These trends began under Mauricio Pochettino — whose departure at the end of the 2023-24 season briefly threatened Chelsea’s fragile progress — and have continued or accelerated under successor Enzo Maresca, putting the club on a Champions League qualification trajectory.

Another frustrating game for Chelsea as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace. With this draw, they have slipped up to the fourth position on the Premier League points table and

Really good flick from Jadon Sancho to fool everyone on the opposite side of the pitch, which opens up a lot of space for him to run into. He lays it off to Cole Palmer in the box, and the English attacker does no wrong with his attempt at goal.