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Its going to be a very Merry Christmas at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea have guaranteed themselves the top spot in the Premier League table come the holiday on the strength of their current 10-match winning streak.And history portends good things for the future as well heading into their match Saturday against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Chelsea (13-1-2) moved six points clear of the field after grinding past Sunderland 1-0 on Wednesday. Cesc Fabregas made the most of a rare start by producing the lone goal in the first half, and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois preserved the three points in second-half stoppage time by denying Patrick Van Aanholt.The 10 victories on the trot equal Chelseas longest single-season win streak in club history, and the overall team mark of 11 that bridged the 2007-08 and 2008-09 campaigns is in their sights. On the horizon in this busy fixture period is the overall Premier League record of 14 set by Arsenal over the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons.To win 10 games in a row is not easy and I am pleased for my players. Its fantastic, above all in this league when you have to fight in every game until the end to take the three points, manager Antonio Conte said after Wednesdays win.It will mark the fifth time in the Premier League era Chelsea will be atop the table come Christmas Day, and the previous four times, the Blues went on to win the title.We are doing something important up to now, but the league didnt finish today, Conte added. We are on top of the table but there are still three games before the end of the first part of the season. This league is very tough and until the end it will be a great battle between six teams.Contes midfield issues may wind up solving themselves by the time the January transfer window starts. Fabregas, who had been rumoured to be on the move, may wind up staying in West London, while Oscar -- the odd man out after Conte switched to his preferred 3-4-3 formation -- is the subject of a stunning ￡60 million transfer offer from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG and one-time Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas.Oscars reported ￡20 million post-tax salary that would come with the move would make him the third-highest paid football player in the world behind only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Conte did not refute any of the reports in his Thursday news conference, and he also singled out Fabregas for the veteran midfielders professionalism and results of late.This month he has a fantastic attitude, great behaviour, great commitment, Conte said. I have four midfielders and I have to try and make the best choice before every game, and consider also when we have to face a physical opponent and when we need more technique.Conte is expected to restore Eden Hazard to the starting XI after giving the Belgium international the day off Wednesday.While Christmas has come early for Chelsea, it feels like 2016 has been one big lump of coal for Crystal Palace (4-3-9). Aside from their stunning run to the FA Cup final, which they lost in heartbreaking fashion after extra time to Manchester United, Palaces domestic form has been sorely lacking.The Eagles are 1-2-7 in their last 10 and have dropped to 16th in the table, ahead of Middlesbrough on goal difference. Crystal Palace suffered a hard-luck 2-1 defeat to United on Wednesday courtesy of Zlatan Ibrahimovics goal in the 88th minute. Manager Alan Pardew was justifiably irked at some refereeing decisions and non-calls that went against his team.I have to look at my team and say that we were committed tonight, Pardew told Palaces official website. The decision (for the first goal) was a tough one for us, and there were a couple of bad ones in that half against us.In the second half we had a good little spell and got a great goal but it was a shame we couldnt kick on from there, and we were undone by two of the best players.If there is a saving grace for Pardew, its that Palace have scored 17 goals in their last eight games and their 28 for the season rank fifth in the league. Theyve also shipped 22 in those eight contests, and a creaky defence that has yielded 66 goals in the calendar year is a key reason Palace are 6-8-21 in league play in 2016 and Pardew is on the hot seat.We need to be sure were ready for Chelsea because we know the quality they have, said James MacArthur, who pulled Palace level after the hour mark. We need to frustrate them and keep trying to score because thats the real positive of our team this year.The road team won each game last season, with Chelsea running out 3-0 winners on goals by Oscar, Willian and Diego Costa. Palaces 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge was just their second in 14 Premier League matches (2-2-10) between the teams.Britton Colquitt Womens Jersey . Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. 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It all ended with his fifth career walk-off hit.Cains two-out single in the 14th inning scored Christian Colon from second base and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday.I had been ready to go home for a while, Cain said. I was happy to get the hit. It was definitely a rough game up to that point. I came through for the boys. Its a very good feeling.Colon opened the inning with a single and Paulo Orlando sacrificed him to second. Cain laced a single to center to score Colon, ending the 4-hour, 34-minute game, the longest by the Royals this season.Dillon Gee (4-5), the eighth Kansas City pitcher, struck out three in two perfect innings to pick up the victory. Matt Albers (2-5) was charged with the loss.What a crazy game that was, Gee said. I was in the dugout the whole game.But when Chien-Ming Wang came in, the Royals were out of available bullpen arms. Thats when pitching coach Dave Eiland approached Gee and told him to put on his spikes and go to the bullpen. Gee was penciled in to start Saturday, but that is doubtful after this emergency appearance.Jarrod Dyson led off the 13th inning with a triple, but the Royals failed to get him home. Dan Jennings struck out the next three batters: Drew Butera, Alex Gordon and Alcides Escobar.Im sure everybody was thinking the game was over at that point, Cain said after Dysons triple.But it took another inning. Fourteen pitchers combined to throw 424 pitches. There were 25 hits and 25 runners stranded.After the triple, it seemed like Jennings reached back and got a little something extra, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. Hopefully we could have gotten a little momentum out of that.Tim Anderson delivered a run-producing single with two outs in the 11th to give the White Sox a 2-1 lead, but closer David Robertson failed to hold it.Anderson, who had struck out four times, hit a soft liner over the head of first baseman Eric Hosmer to score Todd Frazier, who led off the inning with a single off Wang.Robertson, who has blown saves in the first two games of the series, walked Hosmer to lead off the bottom of the 11th. Dyson sacrificed him to second and Salvador Perezs double scored Hosmer.White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana limited the Royals to four hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings.It waas a tough game, Quintana said.dddddddddddd Thats one of the games you try to give fight all the game. The weather was bad (102 heat index for the first pitch). We just try to get quick outs, try to throw a good quality pitch. Its bad when you try everything and you lose.He was pulled after Orlandos double in the eighth inning. Nate Jones replaced him and on his first pitch yielded a run-producing double to Cheslor Cuthbert. It was Jones seventh blown save of the season.Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy, who has a 0.93 ERA in his past three starts, held the White Sox to one run and six hits over 6 1/3 innings. Kennedy is 0-3 with five no-decisions since a June 26 victory over Houston.The Royals have scored a total of nine runs while Kennedy was on the mound in his past eight starts.J.D. Shuck, who hit .083 over his previous eight games, homered on a 2-0 pitch in the third, the only run Kennedy allowed. That was the White Sox only extra-base hit along with 12 singles.Orlando had two outfield assists. He threw out Omar Narvaez at the plate in the seventh when he attempted to score from second onShucks single to center. In the ninth, pinch-runner Carlos Sanchez tried to take second on Tyler Saladinos fly out to deep right-center, but Orlando threw him out.QUICK EJECTIONWhite Sox pitching Don Cooper was ejected by plate umpire Pat Hoberg five pitches into the bottom of the first inning for arguing balls and strikes.HAWK ABSENTKen Harrelson, who is in his 32nd season in the White Sox television booth, will miss all six games of this Kansas City and Miami road trip due to illness.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: INF Brett Lawrie (strained left hamstring) has resumed swinging a bat. He looks much better from where he was, Ventura said. Its another step in the right direction for him, but, we dont know exactly how thats going to go.Royals: LHP Mike Minor, who has not pitched in the majors since Sept. 23, 2014, with the Braves and had surgery in 2015 to repair a torn labrum, is rehabbing with Triple-A Omaha. He likely will not rejoin the Royals until September, when the hope is could make some starts.UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP Miguel Gonzalez is 0-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two starts this season against the Royals.Royals: LHP Danny Duffy is 4-0 with a 3.67 ERA in nine home starts this season. ' ' '