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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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Full time at Vicarage Road then, and it sees Chelsea return to the top four after another masterclass from Eden Hazard.

The Belgian scored his 100th for the club to open the scoring, while his 101st ensured Chelsea go two points ahead of Arsenal, who drew at Brighton.

Hazard's goal came either side of a wonder volley from Roberto Pereyra, who struck with the virtually the last kick of the first half from a Holebas corner.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:26

Thank you for joining us tonight and for all our live blogs on what has turned out to be an action-packed Boxing Day, and make sure to stay close to the website for reaction throughout the day to the results.

Kishan Vaghela26 December 2018 21:28

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