Chelsea vs Watford result: Loftus-Cheek, Luiz and Higuain score as Chelsea beat Watford
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea hosted Watford in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
The Blues have their Champions League chances firmly in their own hands after they battled to a deserved win over the Hornets at Stamford Bridge. A tepid first-half was put behind them in the second with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, David Luiz and Gonzalo Higuain all scoring to move Maurizio Sarri's side up to third above Tottenham and Arsenal in the race for the top four.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke is at the Emirates this afternoon to watch this one, but he's had more than half-an-eye on the Manchester United game and chimed in on the struggles of a certain Norwegian finding the wheel a little tougher to grip:
Five minutes 'till kick-off. The players are in the tunnel, Bruno's wonderfully crafted beard heading the Brighton line.
Mesut Özil has the armband for Arsenal this afternoon.
Anthony Taylor has whistle in hand and cards in pocket.
Healthy crowd in at the Emirates, not perhaps always the case, and given this mightn't be the liveliest contest is actually quite heartening to see.
Brighton are in their change green strip, for whatever reason.
1 minute
It is a back-four for Arsenal, as anticipated. Glenn Murray leads the line for Brighton alone with a five-man midfield spread across as the hosts take early possession.
2 minutes
Off the woodwork!
Arsenal nearly strike from their first attack, Alexandre Lacazette tip-toeing through the bodies in the Brighton box and laying the ball off for Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who takes a touch and releases a shot from the edge of the box.
He hits it well and beats Mat Ryan to his right, the ball rebounding off the inside of the post. Close!
4 minutes
Lewis Dunk has his hands all over Alexandre Lacazette, conceding a free kick 30 yards out that Granit Xhaka will look to hoist into the box.
Flicked away for a corner.
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