Hazard Inspires Chelsea Victory Over West Brom

Hazard Inspires Chelsea Victory Over West Brom

Eden Hazard’s brilliant brace lifted the gloom around Chelsea as Premier League basement boys West Brom were dispatched 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Heavy back-to-back defeats against Bournemouth and Watford led to evermore voluble questions surrounding the future of head coach Antonio Conte and placed the reigning champions’ hopes of a top-four finish in jeopardy.

Captain Gary Cahill dropped to the bench but the error-strewn element of recent outings was again in evidence and Salomon Rondon and Jay Rodriguez both could have put Albion ahead before Hazard did so for Chelsea.

There was further defensive generosity to enrage Conte until Victor Moses doubled the Blues’ advantage after the hour and a sublime 15th of the campaign from Hazard made the points safe.

Chelsea climb back up to fourth, a point above Tottenham, ahead of their next Premier League assignment at Manchester United at the end of the month.

7 – Eden Hazard has scored more Premier League goals versus West Brom than he has against any other team in the competition (7). Thorn. pic.twitter.com/XB1bKzPek6

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 12, 2018

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