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Leicester's woes continue with Chelsea thrashing

15th October, 2016
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Chelsea have demolished the team that succeeded them as Premier League winners, with champions Leicester City succumbing tamely 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Goals from the Premier League’s leading marksman Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Victor Moses on Saturday ensured Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri’s visit to his old club was a far cry from five months ago when the Foxes received a guard of honour for their title triumph.

The unmarked Costa’s seventh-minute strike was his seventh goal of the season, before Chelsea’s dominance was further rewarded, following more comedy defending, by Hazard’s expertly-taken second.

Moses finished a brilliant one-two 10 minutes from time to leave Leicester as the first English top-flight champions since Blackburn Rovers 21 years ago to lose their opening four away games of the season.

The result would have taken the pressure off Antonio Conte, who has been criticised for a slower than normal start with the Blues. Chelsea are out of European competition this year, but have already chalked up a couple of crucial losses.

Leicester on the other hand have slumped to their fourth loss of the season so far, after eight matches. In their last campaign, they only lost three games all season to win the Premiership by ten points.

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