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| Chelsea’s Diego Costa celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates |
Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points with a 3-1 victory over a resolute Swansea City side at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Cesc Fabregas marked his 300th Premier League appearance with his sideโs opener after 19 minutes, finishing well after being picked out by Pedroโs cut-back.
Swansea worked tirelessly to avoid further damage and stunned the leaders shortly before halftime when Fernando Llorente rose to head Gylfi Sigurdssonโs quickly-taken free kick past Thibaut Courtois.
Swanseaโs hopes of a valuable point in their relegation battle ebbed away when Lukasz Fabianski allowed Pedroโs shot to squirm into the net restoring Chelseaโs lead and Diego Costa wrapped up the points with his 16th league goal of the season, volleying in from Eden Hazardโs pass.
Chelsea are at West Ham next, and Swansea host Burnley.
