Chelsea beat Leicester to head third in PL, avenges FA Cup loss
This time crushed via Chelsea, Leicester’s FA Cup celebrations were temporarily deflated via seeing its Champions League hopes jeopardized.
Chelsea dislodged Leicester from 3rd position heading into the Premier League finale with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday to depart Champions League qualification in its personal palms.
Timo Werner had two targets disallowed within the first part after VAR critiques, infuriating Stamford Bridge’s first crowd of 2021. However Antonio Rüdiger scored his first purpose in 15 months via bundling house Ben Chilwell’s deflected nook together with his thigh and Jorginho netted a penalty awarded after VAR made up our minds Werner was once introduced down via Wesley Fofana.
Highlights:
Kelechi Iheanacho side-footed in for Leicester to arrange a nervy end, however Ayoze Perez ignored a golden likelihood to equalize as Chelsea avenged Saturday’s loss to Leicester within the FA Cup ultimate.
Beat Aston Villa at the street on Sunday and Chelsea will seal Champions League qualification for subsequent season. There may be at all times the backup path into the contest — via beating Manchester Town within the Would possibly 29 ultimate.
