The Chelsea team snatched a fatal victory from its host Crystal Palace, with a score of 3-1, in the confrontation that brought them together at Selhurst Park, at the conclusion of the twenty-fourth round of the 2023-24 English Premier League championship.
Jefferson Lerma scored the first goal for Crystal Palace, the hosts, in the 30th minute of the first half with a missile shot.
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Connor Gallagher scored Chelsea’s first and second goals in the 47th and 90th minutes of the second half, scoring his first goal for the Blues in the Premier League this season.
Meanwhile, Argentine star Enzo Fernandez added the third goal in the 94th minute of the match.
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With this result, Chelsea occupies tenth place in the English Premier League table with 34 points, having won 10 matches, drawn 4 matches and lost 10 matches. Blues players scored 40 goals and conceded 40 goals.
Crystal Palace occupies fifteenth place in the English Premier League standings with 24 points, collected from winning 6 matches, drawing 12 matches, and losing 12 matches. Its players scored 27 goals and conceded 42 goals.
The Chelsea team entered the match against Crystal Palace with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Petrovic
Defense: Guzzo, Disasi, Silva, Chilwell
Midfield: Gallagher, Caicedo, Enzo
Attack: Madueke, Jackson, Palmer
While the Crystal Palace formation was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Dean Henderson.
Defense: Tyreek Mitchell, Joachim Andersen, Chris Richards, Daniel Muñoz.
Midfield: Adam Wharton, Jefferson Lerma, Jordan Ayew, Will Hughes, Matthews Franca.
Attack: John Philippe Mattina.
The Chelsea team succeeded in winning after two losses in the English Premier League and conceding 8 goals during them, as it lost to Liverpool by four goals to one, and to Wolverhampton by four goals to two, before regaining its balance and beating Aston Villa by three goals in the FA Cup.
Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, Chelsea’s coach, succeeded in breaking the Blues’ winless streak in the Premier League, as Chelsea achieved its first victory since defeating Fulham on January 13 with a clean goal.
