BLUES GET IT SPOT ON Lamps’ stars head back into top-four place

OLIVIER GIROUD, Willian and Ross Barkley got Chelsea’s Champions League bid back on track as they turned the screw on relegation-threatened Watford.

But victory looked like it might have come at a price for Frank Lampard as midfielder N’Golo Kante limped off appearing to hold a hamstring.

The Blues suffered a wobble in midweek when they suffered that lastgasp defeat by West Ham and momentarily dropped out of the top four yesterday.

But once Willian had added a penalty to Giroud’s fine opener they never looked like surrendering their lead. And after Barkley thumped home to put the icing on the cake they are now right back on Leicester’s coat-tails.

As for Watford, it’s now very much squeaky bum time.

And their fixtures against Norwich, Newcastle and West Ham in the next 13 days could well be make or break, with Manchester City and

Arsenal their last two games.

Nigel Pearson’s men matched Chelsea for

20-odd minutes, although that wasn’t difficult in what was a poor opening period.

Both sides enjoyed an equal share of possession but neither were able to carve out any notable opportunities. It was so flat, in fact, that the much was welcom necessary in t drizzle.

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