Hazard and Torres fire Chelsea top, United stop rot


Chelsea's Fernando Torres celebrates scoring his goal against Hull City during their English Premier League soccer match at The KC Stadium in Hull, northern England, January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

LONDON (Reuters) - Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres applied the gloss to a workmanlike 2-0 victory at Hull City that lifted Chelsea ominously to the top of the Premier League on Saturday.

In true Jose Mourinho style, the Londoners first nullified the minimal threat posed by Hull, then cut through at will after the break when classy goals by Hazard and Torres earned the Blues a fourth consecutive league victory.

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