Chelsea celebrates Salah’s opening goal.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Chelsea in the first half after Nemanja Matic stretched the ball.
Round 33
Saturday, April 5Man City 4-1 Southampton
(Yaya Toure 3′ pen, Nasri 45’+1, Dzeko 45’+5, Jovetic 81′ – Lambert 37′ pen)Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham(Holt 70′ – Richardson 61′Rodallega 86′)Cardiff 0-3
Sunday, April 6 Everton – Arsenal, 1:30 p.m
West Ham – Liverpool, 4pm
Monday, April 7 Tottenham – Sunderland, 8pm
* Transcript
This is Chelsea’s 26th consecutive match unbeaten at home in the Premier League.
The victory over Stoke helped Chelsea climb to the top of the table, with one and two points more than Liverpool and Man City respectively.
Anyway, victory is extremely valuable for Chelsea in this sensitive period – especially after two consecutive defeats against Crystal Palace and Paris Saint Germain.
Fernando Torres was once again used despite being criticized by Mourinho in the 3-1 loss to PSG.
Chelsea 3-0 Stoke
An 11 million pound contract in the winter, Salah left a strong impression in his first match in the Premier League.
Willian also did not appear to be inferior in the match when he was chosen to play as a defender instead of Oscar.
Willian set the score 3-0.
The loss to Chelsea ended Stoke’s streak of three consecutive wins.
Aware of that, from the beginning, Ark Hughes’ players entered the game with the policy of playing safely at home, trying to slow down the match to avoid getting caught up in Chelsea’s attack.
Squad