LONDON – Chelsea achieved positive results in the fourth week of the 2020-2021 Premier League. Entertaining Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge, Saturday (3/10/2020) evening WIB, Frank Lampard’s squad won a landslide victory with a final score of 4-0.
The four Chelsea goals in this match were scored respectively by Ben Chilwell (50 ‘), Kurt Zouma (66’) and a pair of penalty goals from Jorginho in the 78th and 82nd minutes.
An additional three points from this home match brings Chelsea to fourth place in the 2020-2021 Premier League standings. Tammy Abraham and colleagues collected seven points from four games earlier this season.
The course of the match
Crystal Palace, who came as the visitors, immediately applied a fast game since the match began. Eberechi Eze tried to peek at opportunities for his team.
However, his movement was still able to be stopped by Chelsea’s defenders. Not long after, the home team began to have an opportunity to control the game.
Tammy Abraham and Timo Werner alternately spread the threat to Vicente Guaita’s Palace goal. Chelsea had a pretty good chance of passing through Tammy Abraham.
Unfortunately, the ball Ambraham greeted from Ben Chilwell’s corner still flew narrowly from the opponent’s goal. The glasses score lasted until the pause.
Entering the second half, Chelsea tried to control the game again. Frank Lampard ordered his players to immediately appear aggressive in search of opportunities against the opponent’s goal.
The long-awaited goal finally came in the 50th minute. Ben Chilwell gave Chelsea the lead after using a chaotic ball in front of the opponent’s goal.
The former Leicester City player immediately greeted him with a hard shot using his left foot. The ball that rolled fast failed to be cleared properly by Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
Winning one goal made Chelsea appear more confident in the second half. Kurt Zouma added Chelsea’s lead over Palace. Utilizing Chilwell’s pass, Zouma made a hard header towards the opponent’s goal.
Chelsea then ended Palace’s resistance with a final score of 4-0 with two additional goals from Jorginho through the execution of the white point.
Following are the lineups of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace players in the fourth week of the Premier League 2020-2021, Saturday (3/10/2020)
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Eduoard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma, Ben Chilwell; N’Golo Kante, Jorginho; Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner; Tammy Abraham.
Proposal: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Pulisic, Fikayo Tomori, Mateo Kovacic, Olivier Giroud, Mason Mount, Reece James.
Coach: Frank Lampard
Crystal Palace (4-4-2): Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyate, Mamadou Sakho, Tyrick Mitchell; Andros Townsend, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Eberechi Eze; Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha.
Reserves: Luka Milivojevic, Scott Dann, Max Meyer, Wayne Hennessey, Christian Benteke, Martin Kelly, Jairo Riedewald.
Coach: Roy Hodgson
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