Chelsea displayed Premier League-winning trait that Man Utd lack in superb Norwich win

Chelsea stretched their early advantage over Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table with an easy 7-0 win over basement boys Norwich City on Saturday afternoon. A hat-trick from Mason Mount, a Max Aarons own goal and further contributions from Reece James, Ben Chilwell and Callum Hudson-Odoi gave the Blues their seventh victory of the new campaign against a hapless Canaries side at Stamford Bridge.

Daniel Farke's side had improved in defence going into Saturday's clash after switching to a back-three formation, conceding just once in their previous three outings, but were totally undone by the Blues over the course of the 90 minutes.

The hosts were comfortable from the very first whistle despite being forced into a number of important changes from their Champions League win over Malmo in midweek.

Injuries to Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner saw Kai Havertz and Hudson-Odoi come into the fold, while academy graduate Trevoh Chalobah was handed another Premier League start in defence.

It was Chelsea's ability to shake things up all over the pitch and still come away with a dominant win that proved just why they are one of, if not the clear favourites to lift the Premier League trophy at the end of the campaign.

Hudson-Odoi is yet to get the rub of the green under Thomas Tuchel, with the 20-year-old being deployed in a number of different positions since the German's arrival in January.

However, he made the most of his opportunity to shine against Norwich from his preferred role on the left flank.