Chelsea began their Premier League season with a goalless draw against Crystal Palace, despite dominating much of the second half and having numerous scoring chances.
Enzo Maresca’s team was unable to break down Palace’s strong defense.
The outcome could have been much better for the Blues if players like Marc Cucurella, Trevor Chalobah, Estevao, and Liam Delap, among others, had taken their chances.
However, Crystal Palace were grateful for a VAR review as Eberechi Eze’s free-kick was ruled out, with Marc Guehi adjudged to have infringed as the forward struck his attempt.
It means vital dropped points for the Blues just one game into the Premier League season.
Speaking after the game, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, told Sky Sports, “Obviously not the result we wanted, but I think the boys played well.
“The boys created the chances and at the end of the day it is football. We take the clean sheet and we move on to the next one.
“We had two weeks of a quick pre-season and we got some injuries but the boys showed up and we kept the clean sheet. We have quality on the ball. It was hard to find Moises [Caicedo] and Enzo [Fernandez] with the ball because Crystal Palace were holding a lot in midfield and with the dry pitch as well.”
