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Terriers put to sword by dominant Chelsea

Premier league: Blues join United in second place with comfortabl­e win

- MarkWalker

Chelsea bounced back from Saturday’s Premier League defeat to West Ham with a comfortabl­e win at Huddersfie­ld.

Goals from Tiemoue Bakayoko, Willian and Pedro put the Terriers to the sword and moved Antonio Conte’s men level on points with second-placed Manchester United, who host Bournemout­h tonight.

Bakayoko opened the scoring midway through the first half when his clipped finish was deflected in off Chris Lowe.

Willian doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time by heading home Marcos Alonso’s cross and Pedro made it three five minutes after the restart with a smart finish into the top corner.

Laurent Depoitre headed home for Huddersfie­ld with the last touch of the game, but it was only a consolatio­n for David Wagner’s side.

Burnley moved up into the Champions League places with a late 1-0 win over Stoke, which heightened the pressure on City boss Mark Hughes.

A dour 0-0 draw looked on the cards at Turf Moor until Ashley Barnes lashed home in the 89th minute to send the Clarets fourth, above Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal, who all play tonight.

Hughes’ position could now come under further scrutiny following a heavy 5-1 loss at Spurs at the weekend.

Crystal Palace scored two goals in three minutes at the death to earn a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Watford and extend their unbeaten run to six games.

The Hornets looked to have the points in the bag as they led from the third minute when Daryl Janmaat headed home at the far post.

Tom Cleverley saw red late on for Watford for two yellow cards and then it all changed around as Bakary Sako levelled in the 89th minute with a scrappy finish and then in the second minute of time added on Scottish internatio­nalist James McArthur forced an unlikely winner.

The result lifts Palace out of the bottom three.

 ?? Picture: Getty Images. ?? Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicuet­a, Victor Moses, Willian, and Pedro celebrate the latter’s goal in the win at Huddersfie­ld.
Picture: Getty Images. Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicuet­a, Victor Moses, Willian, and Pedro celebrate the latter’s goal in the win at Huddersfie­ld.

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