Chelsea replaced Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table with a comfortable 1-0 win at Middlesbrough thanks to a first-half Diego Costa strike on Sunday.
It was the London side's sixth successive league victory without conceding a goal and gave it 28 points from 12 games.
Costa, the league's leading scorer, hit his 10th goal of the season to put Chelsea in front four minutes before the break.
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