Chelsea vs Crystal Palace English Premier League 2024/2025

[Music] good evening to you and a warm welcome to the part of West London where the Kings Road and Fulham Road meet Stanford bridge I'm Derek Ray perched here on the commentary Gantry and sitting alongside me to provide expert analysis is Stuart Robson and we've got Premier League action coming right up it is Chelsea up against Crystal Palace well Derek we can talk about coaches and their methods but it's now down to the players which ones are going to stand out who will affect the game and who will have the greater desire it should be a cracking game [Applause] though that is a very fine challenge in difficult circumstances this is how it looks for the homide well on paper they look a very balanced team but the three Advanced midfielders must at times make runs beyond the center forward otherwise they might just lack a bit of penetration it is a decent looking attack [Applause] here Fernandez Sterling has it and support available well Foul Play says the referee well Christopher and kungu is getting the star billing and with good reason Stuart what might we see from him in this match well Derek we know he loves linking up with other players but it's when he's in and around the penalty area that's when he's at his most dangerous when he plays little one tubes around his marker and then plays the next forward pass into a runner he could be the key to unlocking this defense and here's the palace 11 Jeffrey schloo starts alongside everi e in central Midfield can he put it in and a goal One n it is they've been pushing for the opener and now they have it well here it is again and it's a superbly weighted through ball to break that defensive line but there's still plenty to do from here he hits it so well though lots of pace lots of power and the keeper just can't react in time it's a great strike Jeffrey schop Mark GUI dukur that's a good looking [Applause] ball Crossing opportunity and a good challenge to bring that attack to an end now the quick Counterattack could be [Applause] on and [Applause] kungu oh thed there and what a piece of Defending we've just witnessed the Chelsea move still flowing advantage to them [Applause] chilwell and Chelsea pushing to add to their lead it'll be a corner and played [Applause] Short Fernandez stopped to Sure Fire [Applause] goal well allowing them to come onto them not afraid of [Applause] thatu tremendously strong in the [Applause] tackle and the pass was just that little bit off nearly found its Target Fernandez Moes kaedo Sterling has it how about the cross chill well onto and kungu he might yet [Applause] finish Sterling and there it is the halime whistle this man will get most of the plaudits for his contribution up to this point Stuart well Derek he took his goal well and was a constant threat throughout that first half I thought he showed a lot of skill to get out of tight situation so the ball moving again and work to do for crystal Palace in this second half doing everything possible to keep possession and teammates to play it to Ward it look as though they had attacking momentum but not so James [Applause] and back to Robert [Applause] Sanchez Jackson on the ball plenty of supports here might lead to a chance oh big opportunity and the referee has a ward in a corner following that touch who can he pick out pulls it back oh body in the way crucially this might be ideal for the [Applause] counter he fancies it my goodness that save fully stretched he was one for his highlights real and it is substitution time at this juncture not just from one side but from [Applause] both Schoop just the challenge that was required [Applause] he could really get at the opposition but timely defending when it mattered just 15 minutes remaining shik dukur here's Anderson duur down by a goal this could be the final opportunity to snap something sound piece of goalkeeping kaedo Sterling has it going wellu this could be it oh what a very fine stop to keep them in this well it's a good save but time is running out for them here well both teams have had substitutes swarming up and now both will rely on their respective benches short corner it is well that's how to keep the opposition at [Applause] Bay we will have a couple of additional minutes at the end here [Music] [Applause] Sterling onto enu really digging in at the back but still the opportunity Enzo Fernandez will he play it in it might still be problematic so the finy whistle and what we get can say officially now is that Chelsea have picked up maximum points from this fixture well Derek it was a really tight game but they were the better side over the 90 minutes and they fully deserve their Victory today well Stewart he really has had a lot to say for himself out on the pitch well he was excellent today and he gave them that all important lead they just struggled to cope with him his movement was so clever