What price a regulation home victory? Nearly a billion pounds ought to do it, it seems. Chelsea under Mauricio Pochettino are up and running, driven forward – quite literally – by a dazzling Raheem Sterling.
Goals either side of the half, plus a late assist for Nicolas Jackson, capped a fine evening for Sterling, who is once again playing with a smile. For all the talk of £100m midfield enforcers, it was an attacker cheap at half the price who made it a chastening night for Luton.
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