Havertz: Connections are coming
Kai Havertz saw signs on Saturday of an increasing coherence and confidence among the Chelsea players, something the German believes will only improve as the squad’s fitness continues to build up.
Kai Havertz saw signs on Saturday of an increasing coherence and confidence among the Chelsea players, something the German believes will only improve as the squad’s fitness continues to build up.
It might have been two of our defenders’ work in the attacking third that grabbed the headlines in Saturday’s victory over Crystal Palace, but a first league clean sheet this season, achieved by a new-look centre-back pairing, did not go unnoticed by a delighted Frank Lampard.
In our statistical analysis of yesterday’s ultimately emphatic victory over Crystal Palace, the defenders take centre stage with crucial contributions made by Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma, Cesar Azpilicueta and Ben Chilwell…
Chelsea returned to winning ways in the Premier League courtesy of a four-goal showing in the second half against Crystal Palace and so it was a pleased Frank Lampard who spoke after the game about his team’s performance.
A goal and an assist from Ben Chilwell on his Premier League debut for Chelsea helped open the floodgates in a big win over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.
Edouard Mendy and Ben Chilwell will both make their Premier League debuts for Chelsea against Crystal Palace while Thiago Silva returns to the side and Christian Pulisic is on the bench.
Reece James discusses Thiago Silva's impact, Frank Lampard's faith and going up against Wilfried Zaha ahead of our London derby against Crystal Palace today...
Our next Play Predictor guest Amal Fashanu is expecting Mason Mount to quickly recover from his penalty miss to help fire us to victory against Crystal Palace.
Christian Pulisic back training at Cobham is a sight that Chelsea fans around the world will be delighted to see, with the American set to make his return to action this weekend.
A win, a loss and a draw has made it a mixed start to the Premier League season for the Blues in terms of results, but ahead of tomorrow’s London derby against Crystal Palace, Frank Lampard has dug a little deeper and explained why no major conclusions should yet be drawn.