Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23627199" data-attributes="member: 158020">Chelsea 4 Cardiff City 1: Hazard  hat-trick sees off early scare  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/15/16/4308328-6171379-image-a-101_1537026921307.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Chelsea nudged ahead of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table as  Eden Hazard's hat-trick helped secure a come-from-behind 4-1 win over Cardiff  City on Saturday.   The Belgium star needed just six first-half minutes to erase an early deficit  and later returned to seal his treble from the spot as the hosts continued their  perfect start to the new season.    Cardiff did fleetingly threaten an almighty upset thanks to Sol Bamba's shock  16th-minute opener before Maurizio Sarri's men took command on the way to a  convincing fifth straight victory.   The in-form Hazard instigated a hasty turnaround that became a comfortable  three points when Willian curled home seven minutes from the end, ensuring the  Blues inched into top spot on goal difference.Neil Warnock's pre-match promise  not to "shut-up shop" took shape when Bamba stunned an expectant Stamford Bridge  crowd, prodding in defensive partner Sean Morrison's header.   Neil Etheridge twice denied Mateo Kovacic an immediate response but could do  little about Hazard's unerring bottom-corner finish that restored parity.The  comeback was complete a minute before the break as Olivier Giroud's gorgeous  cushioned touch freed his team-mate to force a second in off Bamba at close  range.   Cardiff remained in with a chance of extracting something from the match  until substitute Willian arrived to end the resistance, first drawing a Bamba  challenge that Hazard converted from the spot in the 80th minute, and then  delightfully getting himself on the scoresheet by picking out the top right  corner three minutes later.</blockquote>

Verification: Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

Top Bottom