Chelsea Scrape History Fulham, Leicester Up To Second
17 January, 2021
Fulham 0-1 Chelsea
Mason Mount's second-half hit was enough at hand Chelsea a 1-0 make an impression on ten-man Fulham on Saturday nights.
Antonio Rudiger, Jorginho and Olivier Giroud were recalled to the Blues line-up, as Kurt Zouma and Timo Wener dropped to bench.
Mason Mount went close on 25 a few minutes when Antonee Robinson's poor headed clearance fell in to the course of the Chelsea midfielder who rattled the crossbar from a tight angle.
Fulham must have gone ahead on 41 moments when Kenny Tete's low cross found a great un-marked Ivan Cavaleiro found in the box, but the latter sent his first-time hit over the crossbar.
The half ended on a sour note for the home side who had Robinson sent off after the full-back was displayed a straight red card for a rash challenge on Cesar Azpilicueta.
Despite having the numerical benefit, the Blues struggled to carve away chances after the halftime break which finally pressured Frank Lampard to withdraw Jorginho for Tammy Abraham along 64 minutes.
The breakthrough eventually found its way to the 76th minute when Alphonse Areola punched Ben Chilwell's cross in to the path of Mount, who sent a powerful in to the back of the net for his second league goal.
Leicester City 2-0 Southampton
Leicester City extended their unbeaaten set you back five matches found in the league with a good 2-0 make an impression on Southampton on Saturday night.
The Saints were without the services of Danny Ings, who had only recovered from Covid-19.
James Maddison got the game's opening goal in the 37th minute with a poweful hit from a tight angle after appearing played found in by Youri Tielemans.
The second goal found its way to second-half stoppage time because of Harvey Barnes' strike that sees the Foxes jump up to second spot in the league standings.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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