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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 22 (setup 5, season 17)
Chelsea
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS717Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Victor MOSES727James TOMKINS
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza36Joel WARD
NGolo KANTÉ4Yohan CABAYE
Gary CAHILL57Mamadou SAKHO
Branislav IVANOVIC6Timothy FOSU-MENSAH
Danny DRINKWATER77Jason PUNCHEON
Eden HAZARD78Andros TOWNSEND
Olivier GIROUD69Christian BENTEKE
Francesc FABREGAS Soler106Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma611Loïc RÉMY
Manager
WILLIAN Borges da Silva12Martin KELLY
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13Steve MANDANDA
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho14Joe LEDLEY
Marco VAN GINKEL15Jeffrey SCHLUPP
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior16JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA

Chelsea 3 Crystal Palace 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 60,572, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Mike THORPE 6½)
40 Giroud, 50 Giroud, 90+1 Marcos AlonsoScorers45+3 Townsend
Substitutions
Sendings off
3 Giroud, 56 Kanté, 63 DrinkwaterBookings59 Fosu-Mensah
1Corners3
15Fouls22
3Offsides1
8Shots on5
9Shots off5
17Total shots10
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
1The hapless SZCZESNY was all agog as a backpass from TOMKINS dropped just over.
3THORPE books GIROUD.
11TOWNSEND's shot was well held by the Chelsea 'keeper.
20HAZARD waltzed past PUNCHEON and rattled a tame shot over the bar.
22The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Chelsea's HAZARD.
25A penalty box meleé resulted in PEDRO knocking the ball over.
33DRINKWATER beat CABAYE and flicked the ball to HAZARD who pulled his shot wide.
40GOAL!! A weak drive from GIROUD seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (1-0 Chelsea)
45+3GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was forced in at the near post by TOWNSEND. (1-1)
 
50GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for GIROUD to hit the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Chelsea)
53The 'keeper was able to block a poor header from GIROUD.
54BENTEKE worked the ball to RÉMY, PUNCHEON gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of COURTOIS.
56A clinical tackle on SAKHO by KANTÉ results in a booking.
57A cross from LOFTUS-CHEEK left BENTEKE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
58TOWNSEND was put clear by WARD and he nutmegged the Chelsea 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
59The referee books FOSU-MENSAH for violent conduct against DRINKWATER.
63DRINKWATER cautioned for a clumsy foul.
76RÉMY made space on the right and dragged the ball to WARD who clipped the ball over.
80A pin-point pass bobbled toward GIROUD and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
81A header by BENTEKE at the far post was comfortably collected by the Chelsea 'keeper.
81GIROUD ran onto a wonderful ball from KANTÉ but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
90+1GOAL!! PEDRO drove an amazing shot against the woodwork with MARCOS ALONSO knocking in the rebound. (3-1 Chelsea)