Kai Havertz’s sublime finish helps Chelsea win at struggling Leicester

11.03.2023 - 21:13 theguardian.com

Assuming Match of the Day is still running by the time their goal of the month competition for March is staged, Chelsea should have three contenders on the shortlist after brilliant finishes from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic enabled Graham Potter to celebrate a third win in what had been cast as potentially the manager’s final week at the club.

Gary Lineker could be forgiven for wanting to return to the warmth of the BBC studios if this is what watching Leicester live is like.

This fifth successive defeat, in all competitions, means Brendan Rodgers picks up the baton as the Premier League manager most under pressure, with Leicester one point above the relegation zone.

This was the first time Chelsea had scored three times in a game since October, and only the third time this season. Even if their performance was still far from dominant, two league victories and a safe passage into the quarter-finals of the Champions League presages well for Potter.

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“S ome of my teammates call me Donkey.” A grin creeps across Kai Havertz’s face. “It’s not because of my football,” the Chelsea forward adds, as if he needed to. Instead, he says, it is something deeper. “From day one, I felt a special relationship with donkeys. It’s a very calm animal: maybe I personalised myself in them because I’m calm too. They chill all day, don’t do much, just want to live their life. I loved them always. And when I lost, I would go to the sanctuary. You look at the animals, see something human in them. It was a kind of recovery, a place I felt peace.”

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Ellis Simms came off the bench to hit a last-gasp equaliser and earn struggling Everton a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Chelsea. Graham Potter’s hosts had bossed the first half but struggled to find a way through with Mateo Kovacic fizzing their best effort inches wide.

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