{"id":32874,"date":"2017-02-01T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32874"},"modified":"2017-02-01T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:01:49","slug":"chelsea-tighten-grip-on-league-as-rivals-falter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32874","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea tighten grip on league as rivals falter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32873\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"chealsea12\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>London: Chelsea&#8217;s 1-1 draw away against Liverpool placed them comfortably atop the English Premier League amid disappointing results for closest rivals<a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/637-arsenal\"><strong> Arsenal<\/strong> <\/a>and Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>With 56 points from 23 matches, Chelsea has a nine-point advantage over Tottenham and Arsenal, while Liverpool sit in the fourth place, 10 points behind the leaders, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>Watford stunned Arsenal 2-1 on Tuesday. Goals from Younes Kaboul and Troy Deeney in the span of three minutes put the home side down 2-0 less than 15 minutes into the match.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Iwobi clawed one back for the hosts in the second half, but Arsenal couldn&#8217;t find the equaliser and were treated to a chorus of boos from their supporters at the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>The marquee match of the day was at the Anfield gound, where struggling Liverpool hosted Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, who have won only once in January and were eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup competitions, had more on the line against a Chelsea side they had already beaten earlier this season at the Stamford Bridge ground.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea took a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute on a spectacular direct free kick by David Luiz, who took advantage of confusion on the part of Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet.<\/p>\n<p>Georginio Wijnaldum brought the hosts level with a goal in the 57th minute, but Liverpool looked to be facing a fourth straight home defeat 20 minutes later, when the referee pointed to the spot after Joel Matip fouled Chelsea striker Diego Costa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"football-news\/44077-bengaluru-bow-out-of-afc-champions-league-reckoning\">Bengaluru bow out of AFC Champions League reckoning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard, who usually takes penalties for Chelsea, was not on the field, so Costa &#8211; with 15 goals in the Premier League this season &#8211; stepped up to the line and sent the ball on a path for the left corner of the net, but Mignolet guessed right and saved.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham, who posted an impressive win over Chelsea just weeks ago, squandered a chance to gain ground on the leaders, managing only a scoreless draw against relegation-bound Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p>At Riverside Stadium, hosts Middlesbrough, who are only two points above the relegation zone, held eighth-placed West Bromwich Albion 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Allardyce posted his first victory as coach of Crystal Palace, a 2-0 away triumph over Bournemouth on goals by Scott Dann and Christian Benteke.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea City maintained their improved form under new manager Paul Clement, beating Southampton 2-1. Jack Cork and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored for the Swans, Shane Long for the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Leicester City lost 0-1 against Burnley, who got their goal from Sam Vokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32873\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"chealsea12\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chealsea12-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>London: Chelsea&#8217;s 1-1 draw away against Liverpool placed them comfortably atop the English Premier League amid disappointing results for closest rivals<a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/637-arsenal\"><strong> Arsenal<\/strong> <\/a>and Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>With 56 points from 23 matches, Chelsea has a nine-point advantage over Tottenham and Arsenal, while Liverpool sit in the fourth place, 10 points behind the leaders, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>Watford stunned Arsenal 2-1 on Tuesday. Goals from Younes Kaboul and Troy Deeney in the span of three minutes put the home side down 2-0 less than 15 minutes into the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1398,1535,12975,466,1472,1392],"class_list":["post-32874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-arsenal","tag-chelsea","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-liverpool","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea tighten grip on league as rivals falter - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32874\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chelsea tighten grip on league as rivals falter - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"London: Chelsea&#039;s 1-1 draw away against Liverpool placed them comfortably atop the English Premier League amid disappointing results for closest rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. 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