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
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number4Player nameBadiashile
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number5Player nameFernández
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number15Player nameMudryk
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number27Player nameFofana
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number31Player nameMadueke
Fulham
Squad number17Player nameLeno
Squad number2Player nameTete
Squad number31Player nameDiop
Squad number13Player nameReam
Squad number33Player nameRobinson
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha
Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid
Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira
Squad number20Player nameWillian
Squad number9Player nameMitrovic
Squad number3Player nameKurzawa
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number11Player nameSolomon
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
Match ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.
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.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Carlos Vinícius.
Substitution, Fulham. Layvin Kurzawa replaces Andreas Pereira.
Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Harry Wilson (Fulham).
Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Attempt missed. João Palhinha (Fulham) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the close pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Harrison Reed.
Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).
Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).
Kenny Tete (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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