Chelsea made an emphatic step forward in their assault on the title with a 3-1 victory over rivals Manchester City today
City dominated the first hour, but had only a Gary Cahill own goal to show for it before quickfire strikes from Diego Costa and impressive substitute Willian shocked Manchester City and changed the game completely.
Chelsea soaked up the pressure and hit City with a blow from out of the blue on the hour mark, after Costa brilliantly controlled a long pass from Cesc Fabregas and made no mistake with his finish. Nicolas Otamendi was. Eden Hazard wrapped up the Premier League leaders’ eighth successive win in the last minute before the game was basically ended after a shocking challenge from Sergio Aguero.
Chelsea fans everywhere celebrated the victory on Twitter :
Eight league wins in a row! Look at the scenes at full-time! https://t.co/kmXkOwIf9O
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/Chelsearory/status/805070261242462208
Antonio Conte appreciation tweet. pic.twitter.com/DvOXX4CEIJ
— Chelsea Transfers (@CFCTransfers) December 3, 2016
8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!! 8 wins in a row!!!!
— WeAreChelseaFC (@WeAreChelseaFC) December 3, 2016
Can't beat them, fight them HAHAHAHA
— WeAreChelseaFC (@WeAreChelseaFC) December 3, 2016
Antonio Conte was hailed by football fans everywhere :
Antonio Conte inherited a dead team, and has built them into monsters. Without any noise or any attack at fellow managers or referees!
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) December 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/ConteTweets/status/805058380746424320
Chelsea's Premier League form since switching to 3-4-3:
WWWWWWWW
Goals: 22
Clean sheets: 6
Conceded: 2All part of Conte's masterplan. pic.twitter.com/xNSZyNe7C5
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 3, 2016
Managers trying to use 3-4-3 against Conte. They think the formation is their ally; they merely adopted it. He was born in it, molded by it.
— Dami (@TheChelseaWay) December 3, 2016
Chelsea win ✔
8th straight PL win ✔
2 goals conceded in last 8 games ✔
4 points of the top ✔
Diego Costa top scorer ✔Title Conte-nders pic.twitter.com/UKynJgXad2
— 💫 (@iChelseaTweets) December 3, 2016
When Antonio Conte won the league unbeaten at Juventus, they said it was a weak league. Now he's in England and bullying everybody.
— SIDNEY (@sidneydiogu) December 3, 2016
Conte needs to chill pic.twitter.com/ypexjHb3oj
— Amro (@ThatBoyAmro) December 3, 2016
I'm so proud of Conte. He is a league mastermind. He might be pulling a Juve 11/12 when we had no CL football to worry about. Forza Antonio.
— xqcL (@suckmykurkula) December 3, 2016
Conte keeps making me take mi hat off. The worst of the top 6 squads and look what he's done.
Sure he has more in store to show.— Pedro Salinas (@pedrosalinass45) December 3, 2016
Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and David Luiz were all impressive in Chelsea’s victory, and Twitter recognised that :
Diego Costa scoring the equalizer for Chelsea. https://t.co/62xXC6xk7B
— Monis Abbas (@RizviTweets110) December 3, 2016
Diego Costa has been involved in 16 goals this season; no player in Europe's top 5 leagues has more.
11 goals
5 assistsAmazing form. pic.twitter.com/nx0VCCbjB7
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 3, 2016
Man of the match, @ChelseaFC's Diego Costa
33 touches
2 key passes
1 assist (5th PL this season)
2 shots
1 goal (11th PL this season) pic.twitter.com/fJRqBrIY3G— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) December 3, 2016
Costa 6 goals, 4 assists and 0 yellow cards in last 9 games. San Diego.
— James Horncastle OSI (@JamesHorncastle) December 3, 2016
What a great game! Costa Man of the Match. Bullied the @mcfc defenders 💪🏻💪🏻 #cityvcfc
— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) December 3, 2016
Premier League assists so far this season:
Cesc Fabregas (2)
Mesut Özil (1)
Paul Pogba (1)He's only started 2 games! pic.twitter.com/M4utSmsB0W
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 3, 2016
Fabregas proved many of us wrong today, he’s still more than capable of doing a job when Matic/Kante are out. Cheers! @cesc4official
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) December 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheManUtdWay/status/805059067551084544
Great pass from @cesc4official 👍 AMAZING assist #Fabregas ⚽️🔵 @ChelseaFC #MCICHE
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) December 3, 2016
Fabregas can't move his body in the way Conte demands… but he can move a ball like no-one else on that team.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) December 3, 2016
OHHHHHH FABREGAS IS MAGIC, HE WEARS A MAGIC HAT! GET IN THERE! DIEGO!!!!!!
— George Benson (@MrGeorgeBenson) December 3, 2016
David Luiz's game by numbers vs. Man City:
100% take-ons completed
7 clearances
2 interceptions
2 blocks
0 foulshttps://t.co/HFMh6LMypm pic.twitter.com/ueThWpSAeW— Squawka (@Squawka) December 3, 2016
In David Luiz and Fabregas, we definitely have the two best passers in the Premier League.
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) December 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/KevKc/status/805080572053848065
https://twitter.com/TacticalAlexis/status/805080138778034177
https://twitter.com/GlitchCG/status/805078287642816512
One user made a bet he is likely to regret come the end of the season, so let’s just get that on record :
If we win the league I'm getting Diego Costa tattooed on my ass. Remember this tweet.
— ً (@CFCJords) December 3, 2016