A late goal from Cesc Fabregas helped Chelsea narrowly edge past Watford in a 7-goal-thriller at Stamford Bridge to record their 29th League victory of the season.
Goals from John Terry, Michy Batshuayi, Cesar Azpilicueta and ultimately Cesc Fabregas proved to be enough for Antonio Conte’s Champions to see off Walter Mazzarri’s Watford, who finished the match with 10 men after Sebastian Prödl was sent off in the dying moments.
Chelsea took the lead through Terry, Azpilicueta and Batshuayi in the first 50 minutes, but threw away a 3-1 lead after Etienne Capoue, Daryl Janmaat and substitute Stefano Okaka scored for the visitors to bring the Hornet back on level terms by the 75th minute.
Ultimately, Cesc Fabregas had to be sent on by Antonio Conte to save a heavily rotated Chelsea side and in the 88th minute, the Spaniard scored the winner to send the Chelsea faithful at Stamford Bridge into a frenzy.
Some pre-match shenanigans by the twitter fashion police, regarding Kenedy’s new bleached blonde look.
Chelsea’s young Brazilian Kenedy sporting the bleached blond look.
The worst decision from that family since Carl cheated on Susan.— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 15, 2017
Kenedy about to receive a guard of honour
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) May 15, 2017
Watford giving Kenedy a guard of honour is brilliant. He was on loan at Watford till January lmaoooo
— Shivam Manghnani (@shivamLM) May 15, 2017
When the commentator confused Michy Batshuayi for Nathaniel Chalobah. Not the first time to happen this season.
The confusion begins! @chalobah or @mbatshuayi ??????? @ChelseaFC #CFC #Chalobah #Batshuayi #ChampionsOfEngland https://t.co/vqFRLyNJZ9 pic.twitter.com/knaOAVXeg3
— Pratik Khatwani (@PratikKhatwani) May 15, 2017
Commentator just said “There’s the guy who made it happen.” with Chalobah’s face on the screen. ???
— Dami (@TheChelseaWay) May 15, 2017
Chelsea captain John Terry opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a towering header from Willian’s cross.
GOAL Chelsea 1-0 Watford (22 mins). John Terry bundles home a Willian corner to give Chelsea the lead at Stamford Bridge #CHEWAT
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 15, 2017
John Terry has now scored in 17 consecutive Premier League seasons; 41 goals in total.
It just had to be him. ? pic.twitter.com/F9jVg9xbTM
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
485 – John Terry scored his first Premier League goal since Jan 16th 2016, 485 days ago. Celebration.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 15, 2017
John Terry shedding a slight tear after scoring, what a man.
— Uber Chelsea FC ? (@UberCheIseaFC) May 15, 2017
John Terry’s 67th Chelsea goal. Legend. #cfc
— ChelseaTalk (@CheIseaTalk) May 15, 2017
John Terry’s goal..
✅Chelsea’s 100th goal this season
✅Chelsea’s 1,000th goal under Abramovich
✅Scored for Chelsea 17 seasons in a row— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) May 15, 2017
Only minutes later, an error from the Englishman on the opposite end gifted Etienne Capoue the ball and allowed him to equalize.
Now Terry is involved at the other end as his header loops up and allows Capoue to equalise on 23 minutes. #CHEWAT
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 15, 2017
Didn’t even get a chance to tweet how great it was Terry scored the 100th goal before that shambles ??? #CHEWAT #Chelsea
— Jenna (@jennamorrison) May 15, 2017
22: John Terry scores his first goal since Jan 2016
24: John Terry inadvertently assists Watford’s first away goal since Jan 2017 #CHEWAT pic.twitter.com/W88OoYuKLL
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 15, 2017
John Terry man of the match at the moment! #CHEWAT
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) May 15, 2017
Etienne Capoue scored Watford’s first away goal in 641 minutes of Premier League football.
With just a little bit of help. ?pic.twitter.com/5Rz8Pa9Exx
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
12 minutes later, Cesar Azpilicueta came to the rescue and with a fine strike from distance, helped Chelsea recover the lead.
That was Azpilicueta’s first Premier League goal of the season too. #CHEWAT
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 15, 2017
Is there anything that Azpilicueta can’t do? What a player.
— ㅤ (@HazardEdition) May 15, 2017
Nobody deserves that goal more than him. #Azpilicueta #CFC ?
— CFC FANTV (@CFCFANTVYT) May 15, 2017
what a prediction this turned out to be,
Azpilicueta will score today just you watch
— Luke (@Azpified) May 15, 2017
Cesar Azpilicueta has scored his first goal in the Premier League since January 13th, 2016.
What. A. Hit. ? pic.twitter.com/c7BjwcwcpE
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
3 – César Azpilicueta has been directly involved in a goal in each of his last three Premier League games (1 goal, 2 assists). Attack.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 15, 2017
Can’t get my head around how César Azpilicueta didn’t make TOTY, and it has nothing to do with that goal. He has been phenomenal at CB.
— manutd6th (@manutd53) May 15, 2017
As if you couldn’t love Azpilicueta more. He’s now kissing the badge ?⚪️
— A (@CostaBanta) May 15, 2017
AZPI HAS KISSED THE BADGE. FUTURE CHELSEA CAPTAIN.
— Adam (@Thibauted) May 15, 2017
Now that Azpi has scored he may finally get some credit. Easily the most underrated player in the league.
— Super Frank (@ChelseaAction) May 15, 2017
Title winner Michy Batshuayi nets his second goal in 4 days. Incidentally, his first Premier League goal had come at Vicarage road, when the Blues faced Watford away in a 1-2 win at the start of the season.
Chelsea 3 Watford 1. #CHEWAT pic.twitter.com/rGecEvG1kw
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 15, 2017
3 – Michy Batshuayi has scored three goals from just four shots on target in the Premier League this season. Clinical.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 15, 2017
Michy Batshuayi: Batshuayi has scored only 3 goals in the Premier League this season, 2 of which have come against Watford
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) May 15, 2017
2 minutes after Michy Batshuayi scored Chelsea’s third, Daryl Janmaat skipped past the Chelsea defence and finished beautifully past Begovic to make it 3-2.
GOAL Chelsea 3-2 Watford (51 mins). What a goal! Daryl Janmaat dances through Chelsea’s defence and slots coolly past Asmir Begovic #CHEWAT
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 15, 2017
Chelsea 3-2 Watford: Janmaat, coming in from the Watford left, finds it far to easy to pass Ake. Fires past Begovic.
— Dan Levene (@danlevene) May 15, 2017
We may have won the league but that’s no excuse for letting Daryl Janmaat look like Maradona.
— TalkOfTheBridge (@TalkOfTheBridge) May 15, 2017
Janmaat does a Messi and scores. 3-2
— Chelsea HQ ? (@Chelsea_HQ) May 15, 2017
Chelsea should be stripped of the title purely for letting Janmaat score.
— Luke (@Gizzo_) May 15, 2017
Stefano Okaka, who was brought on in the 71st minute, capitalised on confusion between the Chelsea defence to poke in the equaliser with only his third touch of the game. 74 minutes passed, 3-3.
Substitute Stefano Okaka levels it up on 74 minutes when the ball drops his way inside the box. #CHEWAT
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 15, 2017
Stefano Okaka has now scored 4 goals for Watford in the Premier League this season; this his first away from home.
Instant impact. pic.twitter.com/QTc9ckvmoD
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
Stefano Okaka:
Minutes – three
Touches – three
Goals – oneSuper-sub! https://t.co/27m77INn80#CHEWAT#watfordfcpic.twitter.com/fOdExJHbv2
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 15, 2017
Then, Cesc Fabregas was brought on in the 79th minute and 9 minutes later in a bid to try and fix the situation, and that’s exactly what he did.
Cesc Fabregas has now been directly involved in 12 goals in his last 10 home league games.
4 goals ⚽️
8 assists ?️Always delivers. ? pic.twitter.com/xRfqvhYSks
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
Imagine signing El Neny and Xhaka and not resigning Cesc Fabregas… #jheez
— huzy. (@HuzKhalifa) May 15, 2017
Fabregas is criminally underrated in today’s football.
— North✍? (@NxDzn) May 15, 2017
Fabregas arrived on the edge of the box. Ramsey’s runs are far more penetrating though. He’d have ran inside the goalkeeper.
— Essential. (@Obthjx) May 15, 2017
Fabregas quite clearly miles better than any other midfielder in the Premier League.
— – (@TacticalAC) May 15, 2017
Sums up his season. Comes on when we need him, and he’s delivered every time. Cesc Fabregas
— CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND (@LegendJohnTerry) May 15, 2017
Conte’s applauding the #CFC fans for singing Fabregas’ Magic Hat.
— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) May 15, 2017
Willian squares across the top of the box for Cesc Fàbregas who first-times his shot into the bottom corner. 4-3. #CFC pic.twitter.com/6m6dmX6sla
— Chelsea GIFs (@ChelseaGIFs) May 15, 2017
SCOUT: Fabregas has now returned either a goal or an assist in 10 of his last 11 GWs at home – 4 goals, 9 assists#FPL #CHEWAT pic.twitter.com/WZ4TtoQquM
— FPL (@OfficialFPL) May 15, 2017
Cesc Fàbregas: Has now had a direct hand in a Premier League home goal every 54.1 minutes this season pic.twitter.com/gFabXMvjwH
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) May 15, 2017
Antonio Conte’s wife cries after the fans chant ‘Antonio, Antonio , Antonio’. Sensational❤️. #CHEWAT #CFC pic.twitter.com/AgXVL43EmO
— The Blues ? (@TheBlues___) May 15, 2017
This is the first time Chelsea have conceded three goals at Stamford Bridge under Antonio Conte.
This wasn’t in the script. pic.twitter.com/ntAdYXMXm9
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 15, 2017
Cesc pelted w Celery after his winner, Conte nicking a crown & blow up trophy from the crowd, Batshuayi Zouma stealing one of the big flags
— Ben (@BenJoyceFoot) May 15, 2017
All hail King Antonio Conte. ? pic.twitter.com/KzUVWb5Gu0
— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) May 15, 2017
It’s something I bang on about so much, but the relationship between CFC fans and Conte has hit the heights of Jose already.
— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) May 15, 2017
Look at the love being showered on Conte. Someone must be fuming at Carrington
— Igwe (@Thesasquatch_) May 15, 2017
Conte is so thorough that he is getting his squad dress rehearsal for Sunday’s celebrations
— MH (@bluefrankly) May 15, 2017
