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Chelsea v Middlesbrough, 08 May 2017

Score	3-0 to Chelsea
Referee	Craig Pawson
Competition	Premier League
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Attendance	41,500

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Kick-off: 8.00pm Middlesbrough had now failed to scored in their last eight visits to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League since Alen Boksic's last-minute penalty on 23 September 2001.

0 Middlesbrough

Goals:

Diego Costa		23
Marcos Alonso		34
Nemanja Matić		65

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois

Defender Gary Cahill

Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta

Defender/Midfielder David Luiz

Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso

Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić

Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas

Midfielder Pedro

Midfielder/Forward Eden Hazard

Midfielder/Forward Victor Moses

Forward Diego Costa

Starting lineup:

Brad Guzan Goalkeeper

Ben Gibson Defender

Calum Chambers Defender/Midfielder

Fábio Da Silva Defender/Midfielder

George Friend Defender/Midfielder

Adam Clayton Midfielder

Marten de Roon Midfielder

Stewart Downing Midfielder

Adam Forshaw Midfielder

Adama Traoré Midfielder/Forward

Álvaro Negredo Forward

Substitutions:

Willian for Eden Hazard	72
Nathaniel Chalobah for Pedro	81
John Terry for David Luiz	84

Substitutions:

Patrick Bamford for Adama Traoré	57
Grant Leadbitter for Adam Forshaw	57
Rudy Gestede for Álvaro Negredo	83

Cards:

Fábio Da Silva	60	Y
Patrick Bamford	89	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović

Defender Nathan Aké

Defender John Terry

Defender Kurt Zouma

Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah

Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Midfielder Willian

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dimi Konstantopoulos

Defender Antonio Barragán

Defender Bernardo

Midfielder Adlène Guédioura

Midfielder Grant Leadbitter

Forward Patrick Bamford

Forward Rudy Gestede

Comments:

League position: 1st With three games to play, Chelsea were now seven points clear at the top of the table. They now needed one more win to clinch the title. The Blues had now kept clean sheets in consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2017. This was their 300th home win in the Premier League. Only Manchester United (347) and Arsenal (305) had won more. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said: "We must be pleased. It was a great performance, my players showed commitment and work-rate for three important points. At this stage it was important to win and exploit Tottenham's defeat. Now, another step to the title. We have to rest well and prepare for West Brom."

Comments:

League position: 19th This result confirmed Middlesbrough's relegation to the League Championship. It was the fourth time they had been relegated from the Premier League so equalling the competition record along with Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Sunderland. Boro were now without a win in their last 17 away games in the Premier League. In this game, George Friend made his 200th appearance for Boro while Ben Gibson made his 200th club career appearance. Middlesbrough caretaker manager Steve Agnew: "I am absolutely gutted and bitterly disappointed with the result and we have now lost our Premier League status which we took great pride in. We haven't had enough wins and that's the key to the whole thing. Scoring goals wins football matches and we haven't done that enough this season."