Chelsea have made it three Premier League wins in a row for the primary time since October 2022 as Cole Palmer’s penalty guided them to a 1-0 victory over Fulham at Stamford Bridge.
The successful purpose got here in stoppage time on the finish of the primary half in Saturday’s lunchtime kickoff (Sunday AEDT), the highest scorer for Mauricio Pochettino’s facet notching his ninth purpose of the season after Raheem Sterling was tripped within the field.
Nonetheless, the transfer had been began by a second of Palmer genius, recognizing a spot and threading an excellent ball by the center that drew defender Issa Diop into a slipshod foul.
Marco Silva’s guests by no means really regarded overwhelmed till the ultimate whistle sounded however Chelsea defended doggedly within the remaining moments to breath real momentum into their season.
Chelsea’s purpose in added time on the finish of the half was not deserved on the stability of play, however the move from Palmer to carve out the possibility was elegant.
Making eyes for a lofted cross, he as an alternative slipped a reverse ball by the center for Sterling, who in slicing in onto his left was tripped by Diop. Palmer did the remaining from the spot.
Chelsea had been in search of a fourth win from 5 within the league, the type of factors return that they had not loved since former boss Graham Potter’s early days in cost greater than a 12 months in the past.
Sterling headed towards the put up from six yards out at first of the second half after Fernandez’s cross had picked him out.
Fulham took time to get going within the second half half however lastly discovered some chew after 70 minutes, Raul Jimenez taking pictures low first-time at purpose and drawing a save from Petrovic dropping to his proper.
Conor Gallagher struck the put up with an excellent curling effort off the skin of his proper boot as Chelsea regarded to kill the sport off, then Willian simply cleared the bar from a free-kick as Fulham refused to lie down.
