BURNLEY, England (Reuters) – Kai Havertz scored twice as Chelsea picked up a 3rd straight Premier League win with a 4-0 victory at struggling Burnley on Saturday.
Thomas Tuchel’s facet struck 3 times in an eight-minute spell firstly of the second half as Burnley, who had wasted a sequence of probabilities within the first half, fell aside.
Reece James, beginning his first recreation since December, opened the scoring two minutes after the interval, drilling a shot into the far, backside nook after turning Dwight McNeil inside out.
Havertz then pulled away from his marker Connor Roberts to move dwelling a properly floated cross from Christian Pulisic to make it 2-0 for the guests.
The German then had one other easy end, changing a James cross from shut vary, and Pulisic had the simplest of duties scoring after Burnley defender James Tarkowski diverted a Saul Niguez cross into his path.
Chelsea are third on 53 factors, 13 factors behind leaders Manchester City whereas Burnley keep in 18th place on 21 factors.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, Editing by Hugh Lawson)
