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Chelsea Ease Pressure on Porter, Beat Leicester 3-1

CHELSEA  deepened Leicester City’s relegation fears and increased the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers with a comfortable 3-1 win  at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.

Goals from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic sealed Chelsea’s third win in a week to extend their revival. 

Patson Daka had equalised for Leicester in the first half.

With Leicester dropping to two places above the relegation zone, their day was made worse by defender Wout Faes being sent off for two yellow cards late in the second half.

Graham Potter has been taken to the depths of despair during his brief reign as Chelsea manager, but this

With the  win at Leicester, Graham Potter and his team may finally be emerging from their monthslong nightmare. The Blues have now won three games in the space of a week — and qualified for the Champions League quarter finals — after winning just one of their previous 11 fixtures.

The dominance of their victory at the King Power was underlined by also having two goals disallowed for offside against the struggling home side.

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