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EPL: Chelsea vs Palace ends in draw as Newcastle sink Spurs
By Ojomah Austin.
Chelsea suffered fresh frustration after blowing the lead in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace, while Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-1 as Manchester United and Liverpool prepared for their Premier League showdown on Sunday.
Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea have won only once in the first three league games of the Italian’s reign after a chaotic close season.
Beaten by Manchester City on the opening weekend, Chelsea powered to a 6-2 win at Wolves last weekend before scraping into the UEFA Conference League group stage after a 2-1 loss at Servette on Thursday.
Former Leicester boss Maresca insists his expensive Chelsea rebuild, featuring a host of new signings, is ahead of schedule despite their inconsistent start.
Jadon Sancho’s loan move from Manchester United was the final piece in Chelsea’s overhaul since last term and the winger was introduced to the crowd before taking his seat in the director’s box next to Blues co-owner Behdad Eghbali.
But Sancho can’t have been impressed by his new team as they failed to kill off Palace after Noni Madueke picked out Cole Palmer and his pass was slotted home by Nicolas Jackson in the 25th minute.
– Isak fires Newcastle –
Maresca was furious after Palace midfielder Will Hughes avoided a second yellow card for a foul on Palmer.
Looking for their first point this season after defeats against Brentford and West Ham, Palace made the most of that escape to draw level in the 53rd minute.
England midfielder Eberechi Eze unfurled a superb curling finish that flashed past Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez from 20 yards.
Eze’s eye-catching goal and a late close-range miss by Jackson ended Chelsea’s run of 14 successive wins against Palace in all competitions.
At St James’ Park, Wilson Odobert, Pape Sarr and Pedro Porro all wasted good chances for Tottenham in the early stages.
Newcastle took the lead spectacularly in the 37th minute when Lloyd Kelly pulled the ball back to Harvey Barnes, who unleashed a sublime volley into the far corner from 10 yards.
Tottenham equalised in the 56th minute as Newcastle defender Dan Burn accidently diverted the ball into his own net while trying to clear after Brennan Johnson’s cross eluded Nick Pope, who had weakly parried James Maddison’s shot in the build-up to the goal.
Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali came on for his first Premier League appearance in over 10 months after his ban for breaching betting rules.
The Magpies went back in front in the 78th minute when Jacob Murphy ran onto Joelinton’s defence-splitting pass and laid on a tap-in for Alexander Isak.
Unbeaten Newcastle’s second win in three league games condemned Tottenham to a first defeat this term, with the north London derby against Arsenal next up after the international break.
Liverpool travel to Old Trafford in Sunday’s late game as Reds boss Arne Slot gets his first taste of the bitter rivalry with United.
Hired from Feyenoord to succeed Jurgen Klopp in the close season, Slot has overseen 2-0 wins against Ipswich and Brentford in his first two games.
Slot’s fellow Dutchman Erik ten Hag is already under pressure at United after their 2-1 defeat at Brighton last weekend
By Ojomah Austin.
Dubbed as a match with competitive London derby, but it ended up being a masterclass from the visitors Chelsea as Enzo Maresca’s side claimed a very comprehensive 3-0 victory over West Ham in their Premier League encounter at London Stadium. Nicolas Jackson was particularly impressive early on as he recorded a first-half double and England’s Cole Palmer then later added a third.
Nicolas Jackson fired a slick Chelsea side second top of the Premier League table with a double in a 3-0 derby rout of an outclassed West Ham United at the London Stadium.
The lively visiting forward bounded into the home area from Jadon Sancho’s pass to slip home the home opener on four minutes before adding a fine second from a run and finish on 14 minutes later after being set up by Moises Caicedo’s probing pass.
Julen Lopetegui’s struggling side briefly threatened a response before the break, but Cole Palmer finished the match as a contest when he prodded the third in off a post on 47 minutes after being superbly played in by Jackson on the counter.
Enzo Maresca’s men have picked up 10 points from four games since losing to champions Manchester City on the opening day. They move above Arsenal on goal difference, two points behind City having played one more game.
West Ham are 14th in the table with one win from five, but have other matters on their minds as they seek to arrest a form slump that has seen them lose their first three home matches of a league campaign for the first time.
Monaco marked their return to the Champions League with a shock 2-1 win over Barcelona on Thursday night.
The Ligue 1 side have not played in the competition in five years, but they took the lead in front of their fans.
Maghnes Akilouche fired in for 1-0 after Barca were reduced to 10 men thanks to Eric Garcia’s red card.
And although Lamine Yamal equalized for the Catalans, George Ilenikhena found the winner for Monaco.
In Bergamo, Atalanta played out a 0-0 draw with Arsenal, with David Raya producing a remarkable double save from a penalty.
Atletico Madrid beat RB Leipzig 2-1 and Bayer Leverkusen thrashed Feyernood 4-0 in the Netherlands.
Paris Saint-Germain needed a late dose of luck to beat Girona 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.
The Ligue 1 champions toiled against the debutants at home for 88 minutes without finding the back of the net.
However, Nuno Mendes’ low cross was fumbled into his own net by goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
England Under-21 winger Jamie Gittens’ double set last year’s Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on their way to a 3-0 victory at Club Brugge. Serhou Guirassy scored the third from the penalty spot.
Manchester City and Inter Milan played out a goalless draw at the Etihad.
In Scotland, Celtic thrashed Slovan Bratislava 5-1 to record their biggest win in the competition ever.
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