CHELSEA have beaten West London rivals Fulham to secure a much-needed three points at Craven Cottage.
Mykhailo Mudryk scored his first Blues goal to give Mauricio Pochettino’s side the lead after 18 minutes.
Seconds later Chelsea’s lead was doubled after Armando Broja converted past Bernd Leno following Tim Ream’s error.
- Match result: Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
- Fulham team: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Reed, Palhinha, Pereira, Wilson, Jimenez, Willian
- Chelsea team: Sanchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Cucurella, Gallagher, Caicedo, Fernandez, Mudryk, Broja, Palmer
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Goodnight from us (And Thiago)!Credit: Getty Man of the Match
The prestigious SunSport man of the match award tonight goes to Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher.
He set the tempo for the team, and was as hard working as ever, really proving why he deserves to wear that captains armband in the absence of Reece James and Ben Chilwell.
Armando Broja would have been in with a shout, and would have Mykhailo Mudryk, but they were both limited in terms of minutes due to suspected injury issues.
Conor Gallagher’s pass map vs Fulham at Craven Cottage Full-time match stats
Here are the match stats at full time.
Chelsea were dominant in the first half, but allowed Fulham a way back into the game in the second half as the home side created some chances.
Nonetheless, Chelsea never really looked too uncomfortable in this one, and walk away deserving winners.
John Terry has his say…
Captain, Leader, Legend.
A win against Fulham means as much to John Terry as it ever did, as he celebrated the Blues’ win on X (Formerly Twitter).
“One team in Fulham… CHELSEA!”
Chelsea win the London derby!
A fantastic showing from Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea means that the Blues have got their second win of the Premier League season under their belt.
Two first half goals came like London buses, you wait ages for one and then two come inside a minute!
Those goals were courtesy of Mykhailo Mudryk and Armando Broja, the former getting his first goal for the club since his big money move in the summer.
Slightly worrying signs on the injury front for Chelsea however, as Mudryk, Caicedo and Broja all seemingly left the pitch carrying knocks…
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
FT. After a quick cameo from Noni Madueke and Alex Matos’ Premier League debut that is all she wrote here at Craven Cottage.
It ends 2-0 to the visitors thanks to two first half goals from Mykhailo Mudryk and Armando Broja, and that is a win that Mauricio Pochettino will be pleased with!
Mykhailo Mudryk got his first Chelsea goal against FulhamCredit: Getty Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
90+3. Great feet from Enzo to keep possession, and he is eventually scythed to the floor.
Chelsea just looking to see this one out and keep their clean sheet now.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
90. There will be five minutes of added time at the end of the second half.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
88. Another chance for Fulham to get forward, this time with Castagne, but his cross into the middle is claimed by Robert Sanchez.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
85. Enzo Fernandez looks for Raheem Sterling through the middle, but a last ditch tackle prevents the ball from reaching him.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
82. Ian Maatsen gets down the line nicely on the left, and his cross is a good one, but no one is in the middle to meet it.
Moises Caicedo goes down with what looks like cramp, but gets back up and looks okay to continue.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
80. Lesley Ugochukwu is on here in place of Cole Palmer, who had another brilliant game for the Blues since his signing.
Gallagher tries a trivela shot from the edge of the box, but it is well blocked.
The Chelsea captain has been sublime tonight.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
77. What a stop by Robert Sanchez!
Cole Palmer is caught on the ball in midfield by Robinson, and Fulham work the ball out wide nicely to Willian.
Lukic receives the ball in the middle of the box and simply has to score, but his shot is at the Chelsea keeper who is in the right place at the right time.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
75. Another Fulham cross lifted up towards Carlos Vinicius, but his header lacks power and accuracy, which means an easy save for Robert Sanchez.
Andreas Pereira is replaced by Sasa Lukic
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
72. It has been a really impressive showing from the Blues so far, especially when you consider the length of their injury list and the quality of players that they are missing.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
68. Fulham have been much better in the second half, and posed much more of an attacking threat in particular.
They force another corner her, which is whipped in to Palhinha, but his header is blocked and then saved by Robert Sanchez.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
66. That will be the last action of the game for Armando Broja, who marked his first start of the season with a goal to put Chelsea 2-0 up.
He is replaced by Raheem Sterling, who was deemed unfit to start this game with an illness.
Harrison Reed is replaced by Tom Cairney for Fulham.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
64. OFF THE POST!
It is so close to a third for Chelsea, and a great strike from Ian Maatsen rattles the post!
Great work from Armando Broja sees a cross go across the box towards Maatsen, who opens his body up and lashes a shot against the post. So close!Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
62. Another half-chance for Fulham as Harrison Reed steps forward and dinks a cross in for Vinicius.
He wins the header, but it is over the bar.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
60. It is deemed to be no red card for Carlos Vinicius, which is perhaps a lucky escape.
The game is back underway.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
58. We have a VAR check here for a bizaare challenge from Carlos Vinicius on Thiago Silva.
He strides towards Thiago Silva who has the ball, and appears to just slap or punch his compatriot on the back of the head!
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
56. A half-chance for Fulham, and it falls to Alex Iwobi at the back post.
A nice cross comes in from the left-hand side towards the Nigerian, but he can’t connect properly at a tight angle.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
54. A double change for Fulham, as Carlos Vinicius and Alex Iwobi come on for Harry Wilson and Raul Jiminez.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
52. Excellent defending again by Thiago Silva at the back for Chelsea to put the ball out for a Fulham throw in.
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
48. Cole Palmer whips a great cross into the middle for Armando Broja, but his flicked header is just over the bar.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
