Chelsea Secure 2-0 Victory Over Burnley at Turf Moor
Burnley,โ England – Chelseaโข defeated Burnley 2-0 at โTurf Moor on โSaturday, securing a vital win in their Premierโ League campaign.Goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernรกndez sealed the victory for the Blues,moving them further away โfrom theโค relegation zone.
The match marks a crucial three points for chelsea, who have been inconsistent โthis season.โค For Burnley,โ the defeat deepens their struggles at the bottom of the table, increasing theirโ risk of relegation.The โขresult impacts both โขteams’ positioning as the season progresses, with chelsea aiming forโ a top-half finish โฃand Burnley โคbattling to โavoid the drop.
Chelsea’s first opportunity โcame in the 9th โminute with a long-range โshot from Liam Delap, which whent over the goal.Burnleyโฃ responded with a headerโ from Quilindschy Hartman in the 11th minute, but it went wide. Loum Tchaouna tested โChelsea goalkeeper Robertโข Sanchez with a long-distance shot in the 20th minute, which was saved. โTrevoh chalobah’s attempt from distance in the 31st minute was also denied by Burnley’s Martin Dubravka.
Chelsea โbroke the deadlock โขin the 37th minute when Neto headed in a cross from jamie Gittens, sending the ball into the left corner of Burnley’s goal. Burnley attempted to equalize beforeโ halftime, with Zian Flemming’s shot in theโ 39th minute going wide.
The secondโค half saw Joao Pedro attempt a long-range shot in the 47th minute, which missed the target. Neto came close to doubling Chelsea’s โขled in theโ 63rd minute, but Dubravka made another save. Flemming hadโฃ a chance in โขthe Chelsea penalty โbox in the 69th minute, but his shot went over the goal. Malo โGusto’s close-range shot was saved by Dubravka in the 77th minute.
Chelsea extended theirโ lead in โคthe 88th minute when Enzo Fernรกndez met โฃa cross fromโข Marc Guiu and fired a shot that โฃDubravka and Burnley defenders were unable to preventโฃ from entering the goal.
Lineups:
Burnley: dubravka; Hartman,Tuanzebe,Esteve,Walker; Florentino (Laurent 84′),Cullen,Ugochukwu (mejbri 72′); Anthony (Foster 72′),Flemming (Broja โ72′),Tchaouna (Larsen 76′).
chelsea: sanchez; Cucurella, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, James (Badiashile 46′); fernรกndez, Andrey Santos; Gittens, Joao Pedro (Guiu 76′), Neto; Delap (Gusto 67′).
