He Chelsea of Enzo Maresca jump on Selhurst Park with the clear mission of hitting the table and leaving behind a bad streak of results in the last two weeks of December with a draw and two defeats in the last three games that have distanced them somewhat from leaders Liverpool. It was not enough because despite being superior in the development of the game, they wasted many chances and missed two important points against Crystal Palace (1-1).
The blues started strongly, laying siege to the rival goal and making Glasner’s team feel like they were at a dead end. They scored Sancho and Jackson in two missed shots before the English winger’s own work of art came to end his typically bloody ice. Cole Palmer.
He received it in the middle of the field on the left and Sancho had his back, without having to touch the ball with a Neymar-style feint, let the ball run and past his rival, who, making a tremendous effort, was able to regain his position, but Jadon beats him again before flicking a pass to Palmer, who once inside the area he controls and crosses gently (13′).
Chelsea continued to insist on finding the second, but were inaccurate in the final meters when determined.
After the interval nothing had changed in terms of the progress of the game, but the possibility began to emerge that if Chelsea did not close the game, Crystal Palace could give them a scare or two. And so it was. Crossed shots by Nico Jackson, Pedro Neto, Enzo, and others blocked by the defense could have closed the rivalry, but it didn’t happen and the movie already knows how it will end.
More by push than game, Palace found Mateta in a good situation to finish, although between Robert Sánchez and the defense they managed several times to avoid the fear of getting worse. However, they could do nothing in the 82nd minute when Eze gave the French international the death knell Marc Guiu He had just entered the green and still couldn’t touch the ball. Chelsea dropped points again in a match they completely controlled.
match lineup
1
12
3
6
5
26
28
8
14
7
10
1
27
3
25
34
6
7
8
15
20
19
Selhurst Park
Robert Sanchez1
Bad Taste27
Marc Cucurella3
Moisés Caicedo25
Josh Acheampong34
Levi Colwill6
64′
68′
Pedro Neto7
Enzo Fernandez8
79′
81′
Nicolas Jackson15
80′
Cole Palmer20
13′
86′
Jadon Sancho19
85′
Replacements
Philip Jørgensen12
Axel Disasi2
Tosin Adarabioyo4
Reece James24
Renato Veiga40
68′
Noni Madueke11
85′
João Felix14
Christopher Nkunku18
86′
Marc Guiu38
80′
coach
Oliver Glasner
Enzo Maresca
Source: La Verdad
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