Gonzalo Higuain inspires Chelsea to five-star rout of Huddersfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Gonzalo Higuain and Eden Hazard each scored twice as Chelsea claimed a 5-0 Premier League victory over Huddersfield to ease the pressure on head coach Maurizio Sarri.
On-loan Juventus striker Higuain, who enjoyed the best season of his career under Sarri at Napoli in 2015-16, struck after 16 minutes before curling in the fourth from 25 yards out.
Hazard, who has been singled out for criticism by the Blues boss, converted a penalty before half-time and netted his second after 66 minutes to take his season's tally to 15.
Huddersfield were well beaten and conceded a late fifth, credited to David Luiz after a wicked deflection off Elias Kachunga.
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Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of Chelsea vs Huddersfield, where Maurizio Sarri is desperately hoping to get the Blues' Premier League campaign back on track after a 4-0 drubbing by Bournemouth on Wednesday.
Chelsea vs Huddersfield
Team news
Chelsea make four changes to the team that lost 4-0 to Bournemouth.
Marcos Alonso, Ross Barkley, Willian and Andreas Christensen come in. Emerson, Rudiger, Pedro and Kovacic are out.
Jan Siewert make five changes for Huddersfield.
Aaron Mooy is back while Isaac Mbenza, Tommy Smith, Philip Billing and Chris Lowe return to the starting XI.
Striker Karlan Grant, a January signing from League One Charlton, is on the bench.
There's five games getting underway at 3pm:
Brighton 0 - 0 Watford
Burnley 0 - 0 Southampton
Chelsea 0 - 0 Huddersfield
Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Fulham
Everton 0 - 0 Wolves
Let's go!
Chelsea 0 - 0 Huddersfield
Willian on the right tries to find Hazard but the past is poor. Barkley picks it up though and drills a shot from 25-yards sending it wide of goal.
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