Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Conor Gallagher shines against old club

Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea: The Blues left it late to secure the points and move back into the top 10

Roy a great man, my friend, doing great job with Palace - Pochettino

Chelsea moved back into the top half of the Premier League with an unconvincing but productive display against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Though they dominated most of possession in the first half, Chelsea couldn’t create opportunites on goal and looked bereft of ideas in the final third. Crystal Palace grew into the match and took the lead through a wonder strike from Jefferson Lerma who sent a rocket past Dorde Petrovic to score his first goal for the Eagles.

After the break Conor Gallagher, who took Chelsea’s only shot in the opening 45 minutes, slotted home an equaliser from Malo Gusto’s pull back to give the visitors some hope.

Things begin to slow down and the match looked to be heading for a draw until Raheem Sterling release Cole Palmer on the counter attack. He picked out Gallagher on the edge of the box and the former Palace midfielder sank a low finish to break the hearts of his old club. With the match gone, Palace conceded again a few minutes later thanks to a fine finish from Enzo Fernandez.

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Crystal Palace vs Chelsea LIVE

• Conor Gallagher inspires Chelsea’s late burst and haunts Crystal Palace on return to Selhurst Park
• Chelsea defeat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park to move into top half of the Premier League
• 90+4’ GOAL! - Fernandez secures the points after another Palmer break (CRY 1-3 CHE)
• 90+1’ GOAL! - Gallagher’s low effort hits the back of the net to put Blues ahead (CRY 1-2 CHE)
• 47’ GOAL! - Gallagher pings in the equaliser just after the break (CRY 1-1 CHE)
• 30’ GOAL! - Lerma’s rocket strike puts Palace ahead (CRY 1-0 CHE)

[12 February 2024 20:12 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea

12 mins: A quick move from Palace sees the ball come up to Jordan Ayew who sends it out wide to Daniel Munoz. Ayew overlaps and receives the ball back before swinging a sharp cross into the box.

He can’t find a teammate and the ball skips out of the penalty area before Chelsea recover it.

[12 February 2024 20:10 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea

9 mins: Crystal Palace are being made to work hard off the ball. Chelsea are slotting it around from side-to-side, probing the defensive shape and looking for space in behind the back line.

There’s no joy for the visitors yet.

[12 February 2024 20:07 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea

6 mins: Chelsea are starting to assert some control on possession. They work the ball into the final third before Moises Caicedo’s cross is blocked on the edge of the box.

Malo Gusto is bombing forward on the right wing providing an overlapping option that Chelsea are utilising well.

[12 February 2024 20:05 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea

3 mins: After a heavy tackle in the middle of the pitch, Chelsea come away with the ball and work it across to Ben Chilwell on the left side. He threads it forward to Nicolas Jackson but the forward runs into trouble and doesn’t have the support to offload the ball.

[12 February 2024 20:02 · Mike Jones]

Kick off! Crystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea

Will Hughes gets the game underway as Crystal Palace knock the ball over to the left wing. Chelsea hurry them immediately with a forward press but the Eagles lift the ball into the air and attempt to move up the pitch with aerial passes.

The ball comes bobbling through to Dorde Petrovic who sweeps it into space on the left wing for Chelsea.

[12 February 2024 19:59 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Here come the players.

This is an interesting match-up which has the potential to cause shockwaves for the managers. Palace have a terrible record against Chelsea, Roy Hodgson has a terrible record against Mauricio Pochettino. On paper this is a walkover for Chelsea but how will it play out?

Kick off is up next...

[12 February 2024 19:55 · Mike Jones]

Hodgson on Palace fans

“[Fans] are the people that we cannot afford to have turned against us, because we need them,” Hodgson said. “It’s been the toughest period of my career for one reason, and that is that the fans have turned so much against us.

“If we’re going to win the games, and this team is going to do well, they’re not going to be able to do it if the fans are going to be constantly up in arms about everything that’s happening.

“Apart from that, it joins a lot of other periods of my life where I’ve been happier and more content, of course.”

[12 February 2024 19:50 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Head coach Mauricio Pochettino has won 12 of his 14 Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace, more than he’s won against any other opponent.

He has also won all six Premier League games as a manager versus Roy Hodgson. Nonetheless, he’s in danger of losing three consecutive league matches as a manager for the first time since 2013 when in charge of Southampton.

(AP)

[12 February 2024 19:45 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Half of Crystal Palace’s 26 Premier League goals this season have been scored or assisted by at least one of Eberechi Eze or Michael Olise, who are both out injured.

The Eagles have won just one of the six league matches in which neither Eze nor Olise have started this season: a 2-0 win at Burnley in November.

[12 February 2024 19:40 · Mike Jones]

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Chelsea have scored three direct free-kick goals in all competitions this season, more than any other Premier League side but the Blues have lost five of their last six away fixtures in the Premier League.