PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 17/08/2025 (PHOTO – EZE NETS A SUPERB GOAL WHICH WAS RULED OUT BY VAR)

PREMIER LEAGUE – CHELSEA VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 17/08/2025

IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN EBERECHI EZE’S FINAL HEROIC GOAL BEFORE HE SWAPS HIS SHIRT FOR A SPURS ONE (WHO ARE NEGOTIATING A £55 MILLION DEAL FOR THE WINGER, OVERTAKING ARSENAL IN THE RACE TO SIGN HIM), HIS AMAZING FREE-KICK – WHICH WENT THROUGH THE CHELSEA WALL AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT MOMENT – AND HIT THE BACK OF THE NET WITH GUSTO, WAS RULED OUT BY VAR! IT DOESN’T MATTER THOUGH, BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A MAGNIFICENT GOAL THAT IT WILL BE FIRMLY ETCHED ON PEOPLE’S MINDS! (BELOW)

CRYSTAL PALACE MADE 226 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 2 CORNERS, AND 19 SHOTS IN TOTAL, WITH 3 GOALS ON TARGET, BUT NOTHING REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET YESTERDAY (APART FROM EZE’S SMASHER!)

CHELSEA MADE 568 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 72% POSSESSION), 11 CORNERS, AND 19 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET INCLUDING SOME EXCITING NEAR-MISSES, FROM SANTOS, DELAP AND CHALOBAH, WHO WILL SURELY BE KICKING THEMSELVES TODAY! SO THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 0 – 0 DRAW BUT WAS NOT SHORT ON DRAMA!

ENZO MARESCA SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH SAYING:-

“WE ALWAYS TRY TO WIN THE GAME. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN’T WIN BUT OVERALL WE DESERVED TO. WE CREATED ENOUGH CHANCES IN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND HALF. APART FROM THE FREE-KICK, WE DIDN’T CONCEDE ANY CLEAR-CUT CHANCES.”

OLIVER GLASNER SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH SAYING:-

“EVERYONE COULD SEE THE PERFORMANCES AGAINST LIVERPOOL AND TODAY THEY WERE 100% ALIGNED WITH THIS TEAM AND CRYSTAL PALACE. AS LONG AS THEY ARE 100% COMMITTED THEY WILL PLAY, AS THEY ARE SO GOOD.”

BY AMANDA WATERS