Match Report: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford

Right back to square one for Chelsea.

All the recent optimism that Chelsea had finally turned a corner was crushed by a terrible Chelsea performance as Brentford scored their third consecutive victory at Stamford Bridge.

The first half was all too familiar for Chelsea fans. Brentford set up a deep defensive block, Chelsea were completely incapable of getting through. Though in fairness, Noni Madueke did come close to scoring when he curled an effort on to the bar.

Whatever Mauricio Pochettino said to his players at half-time clearly went in one ear and out the other: Chelsea were abysmal in the second half.

When Ethan Pinnock headed Brentford ahead in the 58th minute, Chelsea fans knew they might as well go home then and there. This is not a team that has any guts to come back when they go behind.

Chelsea never looked like scoring and it was easy for Brentford in the second half. Chelsea have nobody they can rely on to make a difference in a game so the defeat became inevitable.

Brentford added a second in injury time, Mbuemo rolling into an open goal after Robert Sanchez had gone forward for a corner but it made no real difference, Chelsea had already been beaten 30 minutes earlier.

Starting Line-Up: Sanchez, Cucurella (Ugochukwu 80'), Disasi (James 66'), Silva, Colwill, Gallagher, Caicedo (Washington 80'), Sterling, Palmer, Jackson, Madueke (Maatsen 66')

Subs: Badiashjle, Petrovic, Gusto, Beach, Matos

Match Report: Chelsea 2 - 2 Arsenal

A definite case of two points lost for Chelsea in the London derby.

On the face of it, a draw with high-flying Arsenal isn't too bad a result but the Blues fans know it could and should have been more.

Chelsea started the better side and got their reward in the 14th minute. Mykhailo Mudrk's header struck the arm of William Saliba and Chelsea were awarded a penalty following a VAR check. Cole Palmer stepped up to calmly score his spot kick, sending Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya the wrong way. 

The second half started and was it a shot? Was it a cross? Who cares, Mudryk hit the ball in from the left and it went over Raya into the Arsenal goal to make it 2-0 to Chelsea.

Calamity struck in the 77th minute, Robert Sanchez played the ball straight to Declan Rice who had the whole goal to stroke the ball into.

Sanchez is yet to convince the Stamford Bridge faithful he is good enough to be their number one and this latest blunder will not have helped.

Then a few minutes later, Leandro Trossard arrived unmarked at the back post to equalise for Arsenal from Bukayo Saka's cross.

The really disappointing thing for Chelsea is that right up until the Rice goal, Chelsea had controlled the game and looked relatively comfortable. There had been no real indication of Arsenal being capable of getting themselves back into the match. Indeed, until that point, Arsenal had not managed a single effort on target.

So, a slight disappointment for Chelsea but having outplayed the Gunners for so long in the game, they should take heart from that.

Still a need to cut out the stupid errors but overall Chelsea are on an upward trajectory.

Line-Up: Sanchez, Gusto, Silva, Colwill, Cucurella, Gallagher, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer (James 85'), Sterling (Madueke 85'), Mudryk (Jackson 64')

Subs: Disasi, Badiashile, Madueke, Ugochukwu, James, Petrovic, Maatsen, Washington

Match Report: Burnley 1 - 4 Chelsea

Say it quietly but Mauricio Pocchettino's plan might just be starting to come together.

Three wins in a row in all competitions and most importantly, a team starting to actually score some goals.

It wasn't all plain sailing forthe Blues and Chelsea fans may have had that all too familiar feeling when Wilson Odobert shot across the goal following a Burnley break to give the Clarets the lead on 15 minutes.

But Chelsea slowly pulled themselves back in to the game but still needed a bit of luck when Ameen Al Dikhal deflected Raheem Sterling's cross into his own goal for the Blues equaliser.

In the second half, Chelsea put on the afterburners.

Firstly, just a few minutes into the new half Sterling ran at the Burnley defence and was brought down just inside the penalty area. Cole Palmer stepped up to score the penalty, sending Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford the wrong way for his first Chelsea goal.

On 65 minutes, man of the match Sterling burst into the Burnley box and drilled home his effort. A well deserved goal for the man now finding himself on the outside of Gareth Southgate's England plans.

Sterling was involved yet again in Chelsea's fourth, his cross from the left went all the way across the box to Cole Palmer who laid the ball off to Nicolas Jackson and the big striker produced a cool, calm finish to extinguish Burnley's hopes.

Blues supporters will be hoping its not a false dawn and there will certainly be tougher tests to come but for the first time in a long time, it felt like Chelsea were finally getting the reward their dominant performances deserved.

Line-Up: Sanchez, Cucurella, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Gallagher, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer (Maatsen 85'), Broja (Jackson 45'), Sterling (Mudryk 83')

Subs: Madueke, Ugochukwu, Chukwuemeka, Petrovic, Gilchrist, Matos

Match Report: Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea

Chelsea finally get to celebrate a win in the Premier League and it felt well deserved too.

Two goals in two minutes gave Chelsea the lead they deserved early in the first half.

Firstly, Mykhailo Mudryk chested down Levi Colwill's cross before putting the ball in the Fulham net for his first Chelsea goal in the 18th minute. 

A minute later and Chelsea fans must have thought they were hallucinating, Chelsea got a second. A slice of luck as Tim Ream attempted to cut out Cole Palmer's through ball but it deflected in off Blues striker Armando Broja and into the goal.

The second half was great game management as Fulham rarely looked like scoring bar one effort from Sasa Lukic that was well saved by Robert Sanchez.

Chelsea could have extended their lead on the hour mark but Ian Maatsen's effort from the edge of the box hit the post.

A nice moment for Alex Matos, who made his debut (albeit for 30 seconds) coming on as a sub for Enzo Fernandez in the 95th minute.

The only dark spot for Chelsea was possible addition of Mudryk and Moises Caicedo to Chelsea's already lengthy injury list.

But that is for tomorrow, for tonight Chelsea finally get to enjoy that winning feeling in the league again.

Line-Up: Sanchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo (Madueke 90+5'), Gallagher, Palmer (Ugochukwu 77'), Enzo (Matos 90+5'), Mudryk (Maatsen 45'), Broja (Sterling 65')

Subs: Petrovic, Brooking, Gilchrist, Washington