Chelsea secured Champions League football for next season following their 3-0 victory against Watford at Stamford Bridge
 Second-half headers from Ruben Loftus-Cheek (48) and David Luiz (51) - both from Eden Hazard crosses - secured three points that for large parts didn't look like coming, before Gonzalo Higuain added a third (78)
Watford created Maurizio Sarri's side numerous problems, especially in a one-sided first-half, with Kepa Arrizabalaga making one of the saves of the season to deny Troy Deeney
Champions League qualification was eventually secured after  later in the day
Chelsea's final game of the season is away at Leicester next Sunday
It wasn't all rosy for Sarri's men as N'Golo Kante limped off after 10 minutes - a worry ahead of Chelsea's semi-final second leg with Eintracht Frankfurt
Coming into this fixture, Chelsea hadn't won in their last six games after a European tie and they looked ponderous as Watford dominated the early exchanges
Only a fantastic one-handed save from Kepa stopped the visitors taking an early lead
 Troy Deeney was wheeling away in celebration after looping a header towards the top corner but the Chelsea goalkeeper somehow clawed his effort away
Gerard Deulofeu, Jose Holebas and Abdoulaye Doucoure all had good sightings of goal but let Chelsea off the hook with some wasteful finishing
Chelsea just simply had to improve after the break - and they did
Loftus-Cheek - on for Kante - eased the tension by rising highest to force home a Hazard cross on 48 minutes
 That gave everyone inside Stamford Bridge a lift and three minutes later the game was over when Luiz thumped home another Hazard centre
In a blink of an eye, Watford were down and out, although they continued to threaten but lacked quality in the final third
Hazard was in his element now on the counter-attack, and Chelsea struck again when Pedro threaded a ball through to Higuain
With the game won, there was time for Gary Cahill to say his goodbyes to the Stamford Bridge crowd
 His contract is up at the end of the season and Sarri brought on the club captain for the final few minutes to the delight of the locals
It's not a game that will live long in the memory in terms of drama but it'll be hard to forget the Chelsea goalkeeper's miraculous save to keep the score 0-0 early on from Troy Deeney
 That in itself was enough to gain the outstanding performance award as he racked up his 14th clean sheet of the season
 said: "I think in the first half we were tired, mentally
 We were in trouble
 Then they lowered their intensity
 We were lucky to score after two minutes - we improved mentally after first goal
 We played very well for 35 minutes then
 It's not easy to play after 60 hours
 After Europa League away games we've only won one match
"When you are not brilliant physically you have to move the ball, the ball isn't tired, the man is tried
 In the second half we did it better as something changed in our minds
"said: "It's a very tough result, we didn't deserve that
 We had a good performance in the first half, and dominated the game
 But we didn't take the chances, we have to be more clinical and aggressive - in both boxes
 In the first half we had the chances and in the second half we didn't defend set-pieces
 But losing 3-0, I'm not happy
"Chelsea are back at Stamford Bridge on Thursday for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt
 Meanwhile, Watford take on West Ham in their final Premier League game of the season next Saturday ahead of the FA Cup final with Manchester City on May 18
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