There will be an added degree of difficulty as top-flight-leaders Chelsea seek to become just the third team of the Premier League era to record 12 consecutive victories when they host Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day. Manager Antonio Conte will not have the services of star forward and leading scorer Diego Costa as well as do-everything holding midfielder N'Golo Kante as the two both picked up their fifth yellow cards of the season. In the case of Costa, it was somewhat a kiss of death placed on him by Conte, who praised the mercurial striker for his disciplined play after picking up his fourth caution Sept. 24 against Arsenal. More...