Chelsea, EPL champs

Chelsea, EPL champs
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Substitute Michy Batshuayi\'s dramatic 82nd-minute winner gave Chelsea the Premier League title following a hard-earned 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Friday.The Belgian striker\'s late goal at The Hawthorns took Antonio Conte\'s side 10 points clear of second-place Tottenham Hotspur, who have only nine points left to play for.

London: Substitute Michy Batshuayi's dramatic 82nd-minute winner gave Chelsea the Premier League title following a hard-earned 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Friday.The Belgian striker's late goal at The Hawthorns took Antonio Conte's side 10 points clear of second-place Tottenham Hotspur, who have only nine points left to play for.

It is Chelsea's second title win in three seasons, their sixth in total, and comes at the end of former Juventus and Italy coach Conte's first season as manager.Batshuayi, the understudy to Costa, had only been on the pitch for seven minutes when he scored the winning goal -- his first in the league since August.

But with eight minutes remaining, Chelsea finally struck as Azpilicueta broke into the West Brom box and crossed from the right for Batshuayi to force home from close range.Long-standing captain John Terry will lift the Premier League trophy after Chelsea's final game at home to Sunderland on May 21, which will be his last match.

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