Chelsea hammer Leicester in battle of last two champions

Leicester City's Daniel Amartey shakes hands with Chelsea's Ola Aina after the match./ Reuters
Leicester City's Daniel Amartey shakes hands with Chelsea's Ola Aina after the match./ Reuters

Chelsea

demolished the team that succeeded them as Premier League winners when champions Leicester City succumbed tamely 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Goals from the Premier League's leading marksman Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Victor Moses ensured Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri's visit to his old club was a far cry from five months ago when the Foxes received a guard of honour for their title triumph.

Leicester City's Jeffrey Schlupp wearing a black arm band in memory of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej./ Reuters

The unmarked Costa's seventh-minute strike was his seventh goal of the season, before

Chelsea's dominance was further rewarded, following more comedy defending, by Hazard's expertly-taken second.

Moses finished a brilliant one-two 10 minutes from time to leave Leicester as the first English top-flight champions since Blackburn Rovers 21 years ago to lose their opening four away games of the season.