Eden Hazard brace gives Chelsea win over Watford

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Chelsea overcame Watford 2-1 in the late kick-off thanks to a double from Eden Hazard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard rounded goalkeeper Ben Foster in first-half stoppage time to put the Blues in front before Roberto Pereyra scored a superb equaliser two minutes later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But the Chelsea playmaker restored the visitors&&num;8217&semi; lead from the penalty spot in the 58th minute after he was fouled by Foster&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alvaro Morata missed out again as Chelsea named an unchanged line-up from their Leicester defeat for the Premier League clash at Watford&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spain striker Morata was expected to recover from a knee injury for the Vicarage Road trip but was once again not named in Chelsea&&num;8217&semi;s match squad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sarri kept faith with the same side that slipped up 1-0 at home to Leicester on Saturday&comma; with Eden Hazard again employed as a &&num;8216&semi;false nine&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watford also named an unchanged starting XI&comma; following on from their 2-0 win at West Ham on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;WatfordvChelseaDec2018b&lowbar;large&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-122859" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;WatfordvChelseaDec2018b&lowbar;large&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Chelsea&comma; Watford&comma; Football&comma; Premier League" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watford and Chelsea went in level at 1-1 at half-time following two stoppage-time goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eden Hazard latched onto a Kovacic through ball and rounded Hornets goalkeeper Foster to open the scoring with his 100th Blues goal in the first minute of added time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But just two minutes and 17 seconds later the hosts levelled when Pereyra volleyed home from the edge of the box from a Jose Holebas corner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard restored the visitors&&num;8217&semi; lead from the penalty spot 13 minutes into the second period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Belgium international sent Foster the wrong way from 12 yards after being brought down by the keeper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watford were denied a spot-kick of their own minutes earlier when Gerard Deulofeu went down in the box following a tangle with Blues defender David Luiz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sarri&&num;8217&semi;s side held on to their 2-1 advantage as they bounced back from the weekend loss to Leicester&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victory moved Chelsea back above Arsenal and into fourth spot&comma; four points behind third-placed Manchester City and 11 behind leaders Liverpool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blues midfielder N&&num;8217&semi;Golo Kante had a good chance to make the result more comfortable&comma; while Watford&comma; who finished the day in ninth position&comma; created little in their search for a second equalizer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e34589a0">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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