Chelsea Mason Mount (AP)
In the Premier League, Chelsea beat Norwich City 7–0 to score a hat-trick from Mason Mount.
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A hat-trick from Mason Mount propelled Chelsea to a 7-0 win over bottom side Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday, extending their lead at the top of the table.
Mount opened Chelsea’s account when he sent the ball down the net after a layoff from Jorginho, in a move initiated to the left by the always busy Callum Hudson-Odoi.
20-year-old Hudson-Odoi earned his reward 11 minutes later when he latched onto a pinpoint throughball from Matteo Kovacic and caught his nerve to set the house on fire behind Norwich keeper Tim Krul’s outstretched leg.
A third Chelsea Academy product got on the scoresheet three minutes before halftime when Mount slammed the ball into Reece James’s path and the wing-back produced a delicious chip on the advancing Krul.
It took 12 minutes in the second half for Chelsea, now purring, to score the machine again when Ben Chilwell sent a Kovacic pass into the face of the goal and a disappointing crulle in the back of the net.
Norwich, who have failed to win a game this season and scored only two goals, were in disarray and then suffered an insult of their own goal from Max Aaron in the 62nd and two minutes of a second yellow card for Ben Gibson. send later.
Krul saved a penalty from Mount late in the game but VAR showed that he had gone out of his line and Mount did not make a mistake when the kick was retaken in the 85th minute. Mount put up a fine performance in the 91st with a tap from a Ruben Loftus-Cheek pass.
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