Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Crystal Palace face Chelsea in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until the next one, goodbye!
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
That late Gallagher winner gets Graham Potter's chelsea reign off to the best possible start, and propels the Blues to fifth in the table, just a point off Potter's former club, Brighton, in fourth. Palace stay 16th, despite receiving no points for their gallant display at Selhurst Park, but still await a second win of the season and are now without a victory in their last four games.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Sterling didn't get on the scoresheet, but his movement and back-to-goal play gave Chelsea a constant attacking outlet. He finished the match with three shots and key passes apiece, with one of the former on-target. He mustered a team-high xG of 0.53 and had 10 touches in the box, as well as winning possession twice in the final third. He did lose the ball 18 times though, but that shows just how committed and organised the Palace rearguard was throughout both halves.
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
What a finish to the game!!! The late introduction of former Palace loanee Gallagher proved to be the difference, with the Chelsea midfielder firing a fantastic shot into the top corner to win it for the Blues! The second half didn't ebb and flow like the first, but still yielded several chances, but Palace just couldn't find a way through, and Chelsea patiently waited for the game-winning opportunity to arrive, and boy, did it arrive!
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