As part of the 11th round of the Premier League, the next London derby took place - Chelsea was hosted by Crystal Palace. Maurizio Surri still could not count on Eden Azar at the start, but already had a trump card up his sleeve, having the opportunity to release him in the second half. The teams cheerfully started the meeting, taking turns attacking and playing almost without the center of the field, but then the hosts moved away from such crazy football, taking the ball under control and rolling it on another side of the field, however, it didn’t bring much benefit, almost was not, and in the presence of these Hennessy did not have to work seriously.
On the 32nd minute, the “pensioners” realized the first dangerous moment - Pedro delivered the ball to Morata on the second attempt, and Alvaro struck Hennessy with the second touch. After scoring a goal, Chelsea continued to play in the same vein and quickly scored again, but the goal was not due to offside from Willian, who did not seem to have been. Before the end of the first half, there was only one team on the field, the “eagles” sunk did not last long enough, then they allowed the opponent to do everything he wanted with the ball. Wards Surrey tried to double their advantage in the account before leaving for a break, but could not seriously disturb Hennessy, so the teams went to the locker rooms with the minimum advantage of the hosts.
The beginning of the second half of the meeting turned out to be boring, the teams took turns possessing the ball, but everything was limited only to rolling it in the center. Morata's pruning game revived in the 53rd minute, which led to a goal against Chelsea - Townsend defeated MacArthur and shot Arrisabalag in the opposite direction - 1: 1. Having missed the ridiculous goal, the hosts were obliged to respond to such embarrassment, the “blue ones” moved to another half of the field, but could not open the opponent. Surry decided that this was not the case, and released Azar on the field, and in addition to him, Kovacic.
The appearance of the Belgian immediately bore fruit - Eden immediately earned a free kick, which he himself filed, a group of players flew past the ball, making him Morata, but Alvaro did not lose his head and sent the ball to the far bottom corner - 2: 1. After the goal was scored, the hosts did not stop, but continued to bend their line, and rather quickly scored again - Alonso shot into the penalty area, and Pedro sent the ball with a touch to the corner of the goal - 3: 1.
Having provided a comfortable advantage in the long run, Chelsea gave the ball in possession of an opponent who tried to revive the intrigue, but all attempts were in vain.. Already in stoppage time, Morata had a brilliant opportunity to get a hat-trick, but Alvaro failed to realize a one-on-one way with Hennessy.. As a result, the wards of Sarri scored a comfortable victory and caught up with Liverpool in terms of the number of points scored, while the “eagles” continue to be only three points from the relegation zone.
In the 12th round, Chelsea will take on the Everton Liverpool, and Crystal Palace expects the third consecutive London derby - this time against Tottenham.
Chelsea - Crystal Palace 3: 1.
Goals: Morata, 32, 65, Pedro, 70 - Townsend, 53 Chelsea: Arrisabalaga - Aspilicueta, Rudiger, David Louis, Alonso - Kant, Jorginho (Fabregas, 80), Barkli (Kovacic, 64) - Pedro, Morata, Willian ( Azar, 64) Crystal Palace: Hennessy - Van Bissaka, Tomkins, Sako, Van Aanholt - Kuyat, Milivojevic, MacArthur (Schlupp, 80) - Townsend, Za, Meyer (Ayu, 71) Warning: Milivojevic.