LONDON (AP) " Leicester slumped to another big defeat before a Champions League game, losing 3-0 to Chelsea in the English Premier League on Saturday. Diego Costa scored his league-leading seventh goal to set Chelsea on its way in the seventh minute, before further goals by Eden Hazard and Victor Moses at Stamford Bridge. Leicester has sustained three-goal defeats before each of its games in the Champions League group stage this season, having already lost 4-1 to both Liverpool and Manchester United. It was a fourth loss in eight league games in a poor start to its title defense by Leicester, which was beaten only three times in the whole of last season in its surprise run to the championship. Chelsea made it 2-0 in the 33rd when Pedro Rodriguez somehow managed to flick the ball forward after falling on the ground.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 15, 2016 13:30 UTC