Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Selhurst Park
Follow live coverage as Crystal Palace face Chelsea in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
WIDE!!! Mount steps up to hit the direct free-kick beyond a packed Palace wall, but smashes it low for the bottom corner, finding only the side netting!
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CHANCE!!! Tomkins's clearance bounces off Mount and into Ward, who confusingly passes back to Guaita! The keeper touches it with his hands, so Chelsea have a direct-free kick from just 10 yards out!
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Following that lengthy injury break, we'll play six minutes of injury time to close out the first half.
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Clyne's put onto the stretcher and applause rings around Selhurst Park, as the Palace right-back is stretchered off.
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Substitution Nathaniel Edwin Clyne James Oliver Charles Tomkins
Crystal Palace vs Chelsea
Clyne's down and is in visible pain ahead of the re-starting of the match, and with a stretcher being prepared, it looks as if he'll be absent for the rest of the game.
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