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Gary Cahill paid back his errors to give chelsea a win at Stoke


Cahill gave away a penalty earlier in the match but gained redemption when he swept in a late goal after Stoke failed to clear Willian's corner. The scoreline was jammed at 1-1, time was drifting away and a point at Stoke, who had lost one league match here since September, would have been a good afternoon’s work from Antonio Conte’s men.


Then David Luiz met Willian’s corner with a soft header that Erik Pieters countered with a soft, scuffed clearance that Gary Cahill drove into the Stoke net in front of the nearly 3,000 who had travelled to the Potteries to see Chelsea close in on their sixth title. It had been Cahill’s error that had given Stoke the penalty that should have cost Chelsea two points. Here, as so often in football, was redemption.

Chelsea’s supporters would return to their homes across the South East with their team 13 points clear with 10 matches remaining. Tottenham, their nearest challengers may have a game in hand but it is a fig-leaf.

While wantaway Romelu Lukaku scored twice late on as Hull collapsed following Tom Huddlestone's contentious red-card for a challenge on Idrissa Gueye. Had Everton level on points with Arsenal who lost to West Bromwich Albion three goals to one(3-1) keeping Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on the hot seat.

Other PL match results;
Crystal Palace 1
Watford 0

Sunderland 0
Burnley 0

West Ham United 2
Leicester City 3

Bournemouth 2
Swansea City 0

In spain Real Madrid extended their lead at the top of La Liga to five points with a narrow win against Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames Stadium.
Second-placed Barcelona, who have played the same amount of games as Real, host Valencia on Sunday.

Real, who are chasing their first league title since 2011-12, went ahead through Karim Benzema on 25 minutes.
Veteran striker Aritz Aduriz equalised on 65 minutes, before Casemiro scored the winner three minutes later.