The duo made sure Chelsea didn't struggle without in form striker Diego Costa who was serving a suspension thus opening up a nine point lead at the top of the summit.

Victory set a new club record of consecutive wins with the other record of eleven matches equalled last time out against Palace.

Antonio Conte opted not to hand Michy a first league start and instead featured Eden Hazard up front with Costa unavailable. Fabregas replaced N'golo Kante who was also serving a suspension.

The blues were the more productive of both teams in the opening minutes with Hazard registering the first shot after fifteen minutes. The Belgian who put in an all round impressive performance shot wide soon before playing a huge part as the blues opened the scoring.It was a brilliant inter play as Hazard twisted and turned before playing a pass to Cesc. The Spaniard teed up Pedro who made the job looking easy, curling a left footed strike into the top far corner past the outstretched arms of Boruc. Wilshire went close before a fantastic Rabona chip from Hazard tested Boruc once more although the referee has stopped play for a freekick.
Hazard was clearly unstoppable and won a freekick off Cook but Fabregas effort from 22 yards sailed into the roof of the net.Smith sent a freekick straight into the wall as the blues showed defensive resilence to head in ahead at halftime.
The second half started in almost the same manner as the first with Eden continuing to be a thorn to the flesh of the visitors backbone. The Belgian drew a foul off a very troubled Francis in the area before sending Boruc the wrong way for his 50th Prem league goal for Chelsea. The blues were dominant from the point on although they needed a brilliant stop from Courtois to deny the visitors a goal. Pedro was booked for a foul on Arter meaning he will miss our next game against Stoke having accrued five yellow cards. That however didn't deter the forward as he sealed up the point with an effort that wrong footed Boruc following a deflection..
So it ended 3:0 as the blues won for the twelfth game running and open up a nine point lead at the summit.


Well Done Blues!