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Mason Mount scored one of Chelsea's goals and set up the otherChelsea retained their place at the top of the Premier League with a hard-earned win over Watford in a game that was halted for 32 minutes because of a medical emergency in the crowd.
Both sets of players left the pitch early in the first half while the fan, who had suffered cardiac arrest, was stabilised.
When they returned, Mason Mount gave the Blues the lead with a first-time finish at the end of a lovely move involving Marcos Alonso and Kai Havertz.
Watford equalised when Ruben Loftus-Cheek lost possession and Moussa Sissoko set up Emmanuel Dennis, who scored with a shot that deflected off Antonio Rudiger.
But having scored his side's first, Mount then set up the winner by providing the pass for substitute Hakim Ziyech to fire past Daniel Bachmann.
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Watford
Squad number26Player nameBachmann
Squad number21Player nameKiko Femenía- Squad number5Player nameTroost-Ekong
Squad number15Player nameCathcart
Squad number11Player nameMasina- Squad number6Player nameLouza
- Squad number25Player nameDennis
Squad number8Player nameCleverley- Squad number19Player nameSissoko
- Squad number10Player nameJoão Pedro
- Squad number7Player nameKing
- Squad number2Player nameNgakia
- Squad number3Player nameRose
- Squad number33Player nameKucka
Chelsea
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number4Player nameChristensen
Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number17Player nameSaúl
Squad number3Player nameAlonso
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number9Player nameLukaku
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Line-ups
Watford
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 26Bachmann
- 21Femenía
- 5Troost-EkongBooked at 45mins
- 15Cathcart
- 11MasinaSubstituted forRoseat 12'minutesBooked at 84mins
- 6LouzaBooked at 45minsSubstituted forKuckaat 73'minutes
- 25Dennis
- 8CleverleyBooked at 84minsSubstituted forNgakiaat 85'minutes
- 19Sissoko
- 10João Pedro
- 7King
Substitutes
- 2Ngakia
- 3Rose
- 16Gosling
- 17Fletcher
- 18Tufan
- 27Kabasele
- 29Hernández
- 33Kucka
- 35Elliot
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16Mendy
- 14ChalobahSubstituted forZiyechat 60'minutesBooked at 65mins
- 4Christensen
- 2Rüdiger
- 28AzpilicuetaSubstituted forLukakuat 69'minutes
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 17SaúlBooked at 16minsSubstituted forThiago Silvaat 45'minutes
- 3AlonsoBooked at 45mins
- 19Mount
- 10Pulisic
- 29Havertz
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 5Jorginho
- 6Thiago Silva
- 9Lukaku
- 11Werner
- 18Barkley
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 22Ziyech
- 31Sarr
Referee:David Coote
Attendance:20,388
Live Text
Match ends, Watford 1, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, Watford 1, Chelsea 2.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt blocked. Kiko Femenía (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Troost-Ekong (Watford).
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Édouard Mendy.
Attempt saved. Juraj Kucka (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).
Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Hakim Ziyech.
Attempt blocked. Juraj Kucka (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua King.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Ngakia replaces Tom Cleverley.
Danny Rose (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Cleverley (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kai Havertz with a cross.
Offside, Watford. Emmanuel Dennis tries a through ball, but Tom Cleverley is caught offside.
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