Antonio Conte’s men bounced back from the defeat at West Ham in style, with a very comfortable 3-1 victory against a Huddersfield side that had won three of their previous four home league games.
France midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko’s second Premier League goal set us on our way as he clipped the ball beyond Jonas Lossl after the Huddersfield keeper had slipped in the wet conditions when attempting a clearance.
Brazil winger Willian doubled the lead before the interval with a header, before teeing-up Pedro to hammer the third goal. Lossl’s slip that led to the first goal was unfortunate but the defending for Willian’s goal was poor, and Pedro was unmarked when he fired home.
There could have been more, but at the other end, Thibaut Courtois was denied a first clean sheet in four outings by a goal which was conceded in the dying minutes.
Substitute Laurent Depoitre headed in a late consolation but Huddersfield were beaten fair and square.
The win moves us level with second-place Manchester United, who host Bournemouth tonight at Old Trafford.
After the final whistle, Chelsea’s official Twitter account posted a tweet to which our fanbase reacted very happily. This is how the fans reacted to the result:
Back to winning ways 💙
— Alex (@Alexguazzelli) December 12, 2017
Good game, feeling excited! Well done blues👏🙌
— Gracey (@grace1670) December 12, 2017
Willian Bakayoko alonso performing after under fire. Elite mentality! Well done boys
— Daniel (@dannywicfam) December 12, 2017
Waiting for the Instagram story be like… 😂😝 pic.twitter.com/HDz2dS3p8H
— Jayesh (@geezerboy) December 12, 2017
Nearly a perfect performance 😟 Still, three points! 😃 We just need United to drop some points now. Well played Chels 👏🔵
— Tom Andrews (@CarefreeTom_182) December 12, 2017
Wassup with David Luiz, is he on strike or sth?
— Blu (@Blu86600593) December 12, 2017
Great performance +3 points #KTBFFH 💙💙💪
— sara ali (@sara_sy89) December 12, 2017
Well done Lads. Great spirit showed out there. Though the clean sheet wasn’t obtained but it was an awesome all round performance.
— Yusuf Musa (@Specialslim_1) December 12, 2017
Too much plastic fans around, despite the team won, they are still complaining of clean sheet, imagine if it was goalless draw, you would see them crying around here sack Conte. Well done boys!! On to the next👊🏽 #KTBFFH
— Jerdi (@jerdi07) December 12, 2017
Great performance by the lads but annoying to not get the clean sheet at the end… on to the next at the bridge! COYB🔵
— Isak Ibrahim (@IsakIbrahim5) December 12, 2017
@TimoeB08 finally Bakayoko
— mwasmimo (@mwasmimo) December 12, 2017
