Chelsea moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to Loic Remy’s late winner. The Blues started all guns blazing and took the lead within 87 seconds as Eden Hazard took Diego Costa’s ball in his path and smashed home his 16th goal of the season from 20 yards. Diego Costa doubled Chelsea’s lead before 10th minute as he curled in a beautiful strike, his 20th of the season, from Cesc Fabregas’ through ball.
But Hull refused to roll over as they scored two goals in 74 seconds to draw things level. First Ahmed Elmohamady tapped home from close range following wonderful work from Andy Robertson on the left flank. Abel Hernandez who missed an earlier opportunity when the score was just 1-0 scored following Thibaut Courtois’ error to give Steve Bruce’s side a chance going into half-time. But Remy scored with his first touch, after replacing the injured Costa in the second half.
Here are the major talking points from the game.
Is the title race over?
1. Three points is all that matters for Chelsea
This felt like the sort of game that was going to be a walk in the park. For the first 20 minutes, that certainly looked as though, it was going to be the case. But Hull’s spirited fightback ensured that it was a competitive game that went down to the wire.
But at the end of the day, Chelsea won. They are now six points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand. If you had told Mourinho before the start of the game that his team would win without putting in a convincing performance, he would have taken that. Especially considering the rest of the top four all won this weekend. If the Blues did drop a couple of points at the KC Stadium, then there might have been a few questions asked about his team selection and how his team set out to play. But Mourinho’s men did just enough to win and that is all that matters with just nine games to go in the season.