Chelsea put five past Swansea

Diego Costa and Oscar each scored twice as a first-half
onslaught from Chelsea overwhelmed Swansea 5-0 at the
Liberty Stadium.
The Chelsea forwards both bagged a brace before the
break and Andre Schurrle added a fifth in the closing
stages as Jose Mourinho's men extended their Premier
League lead to five points, with second-placed Manchester
City facing Arsenal on Sunday.
It took 50 seconds for the away side to assert their
authority, as Oscar picked up Gylfi Sigurdsson's sloppy
pass before driving toward goal and shooting into the
bottom corner from 25 yards.
Within moments the hosts could have been level when
Sigurdsson almost made up for his previous error in
spectacular fashion, but his 30-yard strike clattered
against the angle of bar and post.
That was Swansea's best moment of the afternoon as
Chelsea turned up the volume – Oscar shot at Lukasz
Fabianski and Willian wasted the rebound in the 13th
minute, but their profligacy wouldn't last.
After 20 minutes, a marauding passing move through the
centre ended with Cesc Fabregas notching his 15th
Premier League assist this season when Costa hammered
home the second goal.
Just minutes prior, Oscar and Eden Hazard had narrowly
missed as Swansea failed to deal with Chelsea's quick-fire
passing and movement.
The Blues appeared to step up into different gears at the
sight of their vulnerable opponents and Willian thundered
a shot against the post with Swansea's defence again
bypassed.
Swansea's unrelenting philosophy of passing from the
back haunted them again for Chelsea's third – Federico
Fernandez's lazy back-pass gifted Costa a one-on-one
opportunity and he netted his 17th of the league season.
Just 76 seconds later, Chelsea robbed the ball back and
Oscar delivered a curling shot from the edge of the box
past Fabianski for the fourth goal.
Costa still found time to miss a gilt-edged chance for a
first-half hat-trick when he dribbled around the goalkeeper
but found himself too wide to score. He teed up Willian,
who hit the bar.
Perhaps with an eye on Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-
final against Liverpool, Chelsea softened their frenetic
approach in the second period while maintaining a steely
control of proceedings.
Costa was denied a hat-trick as Mourinho withdrew him
after 70 minutes but it was a substitute that added the
fifth.
After Eden Hazard and Branislav Ivanovic's work on the
right, Schurrle scored from point-blank range two minutes
after his introduction.
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