Summer signing Ben Chilwell scored one and assisted another on his first Premier League start since his £45m move from Leicester City as Chelsea returned to winning ways against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.
Having made his first appearance on Tuesday as Frank Lampard’s side were knocked out of the Carabao Cup on penalties by Tottenham, Chilwell marked his 100th Premier League appearance by firing in at the back post following Mamadou Sakho’s failed clearance.
Chilwell, 23, then delivered an excellent cross from the left to allow Kurt Zouma to head in a second after 66 minutes, before Jorginho stepped up to convert two penalties in the space of four minutes to seal victory.
Manager Lampard also handed a league debut to £22m goalkeeper Edouard Mendy as the hosts, led in defence by fellow summer addition Thiago Silva, registered a first clean sheet of the season.
The Blues struggled to break down a typically solid Palace defence in an uneventful first half, as Timo Werner shot straight at Vicente Guaita and both Jorginho and Abraham failed to hit the target from Chilwell corners.
Visitors Palace failed to muster a shot on target in a toothless display and never looked likely to respond as Chelsea’s quality told after the interval.
Chelsea climb in to the top four before the rest of the weekend’s action, while defeat leaves Crystal Palace in eighth.
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Chelsea
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Squad number16Player nameMendy
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
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Squad number15Player nameZouma
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Squad number21Player nameChilwell
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
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Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
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Squad number11Player nameWerner
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Squad number9Player nameAbraham
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number17Player nameKovacic
Crystal Palace
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Squad number31Player nameGuaita
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Squad number2Player nameWard
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Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
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Squad number12Player nameSakho
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Squad number27Player nameMitchell
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Squad number10Player nameTownsend
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Squad number18Player nameMcArthur
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Squad number22Player nameMcCarthy
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Squad number25Player nameEze
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Squad number11Player nameZaha
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
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Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic
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Squad number44Player nameRiedewald
Line-ups
Chelsea
- 16Mendy
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 64mins
- 6Thiago Silva
- 15Zouma
- 21Chilwell
- 7KantéBooked at 70minsSubstituted forKovacicat 83′minutes
- 5Jorginho
- 20Hudson-OdoiSubstituted forPulisicat 83′minutes
- 29Havertz
- 11Werner
- 9Abraham
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 10Pulisic
- 14Tomori
- 17Kovacic
- 18Giroud
- 19Mount
- 24James
Crystal Palace
- 31Guaita
- 2Ward
- 8Kouyaté
- 12Sakho
- 27Mitchell
- 10Townsend
- 18McArthurSubstituted forRiedewaldat 72′minutes
- 22McCarthySubstituted forMilivojevicat 67′minutes
- 25Eze
- 11Zaha
- 9J Ayew
Substitutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 6Dann
- 7Meyer
- 13Hennessey
- 20Benteke
- 34Kelly
- 44Riedewald
Live Text
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Match ends, Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0.
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0.
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Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).
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Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
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Kai Havertz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
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Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
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Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
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Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Offside, Chelsea. Timo Werner tries a through ball, but Kai Havertz is caught offside.
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces N’Golo Kanté because of an injury.
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Goal! Chelsea 4, Crystal Palace 0. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
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Penalty Chelsea. Kai Havertz draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Luka Milivojevic.
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Kai Havertz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
