On the evening of February 19, Beijing time, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Chelsea narrowly defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 away and won the second victory in the last 6 rounds, still 7 points behind the second place Liverpool. Ziyeh scored a goal, VAR decided that Lukaku was offside and cancelled, Kante lost a single shot, Zaha also missed a good opportunity to break the goal, and Ziyech was killed in the 89th minute.
Game highlights
Chelsea and Crystal Palace have never drawn in their last 22 Premier League matches, with the Blues winning 18 and losing four.
For the first time, a Chelsea player wore a jersey bearing the Club World Cup title logo, but the attacking line was dudded for a long time, and Lukaku only touched the ball twice in the first half, and 1 was a kick-off.
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Mount was out injured, Reece James was still recuperating and Christensen switched to the right. Crystal Palace midfielder Gallagher recused himself from the old boss due to loan terms, and Will Hughes returned to the bench.
In the 7th minute, Zaha's diagonal cross from the left was slightly deflected into the far corner after a small angle diagonal shot from the right side of the orese penalty area.
In the 9th minute, Ziyech's cross from the right wing, Lukaku nodded the ball in front of him and Pulisic fired a shot from the back of the net without kicking the target.
On 11 minutes, Rudiger fired a powerful long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area and goalkeeper Guaita flew in to seal the ball off the line.
In the 21st minute, Sal's diagonal pass, Kante formed a single knife in the middle of the penalty area, and the strafing shot was saved by Guaita.
In the 30th minute, Ziyech went straight and Lukaku's small angled shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Guaita, and Lukaku was also offside.
On 34 minutes, Ziyech's shot was blocked. Three minutes later, Havertz knocked back from the left and Sal's shot was deflected wide.
In the 45th minute, Orisei went straight and Zaha faced Mendy with a one-handed knife on the left side of the penalty area, and pushed a small angle into the far corner that was slightly deflected.
Guaita was injured and was replaced by Batlan at half-time. On 53 minutes, Schlupp fired high from distance. On 59 minutes, Ziyech's free-kick in front of the penalty area was blocked by a wall.
In the 72nd minute, Ziyech's precise cross from the right wing was met by a teammate at the back post.
In the 75th minute, Kovacic went straight, Lukaku's left rib shot from the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper, Ziyech made up for the empty goal, and the VAR audit ruled that Lukaku was offside and the goal was invalid.
On 87 minutes, Kouyat fired high in front of the penalty area. In the 89th minute, Marcos Alonso's cross from the left was met by an unguarded Ziyech at the back of the penalty area, which calmly swept the goal to make it 1-0.
Statistics
Appearances line-up
Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1): Guaita (46' Batlane); Klein, Anderson, Gee, Mitchell; Kuyat, MaiArthur (91' Matta); Jordan Ayew (85' Ezer), Orisei, Schlupp; Zaha
Chelsea (4-3-3): Mendy; Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Sal (74' Marcos Alonso), Kante (74' Loftus-Cheek), Jorginho (74' Kovacic), Pulisic, Ziyech, Lukaku, Havertz