Chelsea travel to Watford tonight with Antonio Conte’s side looking to bounce back from their midweek humbling by Bournemouth. The pressure is on for Conte and anything but a win at Vicarage Road will only make matters worse for the Italian. His side take on a Watford team that have not won in the league since the end of December.
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Watford 4-1 Chelsea
Before the the frenzy around Chelsea's disastrous game and Antoni Conte's future is questioned, lets appreciate that Watford performance. When Chelsea went down to ten men Javi Gracia encouraged his team to push forward and punish their visitors.
Gerard Deulofeu's attacking play and incisiveness in the final third was excellent in the second half and he really helped Watford put Chelsea to the sword.
Watford 4-1 Chelsea
Tiemoue Bakayoko set the tone with his early red card when two foolish yellows lead to his dismissal. Watford made their man advantage tell and Troy Deeney gave them the lead from the spot. Chelse fought back and were galvanised with Olivier Giroud's introduction from the bench. Eden Hazard entered his name into this weekend's goal of the competition with a stunning equaliser.
Watford refused to let their lead go and Daryl Janmaat, Gerard Deulofeu and Roberto Pereyra scored late to complete a deserved victory over Chelsea.
Watford 4-1 Chelsea
94: There's a lot of head scratching and pacing on the sideline. Antonio Conte is cutting an awkward figure in the technical area.
Watford 4-1 Chelsea
91: IT'S FOUR! Roberto Pereyra makes his way from left to right along the Chelsea back line and is slipped behind the defence. He takes a touch then hits the ball into the far left corner from the right side of the box. Watford and their fans are in dreamland.
Watford 3-1 Chelsea
87: Gerard Deulofeu drives from deep, takes it past Gary Cahill and slotting the ball into the bottom corner after a great run. He starts his run from inside his own half, that's a superb solo effort. Cahill is livid with David Luiz but the England midfielder just continued to back off Deulofeu.
Watford 1-1 Chelsea
81: We've seen some great goals this weekend and Eden Hazard has just joined the club with a screamer. He collects the ball from deep, touches it around two challenges and fires a precise shot into the corner of the net from outside the area. Has he just handed his manager a lifeline?
Watford 1-0 Chelsea
80: Chelsea finally get a shot on target. Eden Hazard ghosts his way through challenges on the right flank and pulls back a pass which Cesar Azpilecueta dummies to Cesc Fabregas who curls the ball into the goalkeeper's arms.
Watford 1-0 Chelsea
78: Chelsea are working the ball from right to left in the Watford half in search of a gap to exploit but no such opening has been found yet.
Watford 1-0 Chelsea
75: 'Barcelona, we're coming for you' sing the Chelsea fans. They're going to have to be a lot better against the Spanish league leaders, because if they play like this against Lionel Messi and co, they're in for a thrashing.
Weekend results:
Burnley 1-1 Manchester City
Bournemouth 2-1 Stoke City
Brighton 3-1 West Ham
Leicester 1-1 Swansea
Manchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town
West Brom 2-3 Southampton
Arsenal 5-1 Everton
Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle United
Liverpool 2-2 Tottenham
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