Trevoh Chalobah comes into the Chelsea backline in his absence, while Conor Gallagher and Ruben Loftus-Cheek retain their places. Without James Maddison the Foxes in a major blow. Leicester, who have just one point from their first three games, are also weakened by the fact that Wesley Fofana is once again out. The centre-back is on the verge of joining Chelsea after the two clubs verbally agreed a fee of £70m plus add-ons, with the Blues finally finding their man. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
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FT: Chelsea 2-1 Leicester
A brilliant result for Chelsea, especially considering that early red card for Gallagher. Sterling with his first two Premier League goals for the club and although Barnes then halved the deficit, the Blues do enough to hold on. 1661615503 90+2 mins: Chilwell for Koukourela, for the last two minutes or so. Havertz bothers himself, falls and does everything he can to waste time. 1661615421 90 minutes: Four minutes are added. Chelsea will count down each of those 240 seconds. 1661615305 87 minutes: LEICESTER hit the post! That’s crazy, they had a lot of ridiculous chances. This time it’s Perez on goal, he shoots over Mendy and it curls off the post, six yards out and Chelsea’s header is there to clear. 1661615124 84 minutes: Another great chance for Vardy! How much does it take?! More than three apparently. Ball over the top, brings it down and loops around Mendy. Tight angle, shot into the side netting. Chelsea almost survived another scare. 1661615008 82 mins: Castani on the right for Leicester, drives low into the box. Silva puts it back in the corner. Again sent off by Chelsea for offside – the home side defended set-pieces very well throughout the match. 1661614776 80 mins: Vardy is back, looks to lift it over Mendy but it’s straight at the keeper. Clap back. Corner turned, over everyone and back for a goal. That wasn’t the plan. 1661614705 78 min: Rare attack for Chelsea, Havertz briefly looks clear but it’s a terrible touch. Anything a little better and it would have gotten away. Leicester go up the other end, with excellent defending from Thiago Silva. Well, so good.
