Chelsea v Leeds - Match Report

Dominant Chelsea move to the top of the league

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This was a solid all round performance from the team in blue as they ensured they kept their unbeaten run going and prevented Leeds from carrying on their momentum from last week’s win at Everton.

Chelsea were on top from the first whistle as Ziyech had a shot saved by...

Meslier and from the resulting corner Giroud headed wide at the near post. However, Leeds took a shock lead on the counterattack. Bamford capitalised on some poor communication between Zouma and Mendy to go round the keeper and slot it into the empty net.

This seemed to wake...

Chelsea up and Werner somehow missed from a yard out after Giroud flicked on from a corner. Giroud scuffed wide after Meslier gave the ball away poorly but on the 27th minute Chelsea managed to get themselves level. There was some nice work down the right by Ziyech, who would...

go off with a hamstring injury straight after, to feed the overlapping run of James and then he played in a fantastic low cross which Giroud guided into the net. For the remainder of the half very little happened with Chelsea dominating possession and nearly capitalised on...

poor defensive errors from Leeds.

The second half picked up exactly where the first half had ended with Chelsea becoming more and more dominant and creating a lot of clear cut chances. Havertz headed over and then a few minutes later Werner had two attempts saved by Meslier...

before Alioski deflected Mount’s rebound over. However, the inevitable happened from the resulting corner. Zouma jumped the highest and powered his header downward into the bottom corner to finally give Chelsea the lead. Then in added time the points were wrapped up by...

Pulisic, who got his first Premier League goal of the season. Chelsea worked hard to win the ball back in their own half, which fell to Kovacic who played Werner in behind. He then used his blistering pace to accelerate away from the Leeds defenders and then square it to...

Pulisic who did the rest.

Overall, Lampard will be happy with what was a rather comfortable win in the end and will now set his sights on the final group game of the Champions League against Krasnodar on Tuesday. Leeds struggled to use their press effectively against the...

Chelsea backline which definitely hindered their performance and will want to bounce back with a win against the inform West Ham on Friday night.

Man of the match: Ngolo Kante

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