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London: Days after clinching the English Premier League (EPL) title, Chelsea needed a late goal to prevail over 16th-place Watford in a 4-3 goal fest.<\/p>\nLondon: Days after clinching the English Premier League (EPL) title, Chelsea needed a late goal to prevail over 16th-place Watford in a 4-3 goal fest.<\/p>\n
Chelsea coach Antonio Conte on Monday made nine changes to the starting 11 that secured the league crown last Friday with a 1-0 victory against West Brom, reports Efe.<\/p>\n
The line-up included Michy Batshuayi, who scored the title-winning goal against the Baggies and veteran Chelsea captain John Kerry, playing his final season at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
The visiting Hornets formed the customary honour guard for the champions ahead of the contest, which turned out to be a lot more exciting than expected.<\/p>\n
Terry scored off a corner kick in the 22nd minute, though Etienne Capoue later equalised for Watford courtesy of a mistake by the Chelsea defender.<\/p>\n
Cesar Azpilicueta, a fan favourite, made it 2-1 for Chelsea with his first goal of the campaign and Batshuayi put the hosts ahead 3-1.<\/p>\n
Instead of throwing in the towel, Watford came roaring back to pull level on goals by Daryl Janmaat and substitute Stefano Okaka.<\/p>\n
With two minutes left in regulation, Cesc Fabregas put the ball past visiting goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes to give the Blues a 4-3 victory, their 29th of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London: Days after clinching the English Premier League (EPL) title, Chelsea needed a late goal to prevail over 16th-place Watford in a 4-3 goal fest.<\/p>\n
Chelsea coach Antonio Conte on Monday made nine changes to the starting 11 that secured the league crown last Friday with a 1-0 victory against West Brom, reports Efe.<\/p>\n
The line-up included Michy Batshuayi, who scored the title-winning goal against the Baggies and veteran Chelsea captain John Kerry, playing his final season at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[16694,1535,1471,12975,466,22083,4396],"class_list":["post-34751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-antonio-conte","tag-chelsea","tag-english-premier-league","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-watford","tag-west-brom"],"yoast_head":"\n