Raheem Sterling bagged his first goal in Chelsea colours as his brace guided his team to a 2-1 win against Leicester City in the Premier League at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Chelsea had a horrible start to the game after Conor Gallagher was sent off in the 28th minute after being shown a second yellow card by referee Paul Tierney.
Chelsea, despite being a man down, showed no signs of backing off but neither team could score a goal in the first half.
Lady Luck shined on the Blues early in the second half after Sterling’s shot took a heavy deflection off Leicester’s Daniel Amartey and looped cruelly over keeper Danny Ward to make it 1-0.
Sterling scored the insurance goal and doubled Chelsea’s lead in the 63rd minute. It was a brilliant attacking move as Reece James’ whipping ball from the right-flank found Sterling who was in the right place at the right time to tap the ball inside the net.
The host did not have the most comfortable of finishes though courtesy of Harvey Barnes’ strike in the 65th minute. Barnes did well to play a one-two with Vardy to make space for himself. Once he did, he fired a powerful shot at Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy’s near-post and beat him.
Ayoze Perez came close to equalising in the 87th minute but his effort hit the post.
The win keeps Chelsea in sixth with seven points from four matches.
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