Fernando Llorente was able to cause damage with extra midfielders and Chelsea showed that defence should match attack

SUNSPORT’S Danny Higginbotham gives his expert analysis of the top-flight action.

FERNDANDO’S IN FORMATION

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JAY FULTON and Leon Britton sat in midfield for   Swansea in a 4-2-3-1 and that meant the players   behind Fernando Llorente could support him rather than become isolated.

CONTE STILL CLEANING UP

CHELSEA showed once again that defending is just as important as attacking.

They were the only one of the top four to keep a clean sheet — that is seven shutouts in the last nine for Antonio Conte’s men.

SOME YOU WIN, SOME YOU LOSE . . . OR DRAW

HULL are struggling to find a happy medium. They   changed to a back three on Saturday to allow more   support to the front man Adama Diomande after failing to score in four of the last seven.

That led to them finding the net three times but they also conceded three.

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AWAYDAY IS NO TICKET TO RUIN

BURNLEY once again showed how important   home form is to newly promoted team.

I am not saying they will not win away from home but I think it is possible to stay up without winning on your travels.

When I was at Stoke in 2008-9 we only won two away games — but if you had taken those six points off us we would still have finished comfortably clear of the bottom three.

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STANDING UP FOR GOING DOWN

PENALTIES are rarely given unless a   player goes down — regardless of it being   a foul or not.

Everton’s Enner Valencia had a claim turned down against him against Watford but in my opinion if he had gone to ground he would have got a penalty.

I would never ever condone diving though.