Graham Potter’s side fail to produce the kind of football befitting a transfer window spend of over £500m
The boos at full-time said everything. Chelsea, drifting along in 10th place after two wins from their last 12 games, were bland, directionless and leaden. Positives? Fernández, who was tidy in midfield, albeit without ever quite showing why he cost £106.8 million. David Datro Fofana almost scored. The defence kept a clean sheet.
Opinions remain divided. Is this, in the words of Paris Saint-Germain, a “Class A circus”? Does anyone know what Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang plans to get up to when Chelsea face Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 of the Champions League? It falls to Potter to untangle this mess. He has been helped by Chelsea’s injury crisis easing, with Reece James back at right back, and he could take encouragement from Fernández taking little time to adjust. Rustiness did not appear to be a problem for the man pulling the strings for Chelsea in midfield. Fernández was quickly involved, catching the eye with his switches of play, even showing appetite for the battle when he refused to let Aleksandar Mitrovic intimidate him early on.
The visitors refused to show any deference to Chelsea. Palhinha picked up yet another booking after cleaning out Mount and there was also the moment when Fulham’s assistant coach, Luis Boa Morte, exchanged some furious words on the touchline with one of Potter’s lieutenants, Bjorn Hamberg. There was more hope when Gallagher combined with James, whose cross was headed behind by Tete before it reached Madueke. But Fulham hit back. Palhinha’s back-heel released Willian, who skated past Fernández and made an opening for Pereira. The shot was blocked and Palhinha drilled the rebound over.
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