Chelsea loosened their grip on a coveted Champions League spot thanks a calamitous 3-0 loss at home to relegation strugglers Bournemouth.
A cagey first-half saw few chances created as Bournemouth stifled Chelsea’s attack in front of a subdued crowd at Stamford Bridge.
Gary Cahill nodded over but both sides were reduced to half chances. Andreas Christensen, in hindsight the one player who seemed capable of defending against Bournemouth’s pace, hobbled off midway through the half to be replaced by Antonio Rudiger.
A second-half blitz early on from Bournemouth put Eddie Howe’s team on course for their first away win since the start of November, as Chelsea’s makeshift but nonetheless experienced defence crumbled.
A mistake from Tiemoue Bakayoko sent Callum Wilson through, and the English forward slotted home for his fourth goal in seven games. Lewis Cook nearly doubled Bournemouth’s lead moments later, firing just wide of Thibaut Courtois’s goal. Junior Stanislas caught both Cesar Azpilicueta and Gary Cahill out of position to latch onto Wilson’s through ball and poke the Cherries into a 2-0 lead.
Just three minutes later, former Chelsea youth product Nathan Ake compounded Chelsea’s misery as he got a touch to Stanislas’s shot, wrong-footing Courtois and putting Bournemouth out of sight of the reigning champions.
Callum Hudson-Odoi was introduced as one of only two possible attacking changes Chelsea had at hand, but even his youthful endeavour couldn’t salvage anything from the game.
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Published On | January 31, 2018 |
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