Alvaro Morata found his scoring touch, netting the first two goals for Chelsea in their 3-1 victory over Palace.
LONDON — Three thoughts on Chelsea’s 3-1 win vs. Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
1. Morata sends Chelsea second
Alvaro Morata does not exactly radiate confidence as a centre-forward. Quite the opposite, in fact: More often than not, he can look uncertain, nervous and lacking the sort of ego that powers someone like Diego Costa, his predecessor at Stamford Bridge. His current demeanour, though, should betray growing belief.
Morata scored twice in a 3-1 win vs. Crystal Palace, a result that…
Alvaro Morata found his scoring touch, netting the first two goals for Chelsea in their 3-1 victory over Palace.
English Premier League: Pedro (70′) Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace
English Premier League: Alvaro Morata (65′) Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace
English Premier League: Andros Townsend (53′) Chelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace
English Premier League: Alvaro Morata (32′) Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
LONDON — Alvaro Morata scored twice as Chelsea withstood a scare from Crystal Palace — delivered by Andros Townsend’s second-half equaliser — to maintain Maurizio Sarri’s unbeaten start to Premier League football, moving them back to within two points of Manchester City.
Positives
Sarri’s unbeaten start goes on and aside from the momentum that brings, there is a real calmness to Chelsea’s belief that they can win regardless of the match situation. Morata is also finally meeting the standard required…
English Premier League: Willian (63′) Burnley 0-3 Chelsea
English Premier League: Ross Barkley (56′) Burnley 0-2 Chelsea
English Premier League: Alvaro Morata (22′) Burnley 0-1 Chelsea
BURNLEY – Three quick points on Burnley 0-4 Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
1. No Hazard, no problem for Blues
Deprived of the Premier League’s best player, Chelsea demonstrated there is much more to Maurizio Sarri’s revolution than the best form of Eden Hazard’s career with a convincing rout of Burnley at Turf Moor.
Hazard, still suffering from the back problem he sustained during a bruising encounter with Manchester United last time out, did not travel to Lancashire with the…
Maurizio Sarri admitted Ruben Loftus-Cheek isn’t a Chelsea regular in midfield due to tactical problems.
Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri joked about the dilemma he has in picking his best starting 11 and hinted he may start Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek together in the future.
LONDON — Maurizio Sarri backed Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud to provide goals for Chelsea and reiterated that defence, not attack, is the area of his team that is concerning him most this season.
Giroud once again failed to find the net as Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s first senior hat trick from midfield secured a convincing 3-1 win for Chelsea over BATE Borisov in the Europa League on Thursday.
The Frenchman has yet to score this season and Morata has just two goals in all competitions, and many have…
LONDON — Maurizio Sarri said he hopes Alvaro Morata can “restart” his season after breaking his scoring duck in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Vidi in the Europa League.
Morata latched onto Willian’s flick-on from an inviting Cesc Fabregas cross in the 70th minute to poke the winning goal beyond Tomas Tujvel, having missed a gilt-edged opportunity to break the deadlock when he sent a close-range dink wide in the first half.
Relief rather than joy was the Spaniard’s reaction when the ball hit the back of…
ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe and the FC panel agree that Luis Enrique’s Spain have flipped the script on the old tiki-taka style of play.
Steve Nicol and Brian McBride react to Spain’s relentless domination of World Cup runners-up Croatia in a surprising UEFA Nations League result.
Croatia suffered their worst-ever defeat in international competition as Luis Enrique earned his first victory on home soil for Spain.
Borussia Dortmund’s in-form striker Paco Alcacer has been included in Spain’s squad for the games against Wales and England, but his former Barcelona teammate Jordi Alba continues to be omitted.
Alcacer has scored four goals, including his team’s second in a 3-0 win over Monaco in Wednesday’s Champions League, in three games since joining Dortmund on loan from Barcelona this summer.
Spain coach Luis Enrique has rewarded the 25-year-old, who has not featured for his country since March 2016, with…
ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe and the FC panel agree that Luis Enrique’s Spain have flipped the script on the old tiki-taka style of play.
Steve Nicol and Brian McBride react to Spain’s relentless domination of World Cup runners-up Croatia in a surprising UEFA Nations League result.
Croatia suffered their worst-ever defeat in international competition as Luis Enrique earned his first victory on home soil for Spain.
Spain coach Luis Enrique refused to answer questions regarding his continued omission of Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba from the national squad, but said his decisions are based purely on sporting reasons.
A regular under Luis Enrique’s predecessor Julen Lopetegui and a starter at the World Cup in Russia, Alba assisted three goals in Barca’s 4-2 win over Tottenham on Wednesday.
Left out of Luis Enrique’s first squad selection, he has again not been included by his former Barca boss for upcoming…
Daniel Sturridge scored a breathtaking goal in the final minute to keep Liverpool undefeated in the Premier League this season.
LONDON — Three points from Stamford Bridge on Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League.
1. Sturridge rescues a point for Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge extended Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season by salvaging a point for Jurgen Klopp’s team with a goal just three minutes after coming on as a substitute against Chelsea.
Liverpool had looked set to lose for the first time in the league this season after falling behind to Eden Hazard’s 25th-minute opener at Stamford…
Maurizio Sarri feels Eden Hazard is the best player in Europe following his hat trick display against Cardiff City.
ESPN FC’s Alexis Nunes and Shaka Hislop break down Saturday’s fixtures from the Premier League, which saw Liverpool and Chelsea extend their winning streaks.
Eden Hazard’s second-ever hat trick for Chelsea helped lead his team to a comfortable 4-1 win over Cardiff, at Stamford Bridge.
Eden Hazard’s second-ever hat trick for Chelsea helped lead his team to a comfortable 4-1 win over Cardiff, at Stamford Bridge.
Eden Hazard’s second-ever hat trick for Chelsea helped lead his team to a comfortable 4-1 win over Cardiff, at Stamford Bridge.
Maurizio Sarri said he will need both Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata on form to keep Chelsea on track in all competitions after Giroud impressed against Cardiff City on his first Premier League start of the season.
Morata was an unused substitute as Eden Hazard’s hat trick propelled Chelsea to a 4-1 victory at Stamford Bridge, with Giroud impressing despite failing to score.
Giroud assisted each of Hazard’s first two goals with intelligent lay-offs and provided a polished focal point for Chelsea’s…
MADRID, Spain — Luis Enrique bundled his players into three black vans with tinted windows and without a word, he drove them to a secret location where he locked them in a room with a serial killer.
Spain’s new manager has a reputation for extreme discipline and this was the week when everyone seemed preoccupied with punishment, but this was different. This was role play: an Escape Room game on Gran Vía in central Madrid, where the national team players had exactly 60 minutes to get away from…