Premier League: Pulisic again amongst targets, Kante and Rudiger rating as leaders Chelsea stroll previous Leicester

American ahead Christian Pulisic was again among the many targets as Premier League leaders Chelsea prolonged their benefit on the prime of the desk to 6 factors with a snug 3-0 win at Leicester City on Saturday.

The guests raced right into a two-goal lead inside 28 minutes after Antonio Rudiger climbed highest from a nook to go dwelling and N’Golo Kante arrowed in a uncommon purpose.Leicester improved after the break, however Chelsea remained in management and put the sport to mattress when Pulisic, who has endured a irritating, injury-interrupted season, stepped off the bench and scored within the 71st minute.The victory, Chelsea’s fifth from six away league video games this season, moved the Blues onto 29 factors, six away from second-placed champions Manchester City, who play West Ham United on Sunday.Leicester, who’ve for therefore lengthy been top-four challengers within the Premier League, are nicely off the tempo in twelfth after their fifth lack of the season.Chelsea began brightly, with former Leicester full again Ben Chilwell denied by the crossbar early on.The purpose that gave the guests the lead was all the time prone to come by way of one route although: Coming into the match, no facet had scored Premier League targets with headers this season than Chelsea, and no group has conceded extra by way of headers than Leicester. Sure sufficient, some slack Leicester marking allowed Rudiger in to go dwelling.It was all too simple for Chelsea thereafter, with Leicester, who beat the Blues of their earlier two conferences final season’s FA Cup last and a Premier League victory on the King Power in January – providing no response.With Leicester additionally permitting far an excessive amount of house forward of them, Kante took benefit to make it two, given time to hold the ball to the sting of the house penalty space earlier than firing in.It took the hosts till the 58th minute to create a shot on or off track, with substitute James Maddison taking pictures straight at Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, earlier than Daniel Amartey did really power Mendy right into a wonderful cease.Chelsea’s energy in depth was clear for all to see as two substitutes mixed to place the sport to mattress, as Hakim Ziyech fed Pulisic, who scored his first Blues purpose since August on the close to publish.It may have been extra, with Chelsea having three targets dominated out for offside, and wouldn’t have been undeserved, given their dominance on the King Power.