Live bar On February 20, 23:00 Beijing time, the 26th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season, Chelsea away to Crystal Palace. In the first half, Guaita repeatedly pounced. At half-time, Chelsea temporarily made it 0-0 crystal palace. In the second half, Ziyeh scored but Lukaku's offside was invalid, and Ziyech scored from a small angle before the finale. The whole game ended, Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace.
Chelsea finished third in the table with 47 points from 13 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats ahead of this round, and beat Palmeiras in last week's Club World Cup final with a penalty shoot in Havrez extra time to lift the first Club World Cup title trophy in team history. Crystal Palace, on the other hand, is provisionally 13th with 26 points with 5 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses, and the last two consecutive draws with Norwich and Brentford. The two sides have maintained an overwhelming victory in the last 6 meetings between the two sides. In terms of the squad, Chelsea's Lukaku and Ziyech joined the front, Havertz and Pulisic played, Azpilicueta was absent due to injury, and Crystal Palace's Zaha led the squad.
The referee blew a whistle and the game officially began. In the 7th minute, Crystal Palace pushed back, Zaha diagonally split the ball, and Ollis went into the penalty area to dodge the angle and hit the far corner slightly offside.
In the 8th minute, Ziyech's cross from the right was met by Lukaku,away from the front and Pulisic, who was unguarded at the back, missing the target.
In the 10th minute, Rudiger pulled away from the perimeter and fired a heavy cannonball, and Guaita flew to the ground.
In the 20th minute, Sal sent a delicate diagonal pass, Kante's one-handed shot was blocked by Guaita, and Chelsea missed a good opportunity to rewrite the scoreline.
In the 29th minute, Lukaku's offside shot from a tight angle was again blocked by Guaita.
In the 33rd minute, Ziyech's shot from the outside inside the box was blocked. In the 36th minute, Havertz triangulated on the left and Sal pulled out a furious shot that deflected the goal.
3 minutes of injury time at halftime. In the 45th minute, Ollis sent a scalpel straight and Zaha pushed a sliding shot from a tight angle against Mendy.
At the end of the first half, Chelsea temporarily 0-0 Crystal Palace.
In the second half, It was easy to fight again, and Patland opened with Guaita, who had performed well in the first half. In the 47th minute, Schrupp broke the ball and fired wide.
In the 58th minute, Havertz was brought down outside the box by Schrupp and Klein, and Ziyech's free-kick was blocked by the wall.
In the 62nd minute, Sal brought down Cuyat for a tactical foul and received his first yellow card of the game.
In the 67th minute, Aolis pulled Kante off with a yellow card warning.
In the first minute, Ziyech's 45° angled cross from the right fell well, but his teammates failed to wrap it up.
In the 74th minute, Lukaku's offside shot caused Bartled to break free, and Ziyech scored through the goal but the goal was nullified.
In the 81st minute, Christensen's cross from the bottom was met by Havertz's header that was not on the right track.
In the 86th minute, Kouyat's shot was deflected wide.
In the 89th minute, Alonso's cross from the left was hit at the back post and Ziyech's small angled shot through the Crystal Palace gate! 1-0！ Chelsea rewrote the score in the final moments of the game!
4 minutes of stoppage time. In the 90th minute, Zaha's shot from a tight angle was slightly offside.
In the 91st minute, Havertz's elbow foul was yellowed.
The match ended with Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace.
Line-ups for both sides
Crystal Palace line-up: 13-Guaita (45' 1-Buttler), 3-Mitchell, 6-Mark Gee, 16-Jokim Anderson, 17-Klein, 8-Kuyat, 15-Schropp, 18-James MacArthur, 7-Ollis, 9-Jordan Ayew (84' 10-Eze), 11-Zaha
Crystal Palace did not play on the bench: 34-Martin Kelly, 45-Adamolaola, 4-Milivojevic, 12-Will Hughes, 14-Matta, 20-Benteke, 22-Eduardo
Chelsea line-up: 16-Mendy, 4-Christensen, 6-Thiago Silva, 2-Rudiger, 31-Sal (74' 3-Alonso), 7-Kante (74' 8-Kovacic), 5-Jorginho (74' 12-Cheek), 22-Ziyech, 29 Havertz, 10-Pulisic, 9-Lukaku
Chelsea did not play on the bench: 1 Kepa, 14-Chaloba, 17-Saul, 68-Weil, 11-Werner
(Harley d)