Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win at home to Stoke on Saturday in a timely boost ahead of their do-or-die Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain.
Jose Mourinho’s side bounced back from their 3-1 midweek quarter-final first leg loss in Paris to move a point ahead of Liverpool, who will regain top spot if they avoid defeat away to West Ham on Sunday.
Manchester City maintained their title challenge with a 4-1 win at home to Southampton that left them two points off the summit and still with two games in hand over both Chelsea and Liverpool at the end of this weekend.
Everton and Arsenal, fifth and fourth respectively, clash at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Egypt winger, Mohamed Salah, marked his first Premier League start by giving Chelsea a 32nd minute lead at Stamford Bridge when he turned in Nemanja Matic’s cut-back.
Salah then won a penalty after Andy Wilkinson’s poor challenge and although Frank Lampard’s 61st minute spot-kick was saved by Asmir Begovic, the veteran England midfielder followed up to make it 2-0.
