What Axel Disasi did to Thiago Silva at full time as Cole Palmer sets Chelsea record
Little over 12 months ago Chelsea faced Fulham at Craven Cottage and tasted defeat. Joao Felix added some excitment as he quickly turned around from signing for the club to make his debut.
The Portguese forward looked a threat with every touch before picking up a red card in the second period as the Blues fell to a 2-1 loss after optimism had arrived. At Stamford Bridge on Saturday there was a sense of begrudged attendance as Chelsea welcomed Fulham across west London, but the narrative was a little different by the end of the afternoon.
Things were quickly improved from their dour defeat to Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup, but it was Cole Palmer who was once again required to unlock the opposition defence. The former Man City ace's disguised pass found Raheem Sterling who won a penalty. There was no option but for Palmer to step up from 12 yards and he once again duly obliged.
The 21-year-old scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season, no player 21 or under has recorded as many for the Blues, as his side eventually had to hang on to land their win with Fulham pushing hard in the final 15 minutes. football.london takes a look at the talking points to arise from Chelsea's win.
It's safe to say that Marco Silva was not happy with the decision that saw Malo Gusto pick up a yellow card for his challenge on Willian. He did not apportion too much blame to referee Anthony Taylor and hinted the fourth official agreed with his view but was distinctly unimpressed that the video assistant referee did not intervene when the French defender remained on the pitch.
Silva said: “The mistake from the VAR in my opinion, in our opinion … you understand the conversation I had with the fourth official. It’s a clear red card in that
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