Ben Chilwell scored his first Chelsea objective because the defender’s dynamic show on his Premier League debut for the Blues impressed a 4-Zero thrashing of Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Hampered by a heel damage, Chilwell had a delayed begin to his first season with Chelsea following his £50 million ($64 million) transfer from Leicester in August.

However the England left-back is making up for misplaced time after delivering an influential efficiency in his third recreation following a pair of League Cup outings.

Whereas Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has invested in a bunch of attacking expertise because the finish of final season, right here it was Chilwell efforts that broke down Palace’s cussed defence at Stamford Bridge.

Chilwell’s thumping end put Chelsea forward quickly after half-time and he supplied the help for Kurt Zouma’s header because the Blues doubled their lead.

Jorginho added a pair of late penalties for Chelsea to finish the rout, though the second precipitated some angst for Tammy Abraham because the Blues striker argued with Cesar Azpilicueta about who ought to take it earlier than shedding the heated debate together with his captain.

That spat should not take the gloss off a composed show from Chelsea, who bounced again from their midweek League Cup defeat in opposition to Tottenham and ended a run of two successive league video games with no win.

The defensive blunders that contributed to their 3-Three draw at West Bromwich Albion had been erased and, crucially, Lampard’s males discovered their leading edge in opposition to defensive opponents.

Capping an encouraging day for Chelsea, Christian Pulisic got here off the bench after damage for his first look of the season.

– Knockout blow –

Lampard makes six adjustments to the aspect that fell three objectives down at West Brom final weekend, with Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy beginning for the primary time within the league after his transfer from Rennes.

With the skilled Azpilicueta and Jorginho again within the beginning line-up, Chelsea appeared extra steady and mature.

They monopolised possession within the first half with out with the ability to prise open a Palace aspect sitting deep inside their very own half.

Kai Havertz made a driving run and picked out Timo Werner, however the German’s shot lacked the accuracy to beat Palace keeper Vicente Guaita.

Jorginho fired simply over after Thiago Silva nodded down Chilwell’s free-kick.

It was a well-recognized sample for Chelsea, who usually dominated video games with out making use of the knockout blow final season.

However this time they’d the answer because the full of life Chilwell lastly broke the impasse within the 50th minute.

Palace defender Mamadou Sakho made a hash of clearing Callum Hudson-Odoi’s cross and Azpilicueta hooked the ball to Abraham, whose decided header allowed Chilwell to fireside dwelling from six yards.

Chilwell’s objective was a reward for an enterprising show from the England defender, whose wonderful set-piece deliveries continued to pose an issue for Palace as Zouma glanced his header simply large.

Palace needed to come out of their shell now and Mendy made his first save to maintain out Andros Townsend’s deflected effort.

However Chilwell was proving unattainable for Palace to comprise and he was catalyst for Chelsea’s second objective within the 66th minute.

Whipping a teasing cross into the Palace space from large on the left, Chilwell discovered Zouma and the defender towered over Sakho to go dwelling.

Chelsea had been in management now and Jorginho made it three within the 78th minute when he slotted in a penalty after Abraham was fouled by Tyrick Mitchell.

Sakho conceded one other penalty 4 minutes later and, after Abraham’s tantrum, Jorginho stored his focus to make it 4.

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