By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Four second-half goals were what Chelsea needed to humble another London side, Crystal Palace, during the Saturday’s Premiership League.
The floodgate of goals was started by Chelsea defenders, Ben Chilwell and Kurt Zouma, and two from Jorginho from the penalty spot in its latest late show.
Last week, Chelsea got a stoppage-time equalizer from Tammy Abraham against West Brom to overcome a 3-0 first half deficit.
While Ben Chilwell’s 10th minute second-half goal was his first in Chelsea colour, his U.S. teammate, Christian Pulisic, began the match on the bench after recovering from the hamstring injury he suffered in August.
However, it will be noted that Chelsea, with their newly assembled super stars, have been struggling to score first-half goals of recent.
As the highly rated forward Timo Werner and playmaker Kai Havertz continue to adjust to the English game after arriving from their native Germany this summer, the homegrown attackers –
Abraham, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Mason Mount – were Chelsea’s heroes last Saturday.
It was one-way traffic before and after the opener, though, as Chelsea finished with 17 shots, three of which ended up in Palace’s net.
Besides, Chelsea’s new goalkeeper, Édouard Mendy, who replaced the gaffe-prone Kepa Arrizabalaga in Frank Lampard’s lineup, was never put under preasure throughout the match.
The Eagles’ ineptitude going forward meant that the match was all but over when Zouma doubled the hosts’ advantage in the 66th minute.
