Chelsea need to win this game to maintain their chase of Champions league football but Watford also need to gain any points from the match so they can escape relegation and stay in the Premier league. Chelsea have the first chance of the game when Pulisic plays a clever pass into the feet of Giroud who tries to score by smacking the ball across the goal but the Watford manages to stop the ball and stop a Chelsea goal. Chelsea continue to have the significant chances in the first half and Barkley plays a smart ball into Giroud who this time hits the ball into the Watford post and then into the Watford net making the score 1-0 to Chelsea. Next Pulisic then makes a marauding run down the left side of the Watford box but Mariappa makes a dangerous tackle, the blows the whistle and calls for a pen. Willian steps up to take it and calmly puts the ball into the top corner of the Watford net making it 2-0 to Chelsea going into the second half.
Chelsea are having most of the chances so far in the game and they have the first chance in the second half when the ball is played out wide to Willian who cuts in on his right foot and attempts to curl the ball across the goal but Foster manages to tip it around the post managing to keep the score 2-0. Watford have their first strong chance of the game after the ball is stolen off of Gilmour and the ball is played to the feet of Welbeck who attempts to pass the ball into the net but Kepa manages to palm the ball away from the goal and it is hooked clear by Rudiger. Chelsea now have the next clear chance when Azpilicueta manages to play the ball into the feet of Barkley who then smashes the ball into the roof of the Watford net finishing of the game. The game ends 3-0 to Chelsea bringing them closer to Champion league football.
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