Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea: Player ratings as Blues' poor start to the season continues
Chelsea's were held to a 0-0 draw by Bournemouth on Saturday as their rotten start to life under Mauricio Pochettino continued.
The Blues were wasteful at the Vitality Stadium and have now taken only five points from their opening five games.
The Cherries are still looking for their first win under Andoni Iraola but are at least now unbeaten in their last two games.
Chelsea nearly took the lead with little over two minutes on the clock. Nicolas Jackson's clever back-heel allowed Mykhailo Mudryk to burst with the ball beyond Lloyd Kelly and cross for Conor Gallagher, but his improvised close-range effort was blocked behind.
Another Chelsea opportunity came and went when Gallagher dinks the ball between three Bournemouth defenders for Raheem Sterling to chase, though his cross-cum-shot trickled through the six-yard box and the hosts escaped the immediate danger.
Jackson was next to try his luck after again linking up well with Mudryk, striking against the post with a bobbling shot from 20 yards.
Bournemouth's first chance saw them catch Chelsea cold with a quick free-kick, with Ryan Christie crossing for Dango Ouattara, but his shot was smothered by Robert Sanchez at the back-post.
The visitors again nearly broke the deadlock after more impressive work from Mudryk, dinking a cross into the feet of Gallagher, who saw a driven shot palmed away by Neto.
Chelsea had the ball in the net just after the restart. Sterling thundered a free-kick off the corner of the post and crossbar before it bounced back across the line into the path of Levi Colwill to tap in, but he was flagged offside and the goal was chalked off.
A failed clearance from Thiago Silva cannoned back off the shins of the onrushing Christie and the ball bounced narrowly
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