Hazard Cetak Hat-trick Antar Chelsea ke Puncak Klasemen
Hazard Hat-trick Sends Delighted Blues Top of the League
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
London (B2B) - Hattrick Eden Hazard yang memberi kemenangan Chelsea 3-0 atas Newcastle United, mengantarkan The Blues ke posisi puncak klasemen sementara Liga Primer Inggris.
Eden Hazard membuka skor di menit ke-27 ketika ia berhasil menyambut umpan silang rendah Branislav Ivanovic, lalu mengirimkan bola melewati Tim Krul dengan kaki kanannya.
Pemain asal Belgia tersebut menggandakan keunggulan Chelsea tujuh menit kemudian setelah menyelesaikan permainan rapi satu-dua dengan Samuel Eto'o, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Chelsea mengamankan tiga poin ketika Hazard menyelesaikan hat-trick setelah laga berjalan satu jam. Pemain berusia 23 tahun mecetak gol ketiga dari titik penalti setelah Eto'o dilanggar oleh Mapoi Yanga-Mbiwa.
Dengan hasil imbang yang diperoleh Machester City saat bertandang ke markas Norwich City dan kekalahan telah yang diterima Arsenal kala melawan Liverpool, kemenangan yang diraih Chelsea ini mengantar pasukan Jose Mourincho ke puncak klasemen Liga Primer Inggris.
London - Eden Hazard scored a hat-trick as Chelsea capitalised on Arsenal's crushing defeat at Liverpool by beating Newcastle United 3-0 to claim top spot in the Premier League on Saturday.
Hazard broke the deadlock in the 27th minute with a first-time finish from a Branislav Ivanovic pass and the Belgian added a second seven minutes later following a neat back-heel by Samuel Eto'o.
A foul on Eto'o by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa presented Hazard with an opportunity to complete his first Chelsea hat-trick from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute and he duly obliged by sending Tim Krul the wrong way.
A foul on Eto'o by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa presented Hazard with an opportunity to complete his first Chelsea hat-trick from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute and he duly obliged by sending Tim Krul the wrong way.
Victory took Chelsea a point above Arsenal and two points clear of City, who were unable to repeat their 7-0 annihilation of Norwich from earlier in the season.
