Chelsea 0-0 Fulham: Enzo Fernandez makes his debut but Blues held

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Enzo FernandezEnzo Fernandez had much touches of the shot (58) successful the archetypal fractional than immoderate different player

British grounds signing Enzo Fernandez made his Chelsea debut but could not assistance his caller broadside assertion lone their 2nd triumph of 2023 arsenic they were held by Fulham astatine Stamford Bridge.

Argentina midfielder Fernandez completed a £107m determination to the Blues from Benfica 3 days agone and Graham Potter opted to manus him an contiguous start.

He made a coagulated content and astir enjoyed a imagination debut erstwhile his curled effort flew conscionable wide of the station successful the 2nd half.

Kai Havertz besides went adjacent earlier the interruption erstwhile his lobbed effort from Hakim Ziyech's superb walk clipped the woodwork earlier the shot was cleared disconnected the line, portion debutant David Datro Fofana had a changeable cleared disconnected the enactment precocious connected aft showing large power to wrongfoot the goalkeeper.

But wide Chelsea did not bash capable to gain the triumph arsenic they again struggled to make existent goalscoring chances, finishing the crippled with conscionable 2 shots connected target.

Fulham afloat deserved the constituent aft a superb antiaircraft show and determination up to sixth successful the table, 3 places and 2 points supra Chelsea.

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Chelsea

  1. Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga

  2. Squad number24Player nameJames

  3. Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

  4. Squad number4Player nameBadiashile

  5. Squad number32Player nameCucurella

  6. Squad number23Player nameGallagher

  7. Squad number5Player nameFernández

  8. Squad number19Player nameMount

  9. Squad number22Player nameZiyech

  10. Squad number29Player nameHavertz

  11. Squad number15Player nameMudryk

  1. Squad number17Player nameSterling

  2. Squad number21Player nameChilwell

  3. Squad number27Player nameFofana

  4. Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta

  5. Squad number31Player nameMadueke

Fulham

  1. Squad number17Player nameLeno

  2. Squad number2Player nameTete

  3. Squad number31Player nameDiop

  4. Squad number13Player nameReam

  5. Squad number33Player nameRobinson

  6. Squad number6Player nameReed

  7. Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha

  8. Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

  9. Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira

  10. Squad number20Player nameWillian

  11. Squad number9Player nameMitrovic

  1. Squad number3Player nameKurzawa

  2. Squad number8Player nameWilson

  3. Squad number10Player nameCairney

  4. Squad number11Player nameSolomon

  5. Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Arrizabalaga
  • 24JamesSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 60'minutes
  • 6Thiago Silva
  • 4Badiashile
  • 32CucurellaSubstituted forChilwellat 84'minutes
  • 23GallagherBooked astatine 64mins
  • 5Fernández
  • 19MountSubstituted forFofanaat 75'minutes
  • 22ZiyechSubstituted forSterlingat 60'minutes
  • 29Havertz
  • 15MudrykSubstituted forMaduekeat 45'minutes

Substitutes

  • 13Bettinelli
  • 14Chalobah
  • 17Sterling
  • 21Chilwell
  • 26Koulibaly
  • 27Fofana
  • 28Azpilicueta
  • 30Chukwuemeka
  • 31Madueke

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 17Leno
  • 2Tete
  • 31Diop
  • 13Ream
  • 33Robinson
  • 6ReedSubstituted forCairneyat 90+1'minutes
  • 26João PalhinhaBooked astatine 22mins
  • 14De Cordova-ReidBooked astatine 67minsSubstituted forSolomonat 75'minutes
  • 18PereiraBooked astatine 51minsSubstituted forKurzawaat 90+4'minutes
  • 20WillianSubstituted forWilsonat 75'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
  • 9MitrovicSubstituted forAlves Moraisat 90+1'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Rodák
  • 3Kurzawa
  • 4Tosin
  • 5Duffy
  • 8Wilson
  • 10Cairney
  • 11Solomon
  • 21James
  • 30Alves Morais

Referee:Stuart Attwell

Attendance:40,041

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.

  3. Attempt missed. Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a transverse pursuing a corner.

  4. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Carlos Vinícius.

  5. Substitution, Fulham. Layvin Kurzawa replaces Andreas Pereira.

  6. Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.

  7. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.

  8. Foul by Harry Wilson (Fulham).

  9. Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).

  10. Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  11. Attempt missed. João Palhinha (Fulham) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the close pursuing a acceptable portion situation.

  12. Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.

  13. Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Harrison Reed.

  14. Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.

  15. Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).

  16. Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  17. Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).

  18. Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  19. Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).

  20. Kenny Tete (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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