There really can be no doubt now that when the ribbons are attached to the Premier League trophy the light blue of Manchester City will be replaced by a darker shade. José Mourinho’s team are ticking off the challenges and their lead is now 10 points. With only half a dozen games to go, the residents of Fulham can expect a letter soon advising them of plans for an open-top bus parade.
For long spells it was a predictably conservative performance from the league leaders, but there is an expertise here in the art of winning football matches through structure, stubbornness and know-how and, when the opposition makes an error, being absolutely clinical. It also helps that they have a left-sided attacker, Eden Hazard, who could feasibly finish the season with a clean sweep of the player-of-the-year trophies to go with his championship medal. Hazard’s contribution has been immense and it was his goal, towards the end of the first half, that gave Chelsea the opportunity to remind everyone exactly how accomplished they are at not surrendering those positions. The ovation when Hazard was substituted in stoppage time told its own story and it was not long afterwards before Mourinho was out of his dugout, demanding even more noise, in that familiar victory pose.
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