CHELSEA are have made a statement against Crystal Palace as the Premier League returns.
Marcos Alonso and Christian Pulisic netted in the first half for the Blues before Trevoh Chalobah scored a first ever goal for the Blues.
And the 22-year-old teared up in celebration on his first league start at Stamford Bridge.
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Chelsea’s impressive Premier League opener has led them to second place in the table.
The Blues are behind Manchester United, who thrashed Leeds 5-1 at Old Trafford.
Crystal Palace are second to last ahead of Marcelo Bielsa’s side.
More below:
STATS
Chelsea dominated 62 per cent of possession during a dominant display against Crystal Palace.
The Blues registered a total of seven shots, six of which were on target.
Palace, on the other hand only got three shots, one of which was on target.
All of the Eagles’ efforts took place during the second half
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Chelsea kicked their Premier League campaign off with a decisive victory over Crystal Palace.
The Blues opened the scoring on 27 minutes thanks to a stunning free-kick by Marcos Alonso just a few yards away from Palace’s box.
The west Londoners doubled their lead just five minutes before half-time when Mason Mount’s low cross was parried away by Vicente Guaita and set Christian Pulisic up for his fifth goal in five league meetings against Palace.
Chalobah sealed a dominant victory for Thomas Tuchel’s side with a long-range shot after 58 minutes.
The 22-year-old defender became the second youngest player to score on his Chelsea debut after Paul Hughes
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THAT’S FULL-TIME IN CHELSEA!!!!!!
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90 Just two more minutes of stoppage time to go at Stamford Bridge.
A brilliant and mostly comfortable start to the season for Chelsea shortly after winning the European Super Cup
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88 Chelsea fans are chanting, “You are going down with the Arsenal”.
The chant is mostly directed to Vieira due to his Gunners past, but the Palce manager will have a lot to work on after today’s Premier League opener
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86 SUBSTITUTION
Chelsea boss Tuchel introduces Emerson, who replaces Alonso.
The Spain international has been brilliant today and the home crowd is letting him know about it
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83 We can expect Chelsea manager Tuchel to make some late changes in order to freeze the tempo of the match.
But the Blues are proving to be more than capable of scoring a fourth goal
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80 We are slowly reaching full-time at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea still hold on with some rock-solid defending and Chalobah standing out with his runs up front.
The Blues’ midfield trio has also been stunning, thanks mainly to Jorginho
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80 We are slowly reaching full-time at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea still hold on with some rock-solid defending and Chalobah standing out with his runs up front.
The Blues’ midfield trio has also been stunning, thanks mainly to Jorginho
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77 SUBSTITUTION
Palace boss Vieira is shaking things up with Rak-Sakyi replacing Riedewald
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75 Perhaps it’s now time for Chelsea manager Tuchel to start pulling out his best players and save them for next week.
Palace aren’t showing enough teeth and it’s safe to say the Blues are leaving with the win
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73 If the game wasn’t over after Pulisic’s goal just before half-time then it seems to be done and dusted now.
The Blues are taking it easy and trying to make sure they leave with a clean sheet.
Not much from Palace still
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70 Chalobah is playing with immense confidence as he continues moving forward and pushing Chelsea to a fourth.
The defender is also showing some strong lungs as he is never caught out of position when Palace try to counter.
The home fans are loving this! Are we seeing a new Stamford Bridge hero in the making?
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67 SUBSTITUTION
Chelsea manager Tuchel makes his first change of the match.
James replaces Blues captain Azpilicueta, the formation is probably staying the same…
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66 CHANCE
Chalobah has been superb today for Chelsea as he inspires tremendous confidence in defence and didn’t get bullied by any of Palace’s more experienced players.
The defender almost gets an assist there as he finds Werner up front with a wonderful pass.
But the German completely misses the target
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65 Chalobah has officially made history for Chelsea after his beautiful goal against Crystal Palace.
The defender is now the second youngest player to score on his Premier League debut for the Blues after Paul Hughes
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63 Chalobah’s stunner marked a very emotional moment in his career.
Out of nowhere, the young defender officially introduces himself to the Chelsea faithful in his home debut
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60 Chalobah couldn’t hold back his tears after that wonderful goal!
This means the world for the young defender, who is making a strong case for Tuchel’s starting line-up!
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58 What a goal out of nowhere!
Chalobah moves forward and gets the ball with plenty of space ahead of him.
The young defender doesn’t have many options so he tries a long-range shot that ends up in Guaita’s bottom right corner!
What a marvellous shot from the 22-year-old on his home debut!
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!
CHEALSEA MAKE IT THREE WITH CHALOBAH!!!!!!
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56 SUBSTITUTION
Palace manager Vieira is looking for some solutions from the bench and has introduced Andersen and Benteke.
They replace Schlupp and Mateta respectively
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55 That is exactly what Palace needs!
A good chance often snowballs into more opportunities to score, and maybe a goal.
Let’s see if the Eagles can build some momentum…
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53 CHANCE
Here we go! Palace are showing some teeth!
Ayew plays in Zaha on the right-hand side of the area but his low effort is blocked by a spectacular tackle from Rudiger,
Schlupp gets a wonderful shot from the resulting corner-kick but misses the target.
Much better by the visitors!
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53 These are the solutions that Palace manager Vieira could use from the bench after a hapless first half:
Butland, Andersen, Clyne, Kelly, Hannam, Rak-Sakyi, Banks, Street, Benteke
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
