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Eden Hazard scores twice as Chelsea beat Watford

The Belgian helped the Blues to all three points

Wednesday 26 December 2018 22:10 GMT
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Chelsea bounced back from defeat to Leicester with a hard-fought but impressive win at Watford.

Eden Hazard was the Blues' hero scoring twice to cancel out Roberto Pereyra's superb first-half equaliser and earn all three points and keep them in the hunt for the top four.

Here's how they did it:

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81 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Substitution for Chelsea, with Mateo Kovacic being withdrawn for Ross Barkley.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:10

81 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Big chance for Watford, but Troy Deeney can only flick wide at the near post!

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:11

82 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

And now a change for the hosts, with Isaac Success replacing Deulofeu.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:12

86 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Final change for Chelsea, and the sub is being subbed!

Callum Hudson-Odoi is brought off, having replaced Pedro earlier on, with Emerson his replacement,

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:15

87 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Chelsea have had a few chances to wrap this game up, and this is another.

A corner is cleared to Jorginho, who sets himself before firing a shot just over the bar.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:17

89 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

This ball really doesn't want to go in for Chelsea. Alonso lays it off to Willian, whose scuffed shot causes more problems than expected for Foster, who is glad to see it go past his near post.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:19

90 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Four minutes added on at the end of this one.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:20

90+3 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

A corner for Watford with Ben Foster coming up......

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:22

90+4 min: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

It comes to nothing, but not before we see an acrobatic effort from the Watford keeper.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:23

Full Time: Watford 1-2 Chelsea

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:24

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