Chelsea vs Sheffield United LIVE: Premier League score and latest updates as Blues in control
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Chelsea can jump back into the top half of the table this afternoon if they take three points away from Sheffield United.
Mauricio Pochettino needs a win after back-to-back defeats – to Everton and Manchester United – with the Blades seemingly arriving at Stamford Bridge at the right time.
However, with Sheffield United sitting bottom of the table Chris Wilder has been brought back in as manager and should make them a more formidable unit. The Sheffield outfit need points of their own and will fancy themselves against a Chelsea side still trying to click under Pochettino.
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Substitution Oliver Robert McBurnie Oliver James Norwood
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Whatever Pochettino said at half-time has clearly worked, as Chelsea's previously static front line are now all over the Blades' back four. Palmer and Sterling in particularly have proved irrepressible - it's one-way traffic at Stamford Bridge.
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GOAL STANDS! After a tense wait for Palmer's goal to be confirmed by the VAR, the referee indicates it will stand! There was no offside as suspected, so it's 1-0 to Chelsea early in the second half.
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Substitution Andre Chance Brooks William Idamudia Daugaard Osula
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Sheffield United (Cole Palmer 54’)
Cole Palmer starts and finishes a move that puts Chelsea ahead. He lays the ball off to Raheem Sterling on the edge of the area and then times his run to the six-yard box perfectly to get on the end of Sterling’s fizzing low cross.
He steers comfortably home and the Blues are deservedly on top. We’ll have a VAR check though...
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Sterling lays the ball off to Palmer in a central position, and presented with a distinct lack of options, the latter decides to try his luck from more than 20 yards out. However, his effort is heavily deflected and can easily be claimed by Foderingham.
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