Chelsea put five past hapless Swansea
Blues stay top of the EPL with convincing win over Welsh side; Manchester United edge out QPR; Liverpool beat Villa.
Chelsea scored four goals in the opening 36 minutes in its 5-0 demolition of Swansea in the Premier League.
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17 Diego Costa (Chelsea) |
Oscar struck first within the first minute at the Liberty Stadium. Diego Costa added two more in the 20th and 34th, before Oscar grabbed a second for a 4-0 lead at halftime.
Substitute Andre Schurrle made it 5-0 in the 79th, three minutes after replacing Willian.
Elsewhere, substitutes Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson ended Manchester United’s three-game winless run in the English Premier League with second-half goals clinching a 2-0 victory at struggling Queens Park Rangers.
Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert scored to give Liverpool a 2-0 victory at Aston Villa that kept the team in touch with the European places.
Results:
Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
Burnley 2-3 Crystal Palace
Leicester 0-1 Stoke
QPR 0-2 Man Utd
Swansea 0-5 Chelsea
Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland