Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: N'Golo Kante fires Maurizio Sarri's side to victory
Re-live the action from Selhurst Park
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Your support makes all the difference.N'Golo Kante earned Chelsea a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace to boost the Blues' bid for a place in the Premier League's top four.
Kante, a World Cup winner with France last summer, has been deployed in a more advanced position on the right side of midfield by Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea.
He netted his third Premier League goal of the season at Selhurst Park as Chelsea ended Palace's three-match unbeaten run to move five points clear of fifth-placed Arsenal in the battle for Champions League qualification.
Willian and Ross Barkley had hit posts in quick succession in the first half and the hosts' performance showed little of the style and substance which had earned victory at Manchester City eight days earlier. Re-live the action below:
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Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
52 minutes
Silva swings in a free kick and Laporte meets it. His header is wayward, though, and loops harmlessly over the bar.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
53 minutes
Crucial intervention from Targett, who slides in and gets a foot on a Sterling pass that was on its way into the path of Aguero. Southampton are working hard just to keep City out at the moment.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
55 minutes
McCarthy makes another impressive save. Sterling and Silva play a one-two, and the former finds himself through on goal. The goalkeeper makes himself big to keep out Sterling's left-footed shot.
Burnley 2-0 West Ham
58 minutes
Burnley should be out of sight at Turf Moor. Chris Wood, since opening the scoring, has missed a couple of golden opportunities. West Ham are showing no signs of coming back into it, though.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
58 minutes
Austin is in the book for a poor challenge from behind on Fernandinho. Frustration got the better of him there.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
59 minutes
A first change for Southampton as Romeu makes way for youngster Yan Valery.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
59 minutes
Mahrez plays a quick ball into the feet of Aguero, who swivels and hits a shot with his left foot. It cannons off the bar and away from danger. There are more goals in this for City.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
61 minutes
Southampton are really struggling to get out now. Mahrez, on the edge of the box, tries to curl one towards the far corner, but it's blocked by one of the many red and white shirts in the box.
Southampton 1-3 Manchester City
63 minutes
City break quickly from a Southampton free kick and Sterling picks out Aguero. His effort, on the slide, is blocked by Ward-Prowse.
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