In today’s English Premier League (EPL)fixtures, fans of the league were once again treated to exciting and breath taking football as young Cole palmer once again lead the blues to victory over London rivals Fulham.
By Olisa Obi
It took a penalty for Pochettino’s blues to be able to see of their otherwise trouble some neighbors in Fulham.
Cole Palmer’s first-half penalty gave Chelsea a narrow win over Fulham at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. This was after Palmer’s reverse pass set up Raheem Sterling, who was caught by Issa Diop inside the penalty area.
Palmer dispatched the spot-kick, sending Fulham keeper, Bernd Leno, the wrong way to net his ninth goal since joining the Blues in August.
Conor Gallagher almost added a late second when his sweetly struck effort, using the outside of his boot, cannoned off the far post.
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Chelsea kept Fulham at arm’s length and held on for their third consecutive victory to jump to eighth in the table.
This victory will surely be a breath of fresh air for the blues after their shocking loss at the EFL cup earlier this week when they lost to Middlesbrough 1-0. This was due to their lack of discipline in front of the net.
Their lack of discipline was once again an issue in the first half of the game as the wasted chances to open the scoring as both Gallagher and Broja missed chances to put the blues ahead in the first half.
Victory meant Mauricio Pochettino’s side won a fourth home league match on the bounce for the first time since July 2020.
After winning only 12 of their 43 league games in 2023 (the fewest they had recorded in a calendar year since 1995), Chelsea’s 2024 league campaign has got off to the perfect start.
They play Middlesbrough in the semi-final second leg on 23 January.
Fulham’s poor away-run continued as the Cottagers have lost their past five league games on the road and also were beaten 2-1 at Liverpool in the EFL Cup earlier this week.
