Chelsea outclasses Fulham at Craven Cottage stadium in a 2 Nill win

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It was an impressive performance from Chelsea as they took on Fulham in the English Premier League. The Blues were dominant throughout the match, eventually coming out on top with a 2-0 victory. It was a convincing win for the home side, who showed their class and quality to dominate their London rivals and secure the three points.

and Armando Broja score as Chelsea win at off-color Fulham at Craven Cottage Stadium London.

Chelsea vs. Fulham Match Overview

Chelsea are up to the giddy heights of 11th place, still embarrassingly in the bottom half of the table, but this felt significant. If they can get those players fit.

Before the game began it had been 285 minutes without a Premier League goal for Chelsea. It felt much longer. It even extended to 303 minutes – before they suddenly claimed two in 82 seconds.

In fairness, it had been coming. They had dominated Fulham from the kick-off and there appeared far more balance and menace to their attack. Broja, on his first start since December having recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, provided greater focus.The balance felt better with Mudryk and Palmer, clever on the ball, either side of him and although Broja was guilty of a horrendous early miss, he was not perturbed. Neither was Chelsea. They have pace to burn up front and athleticism in the midfield, with Conor Gallagher playing slightly further forward, and it was Moises Caicedo who set them off as he switched play out to the left.

Full-back Levi Colwill collected his pass and floated a wonderfully precise pass over Issa Diop. Mudryk took it in his stride to beat Bernd Leno with a low shot through his legs. Given his troubles, his lack of confidence, and his lack of goals, it was a remarkably accomplished finish. Before that Chelsea had endured 47 shots without scoring.

Maybe it even stunned Fulham because moments later Chelsea doubled their advantage in what was a calamity from Tim Ream, the home side’s captain. First, his square pass out of defense was intercepted by Palmer, who tried to send Broja clear. Ream managed to intercept but only to play the ball off the striker and it rebounded into the net for Broja’s first goal for 359 days.

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That was fortunate then Chelsea was well worth their advantage. Fulham was over-run and overwhelmed in midfield and appeared fearful of Chelsea’s pace while offering precious little threat in attack. At half-time, there were even boos of frustration from the Fulham fans, as Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino tellingly made a bee-line for Palmer after first heading towards Mudryk. Finally, Mudryk was delivering.

Unfortunately, Mudryk did not return for the second half and was replaced by the more defensive Ian Maatsen as Pochettino switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation. Could Fulham capitalise? Head coach Marco Silva also made changes and finally, they managed to apply some pressure, although substitute Alex Iwobi failed to connect properly with a cross from Antonee Robinson.

Chelsea celebrate Armando Broja's goal — Chelsea celebrate Armando Broja’s goal [Courtesy]

But, at least, they had created a chance, and there was another when Carlos Vinicius, also on as a substitute, was picked out but could only head wastefully over.

Still, it was Chelsea who should have scored again, and ended any doubt, when the ball ran to Maatsen. Except his side-footed shot struck a post and Leno quickly smothered Enzo Fernandez’s follow-up.

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Back came Fulham and Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez made a fine instinctive point-blank stop to deny substitute Sasa Lukic. A goal then and maybe it could have changed everything.

Scores

They allow Colwill lots of time down the left flank, he looks up and floats it over to Mudryk. Awful defending from Diop, who has been totally in the wrong position. Mudryk gifted the opportunity and he makes no mistake. he scored in 18th minute.

20 seconds after the restart, and Fulham shot themselves in the other foot! This time it’s the other centre half, Ream, who tries to play it out of defence and gifts it to Chelsea. Broja gets a bit of good fortune with the break of the ball but he’s done well to tuck it away and fair play to the young man.

An absolutely ghastly minute’s football for the Fuggers!

What next for the blues?