Chelsea recorded a 2-1 victory over Watford on Boxing Day in the Premier League – and some of the club’s supporters on Twitter raved about midfielder Mateo Kovacic for his individual performance.
Maurizio Sarri’s side are still fourth in the league table and now have a two-point cushion over fifth-placed Arsenal, who had temporarily moved ahead of them after drawing earlier on Wednesday.

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The Blues went in front at Vicarage Road through talisman Eden Hazard on the stroke of half-time after he brilliantly rounded goalkeeper Ben Foster to tap in.
But in injury time of the first-half Roberto Pereyra drew Watford level with a volley from a corner.

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Chelsea were back on top for large periods in the second-half and Hazard’s penalty turned out to be the winner, as he netted his 100th and 101st goals for the club.
A selection of supporters on social media singled out Kovacic for the quality of his display, as he made his fourth consecutive league start.
The 24-year-old is on a season-long loan spell at Stamford Bridge from Real Madrid and has caught the eye for his quality on the ball in the centre of the park.

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He is a central midfielder that needs to try add more going forward and made a good start by assisting Hazard’s opening goal with a through ball.
Here are some of the Chelsea fan tweets on Croatian Kovacic after beating Watford:
Kovacic has been unbelievable in recent weeks, what a player! #CFC #WATCHE
— Adi🇧🇦 (@AdmirableAlvaro) December 26, 2018
Kovacic’s best performance for us since joining. Wouldn’t have a problem if he was signed on a permanent basis.#WATCHE #CFC pic.twitter.com/2YLPMhBOu6
— ForeverBlue ✏️⚽️🎮 (@sazio1984) December 26, 2018
U are improving every game……..remaining is scoring and permanent move
— Samuel (@sam_dizo) December 26, 2018
Kovacic was great today.
— ShafCFC (@_ShafCFC) December 26, 2018
Kovacic has a good game
— Sarah_cfc♥ (@Sarah_091711) December 26, 2018
Mateo Kovacic easily our second best player tonight. Another class performance.
— Lav (@LavCFC) December 26, 2018
Both Kovacic and Jorginho have affected the game offensively. Not something either has done recently #cfc
— Simon Ansell (@simonansell) December 26, 2018
World class again Mateo! Sign a permanent deal with us ASAP! 🔥🔥🔥
— NF18 (@ChelseaNF18) December 26, 2018
Masterclass from you today. Keep it up Mat💙🙏🏽
— TJ (@cfc_tj) December 26, 2018