Raheem Sterling scored his first two Premier League goals for Chelsea as they defied an early red card to Conor Gallagher to beat Leicester 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Gallagher was trusted again to start by Thomas Tuchel but he received two yellow cards inside half an hour as the Blues were reduced to then men for the second match in a row. But Sterling struck twice after the break and although Harvey Barnes halved the deficit, Chelsea did just about enough to hold on and earn a much-needed three points.
Leicester, who have just one point from their four three games, were weakened by the fact Wesley Fofana was once again not be involved. The centre-back is on the verge of joining Chelsea after the two clubs verbally agreed a fee of £70million plus add-ons, with the Blues set to finally get their man.
