Bournemouth were valiant and ensured Chelsea could not simply lounge about in the south-coast sun but the league leaders ultimately subdued their hosts with the imperiousness of champions-elect. Not least because Conte keeps warning his players the only way it could become a reality is if they slacken off. Furthermore, Chelsea are getting the breaks when it matters, such as when they opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bournemouth are tenacious and when they finally regained possession in the 50th minute they immediately tried to sink their teeth into Chelsea. From then on Bournemouth were allowed to do nothing more than scamper gamely after Conte’s side as the visitors took command.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2017 18:34 UTC