Tuchel clinches first win as Chelsea boss as goals
from Spanish internationals end Burnley’s three-game unbeaten run
Chelsea earned their first win under Thomas Tuchel on Sunday
defeating Burnley 2-0 at home to move up to 7th in the table.
Burnley went into the game looking to achieve three league
wins in a row for the first time since April 2019, but Chelsea had other ideas
and scored first through their captain Cezar Azpilicueta.
The full-back made an overlapping run beyond Callum Hudson-Odoi
who set up Azpilicueta and he put the ball in the top left corner of the net to
send Chelsea into the break with the lead.
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His goal was the first of the Tuchel era after the German replaced
Frank Lampard on Tuesday evening but could only manage a 0-0 draw in his first
game against Wolves on Wednesday night.
Hudson-Odoi then saw his effort rattle off the post 12
minutes after the interval as Chelsea pushed for a second goal.
Burnley’s problems were intensified when Chris Wood went
down with half an hour to go and had to be replaced by Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
This meant that Jay Rodriguez, who had just replaced Matej Vydra had to play most
of the second half as a lone striker.
Hudson-Odoi impressed throughout the game and had another
chance on 68 minutes when his shot almost deflected past Nick Pope off the boot
of Ben Mee. This was to be the 20-year-olds last act of the game after he was
replaced by defender Reece James with 18 minutes to go.
James nearly got on the scoresheet just two minutes after
his introduction when he blasted a shot towards goal from just inside the area,
but Pope stood strong to keep the ball out with his feet.
Christian Pulisic’s attempt had drifted
just wide of the post four minutes before this opportunity and Chelsea looked
as if they weren’t content with just the one goal.
Sean Dyche handed a Premier League debut to Joel Mumbongo when
he was subbed on for Robbie Brady and Burnley went two up top for the final 15 minutes.
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The Clarets were unable to penetrate Chelsea’s defence and Marcus
Alonso put the game to bed when he controlled Pulisic’s pass in the box to
flick the ball up and volley it past Pope with 7 minutes remaining.
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Alonso was starting his first game since September and certainly
put pressure on first-choice left-back Ben Chilwell with this goal.
Chelsea go into Thursday’s London derby against Tottenham
having earned four points from the six available under Tuchel. The Blues will
be looking to get one over their old manager Jose Mourinho and climb above
Spurs with a win in the 8 o’clock kick-off.
Burnley failed to register a shot on target after starting the
game promisingly. Wood’s injury will be a concern to Sean Dyche as they could
potentially head into Wednesday’s home game against Man City with just two
senior strikers available.
Sources
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/29/chelsea-vs-burnley---the-stats
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