 injury. Incredibly, the victory against Fulham was also Chelsea's first away win since May but still not enough to lift them into the top half of the table. Yet after such a sluggish start to the season under Pochettino, Chelsea are ready to take any positive that comes their way - and there were plenty in a one-sided derby at Craven Cottage. Chelsea, amid a huge injury list and raft of new signings, finally look as if they have a shape and identity as well as looking dangerous in attack and finding the net. Perhaps it was always tempting fate when one pizza chain put an advert on the side of a truck outside Craven Cottage bragging about how many millions of pizzas they had sold since Chelsea had last scored a Premier League goal. Chelsea had gone through the whole of September without finding the net in the Premier League, and the travelling fans probably did not have too much hope with Raheem Sterling only on the bench after illness and Nicolas Jackson suspended. It looked like it was going to be another one of those nights at first for Chelsea as Broja and then Mudryk blasted big chances horribly over the bar. But that changed for Chelsea in the 18th minute with two goals in the space of 82 seconds. They had waited so long for one goal and then two come along almost at once. Moises Caicedo looked up in central midfield, spread the ball wide t){kind=link}
FULHAM 0-2 CHELSEA: Mauricio Pochettino’s side got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a comfortable victory against their west London rivals at Craven Cottage
It was a night of unexpected firsts for Chelsea – as Mauricio Pochettino’s new-look Blues appear to be taking shape.
Mykhaylo Mudryk scored his first goal for the club since his £89million move in January to end the club’s Premier League drought with their first goal in 303 minutes. Armando Broja also got in on the act as he scored his first goal in a year after missing so much of the past 12 months through injury with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
âIncredibly, the victory against Fulham was also Chelsea’s first away win since May but still not enough to lift them into the top half of the table. Yet after such a sluggish start to the season under Pochettino, Chelsea are ready to take any positive that comes their way – and there were plenty in a one-sided derby at Craven Cottage.
âChelsea, amid a huge injury list and raft of new signings, finally look as if they have a shape and identity as well as looking dangerous in attack and finding the net.