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Trevoh Chalobah's sixth goal was his sixth in his career, after scoring during loan spells at Ipswich and Huddersfield.
Chelsea proved their Premier League title credentials by beating Patrick Vieira's Crystal Palace with a comfortable win.
Trevoh Chalobah, an academy product, scored their third goal from 25 yards in front of a packed Stamford Bridge.
Thomas Tuchel, Blues boss, stated that he was surprised by his team - European champions who won the Uefa Super Cup Wednesday - and that they were among the favorites to win the title.
They were great in the league opener, Vieira's first game in England as a manager. However, it was a disappointing performance.
Marcos Alonso scored Chelsea's opening goal with a free kick from 22 yards.
After Vicente Guaita had spilled Mason Mount’s cross, Christian Pulisic blasted in another via the underside bar.
Chalobah, who was part of Chelsea's youth setup 14 years ago, drove from faraway to win the victory.
Palace's performance improved slightly after the break but Jordan Ayew was their only attempt on target.
No Lukaku, Kante, Ziyech, Chilwell, Havertz, no problem
Many people are expecting Chelsea to win this title because of their impressive squad depth.
Seven out of twenty BBC pundits picked the Blues. The other thirteen went for champions Manchester City.
Romelu Lukaku, the striker, was unable to play due to his quarantine following his Inter Milan move of 97.5 million. On Wednesday, Villarreal's influential midfielder N'Golo Kante was injured and Hakim Ziyech, a winger, was also hurt.
England's left-back Ben Chilwell was replaced by experienced centre-back Thiago Silva and Kai Havertz. They both scored the winner of the Champions League final.
Joe Cole, an ex-Blues midfielder, stated during the week that Tuchel's every decision seems to pay off.
It felt like that when Alonso, who was starting in place of Chilwell as left wing-back, scored a perfectly executed free-kick to give them the lead. Palace presented so little threat, that Alonso basically played as an orthodox player on the wing.
Pulisic continued his excellent form against Palace by finishing in close range after Guaita had crossed. Five of 13 American Premier League goals were scored against the Eagles.
There were many chances for them to score more, with Timo Werner's first touch on a few occasions letting him down and Alonso forcing Guaita to make a good save.
The best moment was when Chalobah, a 22-year old Chelsea player who made his debut in Belfast three day ago, took the ball in space and hit the inside of the post.
There was a lot of cheering when Champions League star Havertz arrived - it was the first time that he or this Blues team have ever played at full Stamford Bridge.
Vieira should forget all this and continue to move forward
This was Vieira's first game as Palace manager. He previously managed New York City in America and Nice in France's Ligue 1 league.
He had warned that "to put together my ideas may take longer", but he was right. This was the hardest game he could have hoped for.
The club lost nine first-teamers over the summer, most of them at the end their contracts, following the departure of Roy Hodgson as manager. Marc Guehi (18m) was the only summer signing, and he was sold to another club.
Joachim Andersen was promoted with Fulham last year and came on during the second half.
Palace hopes to be more youthful after the departures of the older players. 18-year-old Jesurun Raksakyi, a winger, made his debut on the bench.
Vieira's team, which started with a four man defence but also tried a back five, failed to score a single goal or touch in Chelsea’s box during the first half. Although Edouard Mendy was tested, they had to wait for Ayew to score. Ayew's header went straight at the Blues goalkeeper.
Jeffrey Schlupp scored and Christian Benteke missed a goal, but the Eagles never looked like scoring at any point in the game.
The real test of Vieira and Palace's looks will be against promoted Brentford on Saturday.
Werner Timo Werner was the player of the match with an average 7.81 Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Chelsea Avg Squad number 11 Player name Werner Average rating 7.81 Squad number 3 Player name Alonso Average rating 7.57 Squad number 14 Player name Chalobah Average rating 7.56 Squad number 10 Player name Pulisic Average rating 7.44 Squad number 2 Player name Rdiger Average rating 7.27 Squad number 28 Player name Azpilicueta Average rating 7.22 Squad number 5 Player name Jorginho Average rating 7.19 Squad number 29 Player name Havertz Average rating 7.17 Squad number 8 Player name Kovacic Average rating 7.10 Squad number 4 Player name Christensen Average rating 7.04 Squad number 24 Player name James Average rating 6.94 Squad number 33 Player name Emerson Average rating 6.85 Squad number 16 Player name Mendy Average rating 6.79 Squad number 19 Player name Mount Average rating 6.65 Crystal Palace Avg Squad number 44 Player name Riedewald Average rating 5.24 Squad number 49 Player name Rak-Sakyi Average rating 5.23 Squad number 11 Player name Zaha Average rating 5.14 Squad number 6 Player name Guhi Average rating 5.10 Squad number 18 Player name McArthur Average rating 4.86 Squad number 13 Player name Guaita Average rating 4.85 Squad number 15 Player name Schlupp Average rating 4.83 Squad number 2 Player name Ward Average rating 4.82 Squad number 16 Player name Andersen Average rating 4.81 Squad number 3 Player name Mitchell Average rating 4.81 Squad number 8 Player name Kouyat Average rating 4.78 Squad number 20 Player name Benteke Average rating 4.76 Squad number 9 Player name J Ayew Average rating 4.72 Squad number 14 Player name Mateta Average rating 4.63
Line-ups
Match Stats
Live Text Line-ups Chelsea Formation 16 Mendy 14 Chalobah4 Christensen2 Rdiger28 Azpilicueta5 Jorginho8 Kovacic3 Alonso19 Mount 10 Pulisic11 Werner16 Mendy
14 Chalobah
4 Christensen
2 Rdiger
28 Azpilicueta Substituted to James at 67'minutes
5 Jorginho
8 Kovacic
Emerson Substituted by 3 Alonso at 86' minutes
19 Mount
10 substitutes for Havertz with Pulisic at 82' minutes
11 Werner Substitutes for 1 Arrizabalaga
6 Thiago Silva
9 Abraham
15 Zouma
20 Hudson-Odoi
21 Chilwell
24 James
29 Havertz
33 Emerson Crystal Palace Formation 4-4-2 13 Guaita 2 Ward 8 Kouyat 6 Guhi 3 Mitchell 9 J Ayew 44 Riedewald 18 McArthur 15 Schlupp 11 Zaha 14 Mateta 13 Guaita
2 Ward
8 Kouyat
6 Guhi
3 Mitchell
9 J Ayew
44 Riedewald Substituted at 77' Minutes for Rak-Sakyi
18 McArthur
15 Schlupp Substituted for Andersen at 57' minutes
11 Zaha
14 Mateta Substituted at 57' Minutes for Benteke Substitutes 1 Butland
16 Andersen
17 Clyne
20 Benteke
34 Kelly
40 Banks
43 Hannam
46 Street
49 Rak-Sakyi Referee Jonathan Moss Attenance: 38.965 Match Stats, Live Text, Match ends, Chelsea 3 Crystal Palace 0. Full Time Second half ends, Chelsea 3, Crystal Palace 0. Post update Foul by Antonio Rdiger (Chelsea). Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick after the update. Post update Foul by Kai Havertz, Chelsea Marc Guhi (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick during the defensive half. Post update Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), right footed shot, from the right side the box. It misses to his left. James McArthur assisted. Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea) after the update. Post update Wilfried Zha (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick during the attacking half. Substitution Substitution, Chelsea. Emerson replaces Marcos Alonso. Substitution Substitution Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Christian Pulisic. Post update Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), wins a free kick during the defensive half. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) has posted a post-update Foul. Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) has posted a post-update Foul. Post update Wilfried Zha (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick from the left wing. Foul by Reece James, (Chelsea) Post update Post update Wilfried Zha (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick from the left wing. Substitution Substitution Crystal Palace Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Jairo Riedewald. Post update Foul by Andreas Christensen, (Chelsea). Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), wins a free kick after the update. Page 1 of 5 Rewind Previous Navigate to Next Navigate To The Last Page Forward
