Chelsea are nonetheless struggling to get off the bottom regardless of their latest huge win over Wolves. The Blues have been held to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace, whom that they had overwhelmed of their final 13 matches, on Sunday.
Nico Jackson opened the scoring within the first half. However, simply after the 2 groups returned from half-time, Eze scored an important aim that the house facet could not bounce again from. Enzo Maresca’s facet are nonetheless with out a win at Stamford Bridge.
Maresca was satisfied by the squad he put out final week towards Wolves and repeated the identical eleven excluding Mudryk, who was substituted at The Molineux at half-time. His place on the left flank was taken by Pedro Neto who, like the remainder of the crew, began the sport very properly.
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Nonetheless, it was on the precise that Chelsea began to create the primary probabilities due to the partnership that Cole Palmer and Noni Madueke are starting to kind. Crystal Palace held on as finest they may till, within the twenty fifth minute, Nico Jackson made it 1-0 after an important counter led by each Englishmen.
Second consecutive sport with a aim for the Senegalese striker, who within the coming days will prolong his contract till 2033.
Removed from slowing down, Chelsea continued to dominate the sport and will have went into the break with a a lot larger lead. Apart from a few long-range photographs, Crystal Palace hardly bothered a Robert Sanchez who was a spectator within the first half. In actual fact, Nico Jackson himself might have gone in with a brace after a free header from the penalty spot.
Psychological fragility
After the break Palmer got here near scoring with a free-kick that Dean Henderson turned away from the highest nook as Palace have been asleep. However it was then when Eze picked up a unfastened ball exterior the field to make it 1-1 within the 53rd minute, making Robert Sanchez’s save ineffective.
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The equalizer lastly awoke a Crystal Palace that, in 10 minutes of the second half, had already generated extra probabilities than the primary half. Maresca, for his half, was fast to react and launched Joao Felix earlier than the hour mark to attempt to shake issues up. Eze’s aim did lots of harm to a Chelsea facet that confirmed indicators of psychological weak spot within the face of adversity.
Issues started to build up and, with quarter-hour to go, Malo Gusto needed to depart the sector because of harm. With out Reece James, who remains to be suspended, Caicedo needed to play at proper again, leaving Enzo as the one reference in midfield. Nonetheless Palace missed a number of clear counterattacks.
After Palmer’s likelihood firstly of the second half, Chelsea did not hassle Dean Henderson once more till Nico Jackson, in stoppage time, missed a one-on-one. The Blues pressed over the last minutes, however lacked creativeness to interrupt the defensive block as Crystal Palace ended up taking their first level of the season. A discipline the place that they had not scored since 2017.
