Eden Hazard scored twice for Chelsea as they eased past Bournemouth 4-1 at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Pedro gave Chelsea the lead after just five minutes before Eden Hazard netted his first Premier League goal of the season to make it 2-0 after 34 minutes.

Bournemouth captain Tommy Elphick pulled one back soon afterwards, but Willian put the game beyond doubt in the second half, before Hazard added his second and Chelsea's fourth in stoppage time.

Hazard will take the headlines but the star of the show was undoubtedly Cesc Fabregas, who created the first three Chelsea goals and played a big part in the fourth as he became the third-highest assister in Premier League history with 94.

Bournemouth started the brighter but it was Chelsea who took the lead within five minutes as Pedro netted for the away side, tucking the ball past Artur Boruc after being slipped in behind by Fabregas.

Eddie Howe's side were not disheartened, though, and had decent chances to level the game through Josh King and Lewis Grabban before Hazard added a second after 34 minutes.

Fabregas was the architect again as his super flick teed up the Belgian on the edge of the area, and he slammed it low inside Boruc's near post.

Bournemouth would not lie down, however, and they were back in the game less than two minutes later as a neat corner routine saw Simon Francis whip a cross in for Elphick, the skipper rising highest in the area to head into the ground and over Asmir Begovic for his first ever Premier League goal.

They had a chance to level in the 38th minute as Grabban raced in behind John Obi Mikel - who was being played out of position at centre-back - before forcing a decent stop from Begovic.

Pedro then wasted a glorious opportunity on the stroke of half-time to add his second and Chelsea's first, but somehow failed to hit the target after again being played in behind Bournemouth's defence by Fabregas.

After such a frantic first half there was far less goalmouth action in the second, at least not until Willian put the game beyond doubt for Chelsea with 19 minutes to go.

Bournemouth again left Fabregas with too much space, and the Spaniard slipped Willian in behind before he took a touch and dinked the ball over Boruc.

The goal completely flattened Bournemouth, who had thrown on Callum Wilson and Benik Afobe in the hopes of pulling level, and Hazard finally put the game beyond doubt in the first minute of stoppage time.

Fabregas was at the heart of it again as his superb flick allowed Nemanja Matic to break into the Bournemouth box and pull one back into the six-yard box for Hazard to tuck home.

Player ratings

Bournemouth: Boruc (4), Francis (4), Cook (4), Elphick (5), Daniels (4), Stanislas (5), Gosling (5), Surman (5), Pugh (6), Grabban (5), King (6)

Subs: Ritchie (5), Wilson (5), Afobe (5)

Chelsea: Begovic (5), Azpilicueta (5), Ivanovic (5), Mikel (4), Baba (5), Matic (6), Fabregas (9), Pedro (7), Willian (7), Hazard (8), Costa (6)

Subs: Loftus-Cheek (n/a)

Man of the match: Cesc Fabregas

Teams

AFC Bournemouth Boruc, Francis, Elphick (c), Cook, Daniels, Pugh, Surman, Gosling, Stanislas (Ritchie 78), Grabban (Afobe 63), King (Wilson 63)
Subs Not Used MacDonald, Federici, Wiggins, O’Kane
Booked Ritchie
Goals Elphick 36

Chelsea Begovic, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Ivanovic (c), Baba, Matic, Fabregas, Willian (Loftus-Cheek 83), Pedro, Hazard, Costa
Subs Not Used Amelia, Miazga, Kenedy, Traore, Pato, Falcao
Booked
Goals Pedro 5, Hazard 34, 90+1, Willian 71

Attendance 11,365

Referee Roger East