LONDON (AP) " Eden Hazard's double guided Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over Manchester City on Wednesday, ensuring the runaway leaders swiftly recovered from a weekend setback and prevented Tottenham from opening up the title race. With Tottenham storming back to win 3-1 at Swansea in a game that finished slightly earlier, Chelsea had an anxious conclusion to retain its seven-point lead over the north London club. Willy Caballero allowed Hazard's deflected to shot to go past him far too easily in the 10th minute after the City goalkeeper sunk to his knees too early. The Spaniard surged through open space and a stinging shot was parried by Courtois straight into the path of Aguero, who had a simple tap in in the 26th minute. At the other end, Caballero did dive correctly to save Hazard's penalty nine minutes later but the winger was primed to slot in the rebound in the 35th minute as Chelsea completed the double over City this season.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 05, 2017 21:00 UTC