Chelsea FC finally grab a win after two consecutive defeat against two Manchester's team as the Blues beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Stamford Bridge thanks to Willian Goal and Kelly's own goal. There is a slight change in our starting line up as Cahill comes in for Rudiger (muscular problem), and Giroud comes in for pedro from our last game. Kante plays again after illness from City's game.
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Chelsea lead 1-0 after Willian cut in from the left side and his rigth-footed drive crept inside the near post. A beautiful and from outside the box again. Willian really is on fire recently. His 13 goal is his best ever run in blue's shirt. The assist for the goal awarded to Kante.
Our second goal is coming from the wide as Alonso cross is pass through Willian and land on Hazard as the Belgian give it to Zappacosta to shot it with power and rolling over the line after it bounce to Hennesey and Kelly. What a way to utilize the wide area for the team who have narrow defensive line. Actually, Zappacosta has a lot of space on the right and terrorized Palace's defence. However, I guess 2 goals is enough to grab the 3 points.
Olivier Giroud played well and have a lot of chance to scores but he is just unlucky. I hope that Conte starts him for Barca game instead of Morata, whose received a yellow card once again after a little fight with Tomkins. I know that Conte's tactic is implemented well against Barca at Stamford Bridge. But having a striker is not that bad at all as we will have a person who really could hold up high the ball. A tall and tough striker like Giroud made it easier as we will have a lot of option to pass the ball rather than having hazard up high. Overall, the performance was very very good.
MAN OF THE MATCH : WILLIAN
Willian is once again Chelsea's best player. He has most shots on target (4), most dribbles (8), and scores a goal from outside the box.