Chelsea Live Hazardously

Published: Wednesday, 22. August, 2012 in category Premier League Nutshell

Eden Hazard impressed again as Chelsea came from behind to scrape a 4-2 win over Reading. The Belgian earned his second penalty in two matches and Frank Lampard gave the Blues the lead early on. But Reading newboys got in on the act, with Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Guthrie finding the net in a four-minute period that turned the match on its head. Gary Cahill brought Chelsea level with twenty minutes to play when Adam Federici couldn't hold his shot, Hazard having provided the pass to set up the defender. Fernando Torres made it 3-2 despite his evidently offside position, after some tiki-taka with Juan Mata and Ashley Cole. At the death Hazard earned his fifth assist of the season already, squaring coolly for Branislav Ivanovic to tap-in as Federici struggled to get back in goal.