Prem: Chelsea cruise; Burnley up to fourth

Published on: 12 December 2017

1:43Huddersfield 1-3 Chelsea: Blues rebound from West Ham loss

Chelsea get back to winning ways by easily handling Huddersfield 3-1.

Chelsea cruised to a 3-1 victory at Huddersfield Town on Tuesday to temporarily go level on points with second-placed Manchester United.

Tiemoue Bakayoko, Willian, and Pedro scored to pace Chelsea, who caught United ahead of their home game against Bournemouth on Wednesday.

Willian played in Bakayoko on an overlapping run in the 23rd minute, and the Frenchman slotted home to provide the opener.

Two minutes before the break, Willian got a goal of his own by heading in Marcos Alonso's cross, and Pedro added Chelsea's third five minutes into the second half by slotting home from 16 yards,

Huddersfield then got a consolation goal in stoppage time when Laurent Depoitre headed home with the final touch of the game.

1:30Burnley 1-0 Stoke City: Clarets move into top four

Super-sub Ashley Barnes netted an 89th-minute winner, sending Burnley into fourth place in the Premier League.

Meanwhlie, Burnley are now in the Champions League places after beating Stoke City 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Ashley Barnes.

The game looked to be headed towards a 0-0 draw but Barnes struck in the 89th minute to help Burnley jump Liverpool. Arsenal and Tottenham into fourth place overnight.

2:58Crystal Palace 2-1 Watford: Palace winner in stoppage time

James McArthur scored the winner in the 92nd minute as Crystal Palace scored two after the sending off of Tom Cleverly.

Crystal Palace rallied late to stun 10-man Watford 2-1 and escape the relegation places.

Daryl Janmaat had given Watford the lead within three minutes, and they looked to be in control until Tom Cleverley was sent off in the 87th minute for a late challenge on Bakary Sako.

And the hosts wasted no time with the man advantage, Sako putting home a rebound to equalise, before James McArthur swept in Wilfried Zaha's pass to net the winner in stoppage time.

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