Chelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace: Participant rankings as Blues drop factors in London derby

FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE – Chelsea didn’t make their dominance pay in a 1-1 draw at residence to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Enzo Maresca continues to be with no win at Stamford Bridge within the Premier League after watching his facet drop two factors when they need to have killed the sport.

The Eagles battled arduous to finally get a grip within the recreation and snapped a run of two straight defeats to open the brand new marketing campaign.

How the sport unfolded

The primary half-chance of the sport swung Chelsea’s approach after 12 minutes when Cole Palmer was afforded time and house on the sting of the field to shoot, however his effort curled simply previous the submit.

An analogous opening confirmed itself on the different finish as Adam Wharton let fly from 20 yards, together with his shot simply held by Robert Sanchez.

Chelsea ought to have taken the lead halfway via the primary half when a protracted ball by Malo Gusto was flicked on by Nicolas Jackson into Noni Madueke, who slipped in behind Marc Guehi however rolled the ball large.

Madueke had one other effective probability to attain moments later when he raced onto the top of an Enzo Fernandez clipped cross excessive, and this time his volley was denied by Dean Henderson.

The stress finally instructed and Chelsea went forward with their subsequent alternative. Madueke raced across the again of Will Hughes, who could not make a cynical foul as he was on a yellow card, and performed in Palmer, who squared for Nicolas Jackson to faucet in on the far submit.

Within the second half, Henderson produced one other stretch save to maintain out Palmer, this time from a 20-yard direct free-kick.

However in opposition to the run of play, Palace discovered a leveller quickly after. Chelsea didn’t clear an Eagles set piece and the ball fell to Eberechi Eze on the sting of the field. With a contact to set himself, the England worldwide picked out the far nook of Sanchez’s web.

Palace snatched management of the sport and went near going forward when Daniel Munoz’s cut-back was met by Daichi Kamada. His strike was fumbled by Sanchez, however mercifully for the Spaniard the ball landed on high of the web.

Initially of eight minutes of stoppage time, a great chunk of Stamford Bridge thought the hosts had gone again in entrance when Jackson fired into the side-netting.

Seconds later, Jackson raced within the clear once more after beating the offside lure, however Henderson did properly to face his floor and deny him on the close to submit.

Chelsea participant rankings (4-2-3-1)

GK: Robert Sanchez – 5/10 – No probability of getting close to Eze’s thunderbolt. Did not have an excessive amount of to do aside from decide that strike out of his web.

RB: Malo Gusto – 6/10 – Efficient on the ball, notably when Chelsea had been within the ascendancy. Picked up a muscle damage within the second half.

CB: Wesley Fofana – 6/10 – One other constructive show following his return this season from long-term damage.

CB: Levi Colwill – 6/10 – A bit of sloppy in possession however was assured in his defensive duties, utterly silencing Mateta.

LB: Marc Cucurella – 5/10 – A efficiency extra paying homage to Cucurella’s early days at Stamford Bridge. Offered little on the ball and was frequently crushed by Munoz.

CM: Moises Caicedo – 6/10 – Nipped his approach into tackles and asserted his authority within the midfield battle.

CM: Enzo Fernandez – 5/10 – Began brightly with some wonderful passing, however could not decide the lock or maintain his cool when Chelsea had been in want of his supposed magic.

RW: Noni Madueke – 8/10 – Embracing his current function as Chelsea’s protagonist. Tore aside Hughes and co within the first half, resulting in the opening objective. Quietened within the second when the hosts misplaced management.

AM: Cole Palmer – 7/10 – His common and sensible ingenuity was standout in opening 45 minutes, although was responsible of overplaying when Chelsea turned annoyed.

LW: Pedro Neto – 5/10 – Nowhere close to as efficient as Madueke on the opposite wing. Nonetheless engaged on his partnership with Cucurella down the left.

CF: Nicolas Jackson – 7/10 – A menace as all the time and was good worth for his objective. Arguably ought to have scored a winner with one among two late, late probabilities.

Substitutes

SUB: Joao Felix (58′ for Neto) – 6/10

SUB: Mykhailo Mudryk (74′ for Gusto) – 6/10

SUB: Christopher Nkunku (86′ for Madueke) – 6/10

Subs not used: Filip Jorgensen (GK), Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Renato Veiga, Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, Cesare Casadei

Supervisor

Enzo Maresca – 6/10 – Chelsea confirmed the enjoyable facet they are often on the ball, however there stays a difficulty of attempting to maintain management.

Crystal Palace participant rankings (3-4-2-1)

GK: Dean Henderson – 7/10 – Most likely may have performed higher to forestall Jackson’s opener however made up for it with a string of effective saves, particularly late within the day.

CB: Nathaniel Clyne – 7/10 – Helped double up on the tandem of Neto and Cucurella. Received again to place off Jackson with the final probability of the sport.

CB: Marc Guehi – 7/10 – Misplaced his focus at factors however typically spectacular in defending his personal field. Got here up with the odd cross between the traces as properly.

CB: Chris Richards – 6/10 – Managed to regular himself after a tough opening interval chasing Madueke and Palmer.

RM: Daniel Munoz – 8/10 – Completely dominated his flank and was unfortunate to not have a objective involvement to his title on the finish of all of it. Standout for Palace.

CM: Adam Wharton – 6/10 – Drowned below stress from Caicedo at first however orchestrated the sport when Palace obtained on the scoresheet.

CM: Will Hughes – 3/10 – Picked up an early reserving and Chelsea, notably Madueke, sought to focus on him at any given alternative. Hooked quickly after the restart when he was in actual hazard of being despatched off.

LM: Tyrick Mitchell – 5/10 – Given the unenviable process of attempting to clamp Madueke, who did properly to trace the wing-back the opposite approach.

AM: Daichi Kamada – 6/10 – Knitted assaults collectively neatly together with his quick-thinking and one-touch passes.

AM: Ebere Eze – 8/10 – Introduced anger out of Glasner and Palace followers for not releasing the ball fast sufficient, earlier than calling upon his trademark genius to haul the Eagles degree and earn them a degree.

CF: Jean-Philippe Mateta – 5/10 – Tried to bully Colwill however the younger defender was having none of it. Withdrawn for a faster outlet up entrance in Sarr.

SUB: Cheick Doucoure (50′ for Hughes) – 7/10

SUB: Ismaila Sarr (67′ for Mateta) – 6/10

SUB: Jeffrey Schlupp (88′ for Kamada) – N/A

Subs not used: Remi Matthews (GK), Joel Ward, Kaden Rodney, Justin Devenny, Asher Agbinone, Franco Umeh-Chibueze

Oliver Glasner – 6/10 – The primary half was regarding for Palace, however then they discovered their groove and will have taken all three factors themselves.