Hazard, Costa score for the blues to keep the team at the top
Arsenal defender Calum Chambers (left) and Chelsea striker Andre Schurrle (right) vie for the ball during their English Premier League match against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in London on Sunday. Chelsea won 2-0. (Photo: AFP)
London: Chelsea went five points clear of reigning champions Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win at home to Arsenal in a fiery all-London clash on Sunday.Eden Hazard gave Chelsea a 27th-minute lead with a coolly-taken penalty after he had been brought down in the box by Gunners defender Laurent Koscielny.
Diego Costa’s ninth goal in seven Premier League games after an excellent lofted through-ball from former Arsenal favourite Cesc Fabregas sealed Chelsea’s victory 12 minutes from time.
The defeat, Arsenal’s first in the Premier League this season, left the Gunners nine points off top spot and meant Wenger had failed to beat a Chelsea side managed by Mourinho in 12 attempts.Earlier, Radamel Falcao’s first goal for Manchester United secured a 2-1 victory over Everton.
Colombia striker Falcao — signed on loan for a reported 10 million euros (7.8 million, $13.1 million) on transfer deadline day — marked his fourth United appearance by scoring from inside the box after getting on the end of Angel di Maria’s long-range shot in the 62nd minute.Argentina midfielder di Maria had given United a 27th-minute lead when he curled in a shot from just inside the penalty area after an excellent pass from Juan Mata.
Everton could have equalised on the stroke of half-time following a penalty awarded when Luke Shaw brought down Tony Hibbert but United goalkeeper David de Gea saved Leighton Baines’s spot-kick. However, Baines recovered his composure to whip in a superb cross from which Gary Naismith headed Everton level 10 minutes after the break.
( Source : AFP )
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