Chelsea dominated the game from start to finish with Hazard, Costa and Moses all finding the back of the net at Stamford Bridge
Diego Costa's seventh goal of the season sent Chelsea into cruise-control – as fallen champions Leicester played like relegation candidates.
Goals from Costa, Eden Hazard and Victor Moses were scant reward for Chelsea's dominance as Claudio Ranieri's hapless troops were battered again – having now conceded 13 times in four Premier League away matches.
With Leicester lacking any of the defensive organisation, energy and self-belief which propelled them to the title, Chelsea dominated the vast majority of the match.
Costa was afforded acres of space to fire home as Leiceter's defence went AWOL at a seventh-minute corner. Then a blunder from Rob Huth allowed Pedro to play in Hazard, who rounded Kasper Schmeichel to score.
And a cute back-heel from Nat Chalobah, making his his home league debut for Chelsea as a sub, allowed Victor Moses to drill home the third ten minutes from time.
David Luiz also hit a post with a free-kick and Moses forced an excellent save from Schmeichel when the outstanding N'Golo Kante led a swift breakaway.
1. Leicester's title-winning season was simply a glorious flash-in-the-pan
The Foxes have now lost more League matches this term than in the whole of the last campaign and they are looking like relegation candidates. Their defending was atrocious for Chelsea's first two goals, their midfield was over-ran and their forwards were starved of service. Above all they lacked the energy and supreme self-belief which fired their miraculous 2015-16 season.
2. N'Golo Kante was booed by Leicester fans but this was much more like his Leicester form
The Foxes fans jeered Kante's every touch after he abandoned the champions in a £29million summer move to Stamford Bridge. The all-action French midfielder had experienced a slow start to life at Chelsea but he dominated the centre of the park with smart passing, tenacious ball-winning and boundless energy.
3. Antonio Conte's 3-4-3 formation is suiting Chelsea
The Blues were a shambles when thrashed at Arsenal last month but their Italian manager has switched to a back three he preferred at Juventus and with the Italian national side to great effect. Gary Cahill had been looking a liability in a flat back four but operated well alongside David Luiz and the excellent Cesar Azpilicueta, with Marcos Alonso in storming form at left wing-back.
4. Leicester really should have signed a centre-back in the summer
While Wes Morgan and Rob Huth were excellent last term, they are no spring chickens and are struggling badly this term. Huth, in particular, was all at sea here – blundering to gift Chelsea their second goal. Claudio Ranieri made three major signings in forward areas but has left himself painfully short at the back.
5. Conte is showing a little more willingness to blood the kids
Nathaniel Chalobah has been considered a future Chelsea star for around half a decade but the England Under-21 player finally got his first league run-out at Stamford Bridge as a 67th-minute replacement for Pedro and set up Victor Moses' goal with a cute back-heel. Chalobah was one of five Chelsea youth-team products on the bench – including a certain John Terry. Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ola Aina also made it on to the pitch.
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