Chelsea 3 - 0 Crystal Palace - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea 3 - 0 Crystal Palace

Marcos Alonso 27'
Pulisic 40'
Kovacic - Trevor Chalobah 58'

6 Shots on Target 1
7 Shots off Target 3
5 Corners 2
15 Fouls 11
0 Offsides 1
1 Saves 3
0 Yellow Cards 0
62% Possession 38%







球場: Stamford Bridge, London
觀眾: 38,965
開賽: 15:00 Sat, 14 Aug 2021
主裁: Jonathan Moss



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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/08/15/
the-debrief--alonso-and-pulisic-too-hot-for-palace-to-handle

The Debrief: Alonso and Pulisic too hot for Palace to handle

15 Aug 2021


Chelsea got our 2021/22 Premier League campaign off to a great start by
putting in a near-perfect performance at Stamford Bridge to secure a
comfortable victory over Crystal Palace.


https://i.imgur.com/uqewLB4.png


The fans in attendance for the Bridge's first capacity crowd since March
2020 were given plenty to cheer about by the Blues, as Marcos Alonso
opened the scoring half-an-hour in with one of his trademark left-footed
free-kicks. It was the 50th direct free-kick scored by Chelsea in the
Premier League and we never looked back.


Our lead was doubled before the break when Christian Pulisic reacted
quickest at close range to take full advantage when the goalkeeper let the
ball squirm loose in the box, but the best was saved for last.


22-year-old defender Trevoh Chalobah, playing only his second senior match
for Chelsea, drilled low into the bottom corner from 25 yards, completing
the 3-0 victory and becoming the youngest player to score on his Premier
League debut for Chelsea since Paul Hughes in 1997.


== Threat from the left ==


The danger we posed to Crystal Palace going forward was clear from the 13
shots we managed, with half of them coming inside the box as we kept them
guessing by mixing our usual patient build-up with the occasional burst of
a more direct approach.


For the majority of the game, though, we kept probing and waiting for
clear opportunities, with the shot attempted by a Chelsea player from the
greatest distance actually being that fantastic low drive from Chalobah to
complete the scoring.


It was telling that of our six shots on target, the majority of which came
inside the penalty area, four of them were by the double act of Alonso and
Pulisic on our left flank, with two each and both players also getting
their name on the scoresheet.


https://i.imgur.com/2n2FBSE.jpg
Pulisic makes it 2-0


Palace struggled all afternoon to get to grips with Pulisic's trickery and
Alonso's powerful surges forward and into the box, as we overloaded their
defence on that side and kept our opponents guessing about which player
the real threat would come from.


Alonso's three shots in total was also the joint-highest of any player
(along with Mason Mount) and nobody made more than the Spaniard's two key
passes (equal with Mateo Kovacic).


== No N'Golo, no problem ==


One significant absence from our line-up on Saturday was N'Golo Kante, who
was missing after picking up a problem in our mid-week UEFA Super Cup
triumph in Belfast.


However, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic proved they are more than capable of
taking up the slack when the Frenchman's unique talents are unavailable to
Thomas Tuchel.


Jorginho certainly had the defensive side of the midfield partnership
covered, as only Cesar Azpilicueta made more than the Italian
internationals' five tackles for Chelsea and his two successful
interceptions were second only to Andreas Christensen among the Blues.


https://i.imgur.com/lUgZayu.jpg


Alongside him, Kovacic was the one exploiting space and making things
happen. In addition to the previously mentioned joint-highest key passes,
the Croatian also completed more successful dribbles (three) than anyone
else for the Blues as he burst forward out of midfield when the
opportunity presented itself. That is all while maintaining an impressive
97.4 per cent passing accuracy, the best on the pitch.


== Pressure pays off ==


However, perhaps the real key to our victory was the way we managed to
keep Crystal Palace at arm's length throughout, pressing them in
possession high up the pitch and restricting them to just the one shot on
target in 90 minutes.


That desire to challenge our opponents and win the ball back before they
could get into a threatening position was shown by the fact that all 34
tackles and 11 interceptions by Chelsea players (both figures noticeably
higher than those recorded by Palace) were made outside of our penalty
area, and only 12 of those tackles were even in our half of the pitch.


As always, Mason Mount played a key role in leading our high press.
Despite playing in the front three, he made more tackles than any Crystal
Palace player, and was behind only Azpilicueta and Jorginho for the Blues.

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