{"id":265590,"date":"2016-11-05T19:54:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T19:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265590"},"modified":"2016-11-05T19:54:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T19:54:54","slug":"chelsea-5-0-everton-5-star-display-from-brilliant-blues-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/chelsea-5-0-everton-5-star-display-from-brilliant-blues-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea 5-0 Everton: 5-star display from brilliant Blues [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chelsea moved to the top of the Premier League after thrashing Ronald Koeman\u2019s Everton at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Goals from Eden Hazard, Marcos Alonso and Diego Costa gave the Blues a commanding half time before second half strikes from Hazard and Pedro sealed a comprehensive victory.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The result sees Chelsea move to the top of the table following Manchester City\u2019s 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough earlier in the day.<\/p>\n Antonio Conte\u2019s side have clawed back the Citizens\u2019 eight point advantage since the end of September, thanks to a run of five consecutive league victories, which followed their disappointing defeat away to Arsenal.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Everton remain in sixth place but the result leaves the Toffees with a single victory in their last six league games.<\/p>\n Hazard opened the scoring for Chelsea midway through the first half as he danced a past series of Everton defenders before finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Maarten Stekelenburg could have done better with the Belgian midfielder\u2019s strike but that mattered little to Hazard, who scored for a fourth consecutive Premier League game for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n And Stekelenburg had another moment to forget only 28 seconds later as Alonso doubled Chelsea\u2019s lead. Pedro\u2019s low cross evaded the waiting Costa but Alonso was waiting to drill the ball through the legs of Stekelenburg.<\/p>\n