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Chelsea show signs of revival as they thrash Palace

A hapless Hazard trudged off after just 15 minutes with a groin problem, his struggles this season encapsulated by his 2,289-minute goal drought with Chelsea.

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Following an uneventful start to the second half, Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma should have done better when he planted a back-post header from Willian’s free-kick over.


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However, Zaha was unable to summon the power or accuracy to beat Courtois from a promising position and Willian made Palace pay in the 60th minute.


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Oscar fired home Chelsea’s opener versus Palace…

“Jose is a fantastic manager and he will always be a fantastic guy”.

Palace were thrown. The goal changed the dynamic of the contest.

The Eagles went into the game without defeat in six matches but also without key players in the form of Yohan Cabaye (suspension), Connor Wickham and Yannick Bolasie (injuries).

But what didn’t make sense was just moments later, Joel Ward burst down the right only to be taken out by John Obi Mikel, yet there was no caution from referee Kevin Friend.

The injury to Hazard came early on as he tried to continue after pulling up sharply following a shot.

So far this campaign, the former Newcastle loanee has scored just one goal and created only two chances in eight league games for Chelsea.

As for Hazard, he usually features on the left of an attacking-midfield three behind a lone striker-one who has been similarly poor this season in the guise of Diego Costa. England 629-6 declared while @ChelseaFC call it a day at 3-0.

He told Sky Sports: “This was the Chelsea of past year, the football was first class and we kept the ball in tough conditions”.

An expected return by the next Premier League fixture for Dwight Gayle would not be more vital for Palace, who at the start of the New Year need to recapture a spark that could keep them in European contention. “We’ve had a couple of draws of late and been unlucky not to win more points, we’re delighted with three today”.

“Guus has come in, picked things up and we’ve had to go again”. “We feel like we’ve let everyone down”.

“We are where we are, but we’re slowly climbing the league table”. Normally if a player has been injured he likes to take time to get into good physical and mental shape, but he was eager to play against Watford.

“He had a hard game at Old Trafford, where they were searching for him all over the pitch, but he reacted well”.

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“[The first goal] was vital for us as much as them”.

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