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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23976885" data-attributes="member: 158020">Chelsea 2 Fulham 0: Below-par Blues  back to winning ways  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/02/13/6907646-6451791-image-a-82_1543758367452.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Chelsea responded to their first Premier League defeat of the season by  putting west London rivals Fulham to the sword in a routine 2-0 win.Maurizio  Sarri's men were beaten 3-1 by Tottenham last time out in the league but, after  easing to a 4-0 win over PAOK in the Europa League, did not to produce their  best to resume normal service.    Pedro pounced on a poor passage of play from the visitors to open the scoring  after just four minutes, and an excellent team goal finished off by Ruben  Loftus-Cheek made the points safe late on.   Fulham had briefly threatened a leveller before that decisive blow, making it  an unhappy return to Stamford Bridge for Claudio Ranieri, whose side remain  bottom, while Chelsea at least momentarily move up to third.   It took a mere 220 seconds for Fulham's defensive woes to continue as sloppy  play in midfield led to Chelsea's opener, their 1000th home goal in the Premier  League.   Cyrus Christie's poor pass put Jean Michael Seri in trouble and he was  dispossessed by N'Golo Kante.The France midfielder played in Pedro down the  right and the former Barcelona winger finished in style, cleverly evading Alfie  Mawson before slotting into the bottom-left corner.   Sergio Rico was left relatively helpless but the Fulham goalkeeper was  required to prevent Olivier Giroud from doubling Chelsea's lead, producing a  fine stop to keep out his close-range effort after the ex-Arsenal striker  latched on to Cesar Azpilicueta's right-wing cross.Fulham started the second  half in much more promising fashion and Seri almost atoned for his earlier  error, delivering a fine corner from which Calum Chambers saw his near-post  header brilliantly kept out by Kepa Arrizabalaga.   Chambers forced Kepa into a diving save as Fulham threatened what had  previously looked an extremely unlikely equaliser.A glorious chance to end any  Fulham hope went begging as substitute Alvaro Morata lashed over from  point-blank range after Rico turned Eden Hazard's deflected effort into his  path.   However, Rico was helpless as Loftus-Cheek finally put the game to bed,  playing a part in and emphatically finishing off a wonderful move involving  Pedro and Hazard.</blockquote>

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