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BURNLEY ROUTED: NETO AND ENZO FERNANDEZ GOALS SECURE EASY THREE POINTS FOR CHELSEA
Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez were on target as Chelsea beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor. The victory provides a perfect boost ahead of a crucial week featuring a Champions League clash with Barcelona and a London derby against Arsenal.
Chelsea keep the pressure on Premier League leaders with a 2-0 victory over
Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez both scored, helping Chelsea kick off a crucial week by beating Burnley 2-0 at their home ground.
Neto, who also almost scored again in the second half, made a fantastic header in the 37th minute, and Fernandez scored another goal late in the game, giving the Blues their fifth victory in the last six Premier League matches.
Chelsea can head back to London feeling positive before playing Barcelona at home in the Champions League and Arsenal next Sunday.
Enzo Maresca made four changes to the team that won against Wolves before the international break, including resting Moises Caicedo after he played twice for Ecuador.
Wesley Fofana was not included at all, and Alejandro Garnacho was also a substitute, while Reece James, Jamie Gittens, Tosin Adarabioyo, and Andrey Santos all started the game.
Caicedo's being out was very obvious early on, with Burnley taking advantage of open spaces on the sides and between the defence and midfield.
Loum Tchaouna and Jaidon Anthony were especially active, but both were stopped by defenders at the last moment, and Tchaouna also shot straight at Robert Sanchez.
However, Chelsea started to control the game more as the first half went on, with Neto and Liam Delap trying to get behind the defence, and they almost scored in the 34th minute, but Kyle Walker made a perfect sliding tackle to stop Gittens.
Three minutes later, Gittens helped set up a goal as the away team finally scored, with Marc Cucurella controlling a long pass and finding the former Borussia Dortmund player, whose high cross was met with an impressive header by Neto.
Chelsea made one change for the second half, with Benoit Badiashile, who was now fit, replacing James, and the game started again after a problem with an assistant referee's radio was fixed.
The away team continued where they left off and put a lot of pressure on Burnley's goal, with Neto almost scoring a second goal in the 63rd minute.
The winger was played through on the right and quickly shot at Martin Dubravka's near post, with the goalkeeper just touching the ball before it bounced off the post.
Burnley had hardly been in Chelsea's half during the second half, but they had their best chance in the 69th minute when Quilindschy Hartman found Zian Flemming after a free-kick, but the Dutch player shot high over the goal.
Scott Parker made three substitutions, bringing on Lyle Foster, Hannibal Mejbri, and Armando Broja, who has recovered quickly from an ankle injury he got playing for Albania against England.
But Chelsea still looked more likely to score, and Dubravka pushed a shot from substitute Malo Gusto over the bar, while Burnley were angry that they didn't get more from a pushing incident between Badiashile and Jacob Bruun Larsen at a corner than just a yellow card for the French player.
The away team scored their second point late in the game, in the 88th minute, after Sanchez began the play that led to Marc Guiu pushing past the defence to pass to Fernandez, who then made a shot that went past two Burnley players near the goal.
REECE JAMES INJURY FEAR SQUASHED: ENZO MARESCA CALLS BURNLEY WIN 'VERY TOUGH
Chelsea beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor with goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez. The win moves the Blues up to 2nd in the Premier League, three points behind leaders Arsenal, ahead of a crucial week.
Maresca Happy James Is Fine After 'Tricky' Post-Break Burnley Victory.
Enzo Maresca, who coaches Chelsea, felt good that the Blues beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday, getting all three points in a "hard" away game.
After 37 minutes had passed, Pedro Neto used his head to put the ball in the goal, giving the Blues the lead. Just two minutes later, Enzo Fernandez scored their second goal, giving Enzo Maresca's team the victory.
With this victory, Chelsea has gone up to the second spot, only three points away from Arsenal, the Premier League champions, who will play Tottenham, their biggest rivals, on Sunday.
Maresca was glad that Chelsea had won three Premier League games in a row because his team played better for most of the game and didn't give Burnley many chances.
"I didn't want to win like this, since it's not easy," Maresca said in a talk with TNT Sports. It's hard to play Burnley away at 12:30 after the break for international games because it's always a tough match. But I'm pretty happy with how well we played.
It's really hard to come here and stop them from scoring goals. Normally, they can find a way to score somehow. But, overall, they really only had one very good chance. They didn't have many good chances during the game, but we had a lot.
Be ready. Andrey [Santos] is doing well. He's not playing much, and the game is hard today. It's hard when you don't get to play very often.
"We planned for Reece James to play for 45 minutes," Maresca added, talking about why Reece James was taken out of the game at halftime.
It was important to keep playing well like we did before the international break. Now we will get our energy back and get ready for Tuesday.
Ashley Williams, who used to defend for Swansea City and Everton, thinks Chelsea is still not ready to really fight for the Premier League title while Maresca is in charge.
Williams said, "I don't think Chelsea is ready yet to make it through the whole season [in the title race]," while talking on the BBC's Final Score. I could be wrong about that. I just think Arsenal is better than Chelsea when you think about what they have done recently and their current team, which has a lot of players and a coach with lots of experience.
Pedro Neto, who plays on the wing for Chelsea, was happy to beat Burnley before their next two hard games against big Spanish teams, Barcelona and Arsenal.
"It was a relief," Neto said to TNT Sports.
"Winning 1-0 on this tough field is never easy to do.
"We are very happy with the win because we had the right attitude and didn't let them score."
"It's always good to come back from the international break when we are away for a little while," he said after winning before the Barcelona and Arsenal games. But now, we will spend more time together.
We are excited for the games because these are the kinds of games we love to play, and it's really great.
This one has some fighting in it, which makes it unique. It was hard to come and perform on this kind of surface. But we feel good about the game that is about to happen.
STUBBED TOE STOPS COLE PALMER'S RETURN DELAYED AGAIN
Chelsea's Cole Palmer has suffered a new injury setback, ruling him out against Burnley and likely for the crucial fixtures against Barcelona and Arsenal, manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed.
Palmer Sufferers Injury Setback Just Before Return
Chelsea's coach, Enzo Maresca, has verified Cole Palmer's injury, and it looks like he will not play in the upcoming big matches with teams such as Barcelona and Arsenal.
Maresca spoke about many things in his talk with reporters this morning before the Blues' early game against Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
Palmer got hurt in an accident at his house, so he will not be back on Saturday and will probably not play in Chelsea's next games with Barcelona and Arsenal either.
You can see the update on Palmer's injury that Maresca gave at his news conference earlier today right here.
Even though Chelsea has done quite well without Palmer up to this point, the West London team's supporters will not be very happy to hear this news because Palmer is definitely a very important player for the team.
Cole Palmer's injury problems during this season. Palmer has not played for Chelsea since he had to leave the game because of an injury during the team's 2-1 loss to Manchester United away from home at the end of September.
At the beginning, people thought that the player from England would be back soon, but Maresca said that it would actually take another six weeks.
After hurting his toe at his house, it seems like Palmer's injury has gotten worse again, which will make him wait even longer to play with the first team again.
Palmer's first problem was a pulled muscle in his groin that he got during that loss at Old Trafford, and he will definitely be sad that he has a second, different problem that will delay his return.
Maresca has other good choices for attacking players, such as Esteva,o Willian, Pedro Neto, and Alejandro Garnacho, but none of them are as good as Palmer when he is healthy and playing his best.
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