOOOAAALLLL!! HIGUAIN MAKES IT 4-0 TO CHELSEA!! Hazard cuts inside and feeds the ball to Kante, who passes it first-time to an unmarked Higuain who curls in a splendid effort that Lossl simply had no chance of stopping!
69'GOAL! Chelsea 4-0 Huddersfield (Higuain)
GOOOOAAALLLL!! HIGUAIN MAKES IT 4-0 TO CHELSEA!! Hazard cuts inside and feeds the ball to Kante, who passes it first-time to an unmarked Higuain who curls in a splendid effort that Lossl simply had no chance of stopping!
86' GOAL! Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield (D. Luiz)
GOOOAAALLL!!! DAVID LUIZ MAKES IT 5-0!! A routine Willian corner finds a David Luiz in the Huddersfield box, and he is able to get a powerful header in on goal that Lossl is unable to get a firm hand on despite Schindler’s efforts to track him!
Match Ratings
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: G. Higuaín, Willian, D.Luiz, Azpilicueta, E. Hazard, M.Alonso, Barkley, Jorginho, Kepa, A. Christensen, N. Kanté
Subs: W. Caballero, O. Giroud, Pedro, M. Kovačić, A. Rüdiger, R. Loftus-Cheek, C. Hudson-Odoi
Huddersfield XI: J. Lössl, C.Löwe, A. Mooy, Schindler, Kachunga, Kongolo, T.Smith, Diakhaby, Mbenza, Billing, J. Bacuna
Subs: M. Jørgensen, Puncheon, Ben Hamer, A. Pritchard, Mounie, Hadergjonaj, Karlan Grant
KingDave10
400
Remove the mask Higuian we know you are Costa. 😄
eloksjoseph
367
Great performance from the lads today... if they can keep this form and be consistent.... I think they may get to win a trophy this season... maybe Europa league or League cup
kartiklm10cr7
297
n golo kante, la la la, n golo kante la la la, , He is so short, He is so sweet, He stop Leo Messi. In love with this song
tropicalda
236
Talking points: 🔹It looks like the Chelsea players are backing Sarri 🔹Higuain & Kante working up a good partnership 🔹Eden Hazard proved a point 🔹There is still hope for Barkley 🔹Exactly the result we needed after the heavy defeat midweek. Just the reaction Chelsea needed..
Marimc
232
FUN FACT 1: Since Toress' departure in 2015, no no.9 has ever scored outside the box until Higuain's goal today. FUN FACT : Higuain's first 2 games in a blues shirt is better than Morata's 2 years at the bridge
CesCoh4
223
This performance just goes to show that there is more to what these players are giving us performance wise. Standout players got to be Hazard, Barkley, kante, Dave and Gonzalo. Christensen was pretty decent and jorginho finding his feet perfectly. But one thing I noticed is our players got to have confidence to shoot outside the box this game could have easily been 6+ Gonzalo and Eden chemistry would be match made in heaven when in full force,willian is slowly losing it and must drop to the beach so has Alonso,people may say it's only Huddersfield but a confidence booster following the thumping at the hands of bournmount, Give sarri time he's got his plan worked out and i for one belive in him #KTBFFH
sahckmty
191
Hello. I. AM Chelsea support re why is it that Chelsea went Higuain and I don't went Hazard to go anywhere and. They have to brink back Diego Costa to my spacial team this is from RAMOS in Shama I AM very. sorry hazard is the best I'm fine with just know that you are a match that's why I sent this message is one of the best player in the world I love him but I much eden hazard god will bless you may god give you ever lasting life I beg you don't go anywhere stay in chase forever and ever when work for us score more goals we think this is lagos or no I say this is ramos yeah you can call me at the charcoal I find chassis no thank you bye bye bye bye
mighty96red
185
OMG..fantastic performance from Chelsea,also from new man higuain. the two goals are absolutely fantastic.world class performance. espectialy 2 nd goal.
RGGil
175
Piatek replaced Higuain at Milan and scored 2 goals Higuain replaced Morata at Chelsea and scored two goals It's now Morata's turn to score 2 goals for A. Madrid
Barca_West
152
Finally Chelsea have a striker who can net two on the pitch. Hazard was out of this world today, total class for the Belgian skipper
nkwaindesmondtosam
145
THE HIGUAN HAZARD COMBINATION IS LIKE EGG AND NOODLES. NO WONDER ALL THEIR NAMES START WITH H
SINGAM23
68
Sarri-Ball is No More... and now it's time of HiHa-Ball (Higuain Hazard - HiHa) [Spittongue]
johnson94
57
don't judge the team with this performance... because they played with number 20th team ... if the play against good team as like this ..that time we can say ..yeah it was the right call from sarri .... still long way to go ... come on blues...
HolumideAlonstar
47
The new arrival bags his first Premier League striker following more Chelsea pressure in the Huddersfield half, and he gets on the end of Kante’s brilliant through ball before slotting to the Blues, and it has been coming! It is unbelievable what we are expecting. now coming true. I think if Chelsea can continue like this it will be so great for them. Possession is not a matter of winning game but it depends on the way we attack our opponent then will make it. What a brilliant coming Goal Huguain
Mimkmsu
42
This performance just goes to show that there is more to what these players are giving us performance wise. Standout players got to be Hazard, Barkley, kante, Dave and Gonzalo. Christensen was pretty decent and jorginho finding his feet perfectly. But one thing I noticed is our players got to have confidence to shoot outside the box this game could have easily been 6+ Gonzalo and Eden chemistry would be match made in heaven when in full force,willian is slowly losing it and must drop to the beach so has Alonso,people may say it's only Huddersfield but a confidence booster following the thumping at the hands of bournmount, Give sarri time he's got his plan worked out and i for one belive in him #KTBFFH