Chelsea given perfect boosts as squad truth clear after latest double injury blow
As Chelsea posted late on X on Monday night, «Stoppage-time winners. There's nothing quite like them».
And how right are they? A comfortable 2-0 win? Nah. Give me a late victory with two stoppage-time goals any day of the week.
That is exactly what happened with the Blues on Monday evening. Conor Gallagher scored on 91 minutes to put the visitors ahead for the first time in the game. Enzo Fernandez then scored three minutes later to empty the majority of Selhurst Park.
Chelsea have now won back-to-back victories in the past week with Mauricio Pochettino still on the elusive hunt for consistency with this young squad. With that being said, Bobby Vincent takes you through the latest talking points regarding the Blues.
All eyes were firmly on Thiago Silva when the starting lineups were announced an hour prior to kick-off. Jamie Carragher, in the Sky Sports Monday Night Football studio, said the 39-year-old would have some «pressure» on him as he came back into a side that were excellent at Aston Villa last week.
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Carragher was right. And when Chelsea were not doing so well, for the entirety of the first-half, a lot of fingers were therefore pointed at Silva, which was very harsh. Whether or not you believe he is the problem, he was not the only issue in that torrid first period for the Blues.
Silva was then taken off on the hour-mark after the Brazilian, who has played over 2,700 minutes in all competitions under Pochettino this term, tweaked his groin. He slid in to block Jean-Philippe Mateta's low shot and while it was a really good block – and typical
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