Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Conor Gallagher shines against old club
Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea: The Blues left it late to secure the points and move back into the top 10
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea moved back into the top half of the Premier League with an unconvincing but productive display against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Though they dominated most of possession in the first half, Chelsea couldn’t create opportunites on goal and looked bereft of ideas in the final third. Crystal Palace grew into the match and took the lead through a wonder strike from Jefferson Lerma who sent a rocket past Dorde Petrovic to score his first goal for the Eagles.
After the break Conor Gallagher, who took Chelsea’s only shot in the opening 45 minutes, slotted home an equaliser from Malo Gusto’s pull back to give the visitors some hope.
Things begin to slow down and the match looked to be heading for a draw until Raheem Sterling release Cole Palmer on the counter attack. He picked out Gallagher on the edge of the box and the former Palace midfielder sank a low finish to break the hearts of his old club. With the match gone, Palace conceded again a few minutes later thanks to a fine finish from Enzo Fernandez.
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Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Eagles manager Roy Hodgson has lost 16 Premier League games versus Chelsea, more than against any other club.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Chelsea are in danger of losing three league games in a row for the first time this season. They could concede multiple goals in seven successive league away matches for the first time since 1990.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Crystal Palace have lost three of their last five top-flight fixtures but could equal the club’s Premier League record of three home league wins in a row.
Palace have not kept a clean sheet for 12 league matches, the longest such run in the top flight.
Mauricio Pochettino tells Chelsea fans to ‘move on’ from Roman Abramovich era demands
Mauricio Pochettino came out fighting after Chelsea outclassed Aston Villa to breeze into the FA Cup fifth round.
Enzo Fernandez’s stunning free kick sealed a 3-1 victory and set up last-16 tie against Leeds at Stamford Bridge.
First-half goals from Conor Gallagher and Nicolas Jackson put Chelsea in control of the fourth round replay and they cruised to victory, despite Moussa Diaby’s injury-time consolation.
Chelsea had come to Villa Park in disarray on the back of 4-1 and 4-2 defeats to Liverpool and Wolves – leaving them 11th in the Premier League.
Pochettino tells Chelsea fans to ‘move on’ from Abramovich era demands
Chelsea host Leeds in the FA Cup fifth round later this month.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
There has not been a draw in 26 meetings between the clubs since it finished goalless in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge in March 1995.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Chelsea could win 13 league matches in a row against the same opponent for the first time in their history. For Crystal Palace, it would also be a club record-extending 13th consecutive Premier League defeat against one club.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea team changes
Roy Hodgson awards Matheus Franca and Adam Wharton their first Premier League starts for Crystal Palace and Joachim Andersen is named captain as Marc Guehi is out injured. Joel Ward starts on the bench.
Mauricio Pochettino makes one change from the Chelsea team that beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup, with Thiago Silva coming in for the injured Benoit Badiashile. Raheem Sterling is on the bench once again.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea line-ups
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Andersen, Richards, Mitchell, Wharton, Lerma, Hughes, Franca, Mateta, Ayew
Chelsea XI: Petrovic, Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Chilwell, Caicedo, Fernandez, Madueke, Gallagher, Jackson, Palmer
Chelsea need to get ‘mental side’ of football sorted to become successful
Mauricio Pochettino believes the mental aspect of building a team is key to getting the best out of his squad in the future.
The Chelsea coach said: “It is like this in football, when you arrive at a new club with pressure, the players need to find their place and feel good and be happy. It is not about the quality, we cannot blame the players’ quality because they are not performing.
“We are thinking every single day about how we can help. Sometimes it’s mental, it’s not physical or about quality. They need to feel the confidence and the trust, they need to find their place.
“I trust in the players and then if we cannot perform it is of course my responsibility and the players’ responsibility always, because they are on the pitch, but I trust that we can turn this situation around and change the results.”
Chelsea developing into Pochettino’s team
“We are a young team and we need to be more mature to compete, that is why we need time and people need to understand that we need time,’ said Blues manager Mauricio Pochettino. “You can have good players but in the end, it is a collective sport. To create a team, to build a team is important.
“It’s like if you’re going to build a house, you need to be sure of every step you need to take. If you make a mistake at some point, after you bring in the nice furniture and start to move you find you have a problem.
“Always we need time and we are building from zero. Sometimes it looks like you move forward but then you need to go back because some problems appear. Always it takes time.”
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