Chelsea go 10 points clear after derby win

Premier League

The impeccable Eden Hazard and the irrepressible Diego Costa were the goalscorers but this was a team performance that will have thrilled their manager, where barely a Chelsea boot was out of place, until the 92nd minute West Ham consolation, and his team offered no glimmer of hope to the chasing pack.

After draws on their last two away games, at Liverpool and Burnley, here was a potential banana skin for Chelsea, reason for Mauricio Pochettino and Pep Guardiola to dream of a dramatic, late-season charge to the top.