Chelsea FC Vs. Crystal Palace FC 12:30 Venue: Stamford Bridge, England Youngest Chelsea team ever in the premiership. Chelsea 1Arrizabalaga 24James 15Zouma 29Tomori 33Emerson 7Kanté 17Kovacic 19Mount 10Willian 9Abraham 22Pulisic Substitutes 4Christensen 13Caballero 18Giroud 20Hudson-Odoi 23Batshuayi 28Azpilicueta 47Gilmour
Youngest manager in the premier league Vs. The oldest manager in the premier league. Who is our captain today?
Pulisic with a chance but stuffed by the goal keeper near the line. Also took a "hopeful" shot which was well wide from distance.
Scrappy stuff but credit to Hodgson for that. Breaking up play and strictly working for the counter. Too many late challenges out there, can easily see a second yellow for someone today. Probably for a tackle on zaha. Missing some of the balls from jorginho that stretches an opposition. Will need to be very disciplined to break then down and find a gap.
Willian and James very bright today, need to make something of their dominance, set play play delivery not bright
Tough game. Palace are parking that bus and we need to be more creative to break them down. More yellow cards than shots on target. I wonder if Sarri ever watches Chelsea this season? I wonder what he thinks of our current team. Sarri did some good things with our style of play albeit we were a little static and predictable at times under his management. I’m sure Sarri wouldn’t recognise a lot of our younger players as notoriously he never bothered to watch the youth teams. Still, I wonder what his thoughts are on our current players and footballing style. Post-Sarri ball.
Pretty drab stuff so far. Mike Dean picking up where the CL ref left off. Yellows around! Our service in the final third has been really beenn poor. We need to get more width.
CHO would be a good sub right now. Run at them and put them on the back foot a little. Bit too comfortable for them in that first half.