HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0, CHELSEA 3 Towards the end of their defeat by Chelsea, a section of travelling fans uncharitably claimed that Huddersfield Town were going down. They probably weren’t minded to sing that in the first half hour when their team looked disjointed and were second to the ball as the Terriers made a better fist […]
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Terriers brought down to earth by Willian masterclass during comfortable Chelsea win
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1, CHELSEA 3
Willian scored one and made two other Chelsea goals as Huddersfield Town went 3-0 down within 50 minutes at a rainswept John Smith’s Stadium.
Town were unpicked by two first half goals by Tiemoue Bakayoko and Willian as Chelsea bounced back from weekend disappointment against West Ham with a richly deserved performance against a fatigued looking Huddersfield Town side who were down and out after just 50 minutes when Pedro blasted Willian’s layoff past Jonas Lossl.
Laurent Depoitre’s headed goal in injury time was a scant consolation for a Town side who had been throughly outclassed by Chelsea who were on cruise control by the end, going down to an eighth defeat in their last 11 games.
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