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Hazard picked it up, took two touches and drilled a deadly shot into the corner of the net.

Five minutes later Fabregas fed Hazard, who laid the ball back, and Matic lasered it in off the bar from 30 yards. Tottenham were on the fl oor. Was it big- game experience? “I don’t want to say that Spurs do not have experience,” said Fabregas. “They have been playing together for a while. Yes, they are a young side, but they competed for the title last year, are four points behind us, were in the FA Cup semi- fi nal.

“Maybe when we were able to bring on three fresh players with experience, it made a big change.”

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