Champions League winner Chelsea squeezed past Watford 2-1 to maintain their slender lead at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday night. Close rivals Manchester City, the defending champions, and Liverpool too won their respective matches to remain on the heels of the Blues after the mid-week fixtures.

Mason Mount was decisive for the league leaders, scoring the 29th-minute opener and then setting up Hakim Ziyech for the winner after Watford had equalised from Bonaventure' deflected 43rd-minute shot.