WATCH: Highlights of Stoke 1-2 Chelsea
Sunday 19 March 2017 00:03, UK
Chelsea's march towards the Premier League title continued as they extended their lead to 13 points thanks to Gary Cahill's 87th-minute winner at Stoke.
They had a tough assignment in the Potteries, made all the more difficult due to Eden Hazard's absence through injury.
Antonio Conte's visitors went ahead in the 13th minute when Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant could only palm Willian's free-kick inside his own near post.
Mark Hughes' men levelled through a Jonathan Walters penalty in the 38th minute after Cahill pushed the Stoke striker in the penalty area.
But the hosts were denied a point when Cahill, who had conceded the spot-kick, made amends with a late winner which took the Blues 13 points clear at the top. Worse was to come for Stoke, who had Phil Bardsley sent off for a second booking in added time.
The Chelsea celebrations at full-time suggested they appreciated the magnitude of a victory which inched them ever closer to what appears to be a seemingly inevitable title triumph.
