PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS FULHAM – 30/08/2025 (PHOTO – JOAO PEDRO AND CHELSEA CELEBRATE)

PREMIER LEAGUE – CHELSEA VS FULHAM – 30/08/2025

FULHAM MADE 415 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 4 CORNERS, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT NO GOALS ON THIS OCCASION, DURING THEIR MATCH AGAINST THEIR AGE-OLD RIVALS CHELSEA AT THE WEEKEND.

CHELSEA MADE 494 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 6 CORNERS, (54% POSSESSION), AND 13 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM JOAO PEDRO AT 45 +9 MINS. (BELOW)

AND ENZO FERNANDEZ AT 56 MINS. FROM A PENALTY, MEANING THAT THE GAME ENDED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO CHELSEA!  (BELOW)

CHELSEA’S MANAGER ENZO MARESCA COMMENTED AFTER THE MATCH SAYING THAT HIS TEAM’S FIRST-HALF PERFORMANCE WAS UNSATISFACTORY

…BUT THEY WERE “BRILLIANT IN THE SECOND-HALF” AND HE DISMISSED SUGGESTIONS THAT HIS SIDE HAD BENEFITTED FROM FAVOURABLE REFEREEING DECISIONS, STATING THAT THE FOUL ON CHALOBAH AND THE PENALTY WERE QUITE CLEAR. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT LIAM DELAP HAD SUSTAINED AN INJURY WHICH COULD PREVENT HIM FOR PLAYING FOR UP TO 8 WEEKS.

FULHAM’S MANAGER MARCO SILVA SAID HE WAS FRUSTRATED AFTER THE MATCH CALLING A DISALLOWED GOAL…

(REFERRING TO JOSH KING’S DISALLOWED GOAL IN THE BUILD-UP TO A FOUL BY RODRIGO MUNIZ) FOR HIS TEAM “UNBELIEVABLE” DUE TO VAR DECISIONS, WHICH HE BELIEVED HAD A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE GAME. AND WENT ON TO SAY THAT VAR IS NOT MEANT TO ‘RE-REFEREE’ THE GAME. HE ALSO STATED HE PREFERRED NOT TO SAY MORE TO AVOID PUNISHMENT OR FINES BUT HIGHLIGHTED IT AS A CONTINUATION OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS AGAINST FULHAM SINCE THE START OF THE SEASON. HE ALSO DESCRIBED HIS TEAM’S PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST-HALF AS “OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL!”