Chelsea vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Brentford in the Premier League today.
Cesar Azpilicueta returned to Chelsea’s line-up for the game against Brentford for his first appearance since being knocked unconscious during the win over Leeds in March.
The captain came in in place of Reece James, who Frank Lampard confirmed on Monday will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury.
The team was otherwise unchanged from the defeat to Real Madrid with N’Golo Kante and Conor Gallagher starting alongside each other in an advanced midfield pair.
For Brentford, Christian Norgaard dropped out after going off injured against Aston Villa and was replaced in midfield by Frank Onyeka.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Brentford
Silva is given time on the ball outside of the box and tries his luck from distance. He catches his strike well, but it goes wide of the left post.
Chelsea vs Brentford
Sterling is dropping into deeper positions to try and help Chelsea find an equaliser before the break. Brentford look fairly comfortable when defending.
Chelsea vs Brentford
Brentford have failed to win each of the last four Premier League games that they’ve opened the scoring in (D3 L1), including last time out in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. Prior to this, the Bees had won 19 of their first 23 Premier League games in which they’d scored first, and never lost (D4).
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