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93'Full-time! Chelsea ease past Stoke thanks to a hat-trick from Morata and a goal from Pedro.
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90'Three minutes off added time!
Yellow card
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89'Crouch goes in high on Fabregas and sees yellow. Could have been red.
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88'Off the line! Moses' fierce strike bounces of Morata and is cleared off the line by Johnson.
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87'Morata is incredibly close to getting his fourth as he runs onto a Fabregas through ball but he strikes wide.
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Statistics of Á. Morata in Premier League31110.35670
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82'Fabregas dinks a delightful ball over for Azpilicueta, he chests it down for Morata, who makes no mistakes and taps in from four yards out.
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77'Lovely from Morata! Johnson gives away possession he is punished as the Spaniard drives all the way into the area before finishing past Butland.
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76'Ibrahim Afellay replaces Martins Indi.
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72'Fletcher should score! Shaqiri picks out the midfielder in the six-yard box but, with the goal gaping, he somehow gets the header all wrong and the chance goes begging.
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70'Shaqiri plays a superb reverse pass that releases Allen through on goal. He looks to have stolen a march on Bakayoko, but he intervenes at the last moment with a fine challenge.
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69'Courtois is ok to continue.
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68'Pedro is replaced by Fabregas.
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66'Courtois lands awkwardly after punching clear for a corner.
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65'No penalty! Cahill brings down Choupo-Moting and the Stoke fans are screaming for a penalty. Mike Dean, however, waves play on.
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64'Crouch is found at the back post, he nods down for Diouf, who gets past Rudiger but fires over.
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61'Peter Crouch replaces the ineffective Jese.
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58'Alonso has been taken off by Conte before he sees red. He is replaced by Cahill.
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58'Kante brings down Sobhi and sees yellow.
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54'Allen volleys over the bar from 18 yards.
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53'No yellow! Alonso is lucky to be on the pitch here. He clatters into the back of Diouf but Mike Dean only gives him a stern talking to.
Yellow card
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52'Alonso is booked after a clumsy foul on Allen.
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51'Alonso goes down after the smallest of touches from Diouf. Stoke put the ball out for a throw in and he immediately jumps back to his feet. Shocking.
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50'Marato shows good pace to get past Martins Indi but his cut-back deflects into the hands of Butland.
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49'Shaqiri goes into the book for dissent.
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45'Chelsea kick off the second half!
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45'Chelsea head down the tunnel 2-0 up thanks to goals from Morata and Pedro.
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45'One minute of added time!
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45'Allen controls on his chest before firing a volley high over the bar.
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42'Stoke are really piling on the pressure towards the end of the first half. Fletcher sees a low effort blocked before Diouf's acrobatic overhead kick flies wide.
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38'Shaqiri delivers a fantastic cross into the area where it falls for Choupo-Moting, but he's unable to get a shot on target.
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37'Chelsea are having a good spell of possession and have calmed things down after Stroke were hoping for a quick response.
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34'Shaqiri's strike looks to be heading into the top corner but the Chelsea wall does it's job and blocks.
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34'Bakayoko brings down Allen to hand Stoke a dangerous free-kick on the edge of the box.
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Statistics of Pedro in Premier League3140.13210
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30'Pedro scores! The winger pounces on a poor chested pass from Fletcher and races through to expertly fire a curling effort into the bottom corner.
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28'The goal aside, Stoke have been the better team here.
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27'Morata does well to hold up play on halfway, bring a foul from Allen.
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21'Morata in fine form!
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 23, 2017
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19'Azpilicueta looks to play a long ball over the defence to Morata again but the striker is shoved off the ball by Martins Indi.
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15'Willian is looking sharp in the Chelsea midfield. All of the Blues' attacks are coming through the Brazilian.
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9'Choupo-Moting tries to find Allen, but Courtois is quick off his line to gather possession.
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5'Shaqiri finds Diouf with reverse pass, but the Senegal international gets caught in two minds and Cheslea clear.
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Statistics of Á. Morata in Premier League31110.35670
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2'Goal Morata! Chelsea's first attack ends in a goal. Morata runs on to Azpilicueta's long ball and calmly slots past Butland.
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1'Stoke get us underway!
Start of match
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— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 23, 2017
Pre-match
23 September 2017, 16:00
Referee: Mike Dean
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
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