Palmer at the double as Chelsea cling on to victory despite late scare at Luton

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With 20 minutes left Chelsea were 3-0 up and cruising towards a polished victory over a beaten and outclassed Luton. At that stage nobody could have imagined that Thiago Silva would be screaming at his teammates to wake up...

With 20 minutes left Chelsea were 3-0 up and cruising towards a polished victory over a beaten and outclassed Luton. At that stage nobody could have imagined that Thiago Silva would be screaming at his teammates to wake up as the game headed into six minutes of added time and Luton poured forward, sent cross after cross into the air and went close to snatching the unlikeliest of points.

Mauricio Pochettino could not believe it. Did Chelsea switch off after Cole Palmer ran through to score his second of the afternoon? Did they think that Luton, who had already given Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City a run for their money at Kenilworth Road, would lie down?

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