Chelsea vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Leicester City in the Premier League today.
Trevoh Chalobah made his first start of the season as Chelsea hosted Leicester in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
Connor Gallagher kept his place in midfield, with N’Golo Kante still sidelined with hamstring trouble.
Dennis Praet, Boubakary Soumare and Youri Tielemans all started for Leicester, who were missing Wesley Fofana ahead of the defender’s expected transfer to the Blues.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Leicester City
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
Chelsea vs Leicester City
That close-run victory sees Chelsea bounce back from their 3-0 loss to Leeds, with the Blues now sat sixth in the table. Leicester remain winless, despite their best efforts late in the game, and will drop to the foot of the table if West Ham win their next game. Worrying signs for the Foxes, but based on their fight and spirit showed to search for an equaliser, they should be just fine.
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If Leicester were to have scored and equaliser, it would likely have been set up by Tielemams, who provided so much creativity for the Foxes in that second half. The Belgian was unplayable at times, finishing with two blocked shots, six key passes, two good crosses, and made six tackles. He led the way for forward passes in Chelsea's half with 46, whilst winning 77.8 per cent of his duels, more than any other Leicester player.
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Sterling's two goals have come from just three shots, and he's also completed a key pass in a brilliant performance up front for the Blues. Clinical.
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What. A. Game! After the first half had everything but a goal, the second had them in spades! Sterling kicked off the scoring almost as soon as the second half kicked off, and doubled Chelsea's lead not long after. From then on though, it was all Leicester, with Barnes' superb strike getting them back into the game before they threw everything they had at Chelsea, but just couldn't find an equaliser!
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