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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22556427" data-attributes="member: 158020">Chelsea 1 Swansea City 0: Rudiger the match-winner for dominant Blues<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/29/21/46D1439200000578-5130025-image-a-64_1511990416008.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Antonio Rudiger's headed goal earned Chelsea a 1-0 victory over  Swansea City on Wednesday, but the margin should have been far greater  in a match that also saw Antonio Conte sent to the stands.Chelsea were in control from start to finish against a Swansea side  who failed to muster a single shot on target, but they were left to rely  on a somewhat scruffy Rudiger effort to claim a win that keeps the gap  to second-placed Manchester United at three points. Conte  was given his marching orders towards the end of the first half, when  he lost his temper after his side were wrongly denied a corner.   But  the Italian will have breathed a sigh of relief when his side  eventually and deservedly went in front – Rudiger heading home after  N'Golo Kante's effort took a huge deflection off Swansea striker  Wilfried Bony.While Chelsea will be grateful to emerge with the  three points, Swansea's concerns in front of goal continue following a  fourth successive match without finding the net.Eden Hazard  dropped to the bench in one of four changes to the Chelsea side that  drew 1-1 with Liverpool on Saturday and Willian – one of the players to  come in following his equalising goal at Anfield – came close to opening  the scoring in the 10th minute.The Brazilian's free-kick from the left curled just around the post  after Marcos Alonso came within a whisker of getting his head to the  delivery. On-loan Swansea top scorer Tammy Abraham was ineligible to play  against his parent club as Bony once again led the line, but the Ivorian  saw little of the ball early on, with Chelsea controlling possession  and testing Lukasz Fabianski with efforts from Davide Zappacosta, Pedro  and Alvaro Morata – a man who has scored more goals in the Premier  League this season (8) than Wednesday's opponents (7).Alonso  unsuccessfully hit the deck in search of a penalty under pressure from  Renato Sanches after 25 minutes, before Fabianski was called into action  again to tip over a well-struck Morata volley.The wing-back then  headed wide and a Willian cross deflected just beyond the left-hand  post off Alfie Mawson, but the home side went in at half-time with  nothing to show for their 11 shots on goal, while Conte was banished  over his furious reaction to the home side not being awarded a corner  following Mawson's lucky escape.Sanches, who arrived in south  Wales from Bayern Munich with much promise, was hooked at the interval  after another ineffective outing in the Swansea midfield, and Chelsea  finally got their goal 10 minutes into the second half.Bony got  his head in the way of a fierce Kante drive but only managed to divert  it into the path of the advancing Rudiger, who used his own head to  power the ball beyond Fabianski.Swansea finally drew a save from Thibaut Courtois when Jordan Ayew fired  across the six-yard box from a tight angle, but it was the sum of what  the visitors could manage against a Chelsea side who should already have  been out of sight.</blockquote>

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