Last Updated: February 13, 2024, 21:03 IST
Chelsea returned to successful methods within the Premier League having earned a convincing 3-1 victory in opposition to Crystal Palace. Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher scored a brace to earn a convincing win in opposition to his former aspect Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in London. With this win, Chelsea succeeded in reaching a feat that they’d not achieved in 118 years. It is the primary time in Chelsea’s historical past that the membership have managed to win in opposition to Crystal Palace in 13 consecutive matches. Squawka, a soccer evaluation firm, claimed that it was the primary occasion in Chelsea’s historical past of registering such a chronic streak of wins in opposition to one specific opponent within the league.
Chelsea have gained 13 consecutive league video games in opposition to a single opponent for the primary time within the membership’s 118-12 months historical past.1-3 is just unfortunate for Palace. pic.twitter.com/0PB6OEOv5p
— Squawka (@Squawka) February 12, 2024
Monday’s Premier League fixture in opposition to Chelsea marked Crystal Palace supervisor Roy Hodgson’s 2 hundredth match answerable for the membership. Before the Premier League fixture, Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino had expressed his admiration for Hodgson.
“Roy is my friend. I admire him — he’s an unbelievable coach. I think he’s working really well. There is always pressure in football when you lose one or two games, but no doubt he is going to be successful with Palace,” Mauricio Pochettino had stated within the press convention.
“He has the experience to manage everything in this situation. It is going to be good to see him on Monday. For sure, we are going to share a very nice time together. From the beginning when I arrived at Southampton, he was the coach of the national team and was always at Southampton watching games and sharing time with us. We made a very good relationship. From the first moment, the feeling was very good between us. We understand football very well, the experience is there,” the Argentine added.
A shocking lengthy-vary objective scored by Jefferson Lerma gave Crystal Palace the lead within the thirtieth minute of the Premier League recreation in opposition to Chelsea. The lead, nevertheless, didn’t final lengthy with Conor Gallagher scoring a a lot-wanted equaliser simply 90 seconds into the second half. The English midfielder put Chelsea forward proper after 90 minutes have been performed with a shot from the sting of the field. Enzo Fernandez scored the insurance coverage objective for Chelsea within the dying minutes of the sport.
Having performed 24 matches thus far, Chelsea now discover themselves positioned on the tenth spot within the Premier League standings. Chelsea presently have 34 factors to their title.
