Late Madueke penalty helps Chelsea beat Palace

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Chelsea have won their past three Premier League home matches

Noni Madueke scored an 89th-minute winner from the penalty spot to help Chelsea overcome Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

The hosts deservedly went in front in the 13th minute after good work from Malo Gusto ended with the full-back squaring the ball to Mykhailo Mudryk to net from close range.

But Palace levelled on the stroke of half-time when Michael Olise brought down Jordan Ayew's cross and smashed an effort into the bottom corner.

Chelsea created numerous chances throughout, and it looked as if Mauricio Pochettino's men would pay for their wasteful finishing for a second consecutive match.

Nicolas Jackson thought he had scored in the 77th minute when he poked in Thiago Silva's deep cross but the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) ruled the forward was just offside.

But Chelsea got the break they needed in a tense finale when the VAR spotted Eberechi Eze had fouled Madueke just inside the area and the substitute expertly sent Palace keeper Dean Henderson the wrong way from the spot.

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Chelsea

Squad number28Player namePetrovic

Squad number27Player nameGusto

Squad number2Player nameDisasi

Squad number5Player nameBadiashile

Squad number26Player nameColwill

Squad number23Player nameGallagher

Squad number25Player nameCaicedo

Squad number29Player nameMaatsen

Squad number18Player nameNkunku

Squad number10Player nameMudryk

Squad number15Player nameJackson

Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

Squad number11Player nameMadueke

Squad number19Player nameBroja

Squad number42Player nameGilchrist

Squad number45Player nameLavia

Crystal Palace

Squad number30Player nameHenderson

Squad number17Player nameClyne

Squad number16Player nameAndersen

Squad number6Player nameGuéhi

Squad number3Player nameMitchell

Squad number8Player nameLerma

Squad number26Player nameRichards

Squad number10Player nameEze

Squad number7Player nameOlise

Squad number14Player nameMateta

Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew

Squad number11Player nameMatheus França

Squad number15Player nameSchlupp

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 4-2-3-1

28Petrovic27Gusto2Disasi5BadiashileSubstituted forGilchristat 90+2'minutes26ColwillSubstituted forThiago Silvaat 58'minutes23GallagherBooked at 90mins25CaicedoBooked at 52mins29MaatsenSubstituted forLaviaat 58'minutes18NkunkuSubstituted forMaduekeat 71'minutesBooked at 80mins10MudrykSubstituted forBrojaat 71'minutes15Jackson

Substitutes

6Thiago Silva11Madueke13Bettinelli19Broja42Gilchrist45Lavia47Bergström52Matos54Castledine

Crystal Palace

Formation 4-3-3

30Henderson17Clyne16Andersen6Guéhi3MitchellBooked at 80mins8LermaSubstituted forFrança de Oliveiraat 90'minutes26RichardsBooked at 73mins10Eze7Olise14Mateta9J AyewSubstituted forSchluppat 79'minutes

Substitutes

5Tomkins11França de Oliveira15Schlupp19Hughes29Ahamada31Matthews44Riedewald45Adaramola52Ozoh

Referee:Michael Salisbury

Attendance:39,618

Live Text

Match ends, Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.

Attempt blocked. Matheus França (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Olise.

Offside, Chelsea. Nicolas Jackson is caught offside.

Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

Attempt saved. Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eberechi Eze.

Foul by Noni Madueke (Chelsea).

Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Axel Disasi (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace).

Substitution, Chelsea. Alfie Gilchrist replaces Benoît Badiashile.

Hand ball by Armando Broja (Chelsea).

Substitution, Crystal Palace. Matheus França replaces Jefferson Lerma.

Goal! Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 1. Noni Madueke (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

VAR Decision: Penalty Chelsea.

Penalty Chelsea. Noni Madueke draws a foul in the penalty area.

Penalty conceded by Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) after a foul in the penalty area.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.

Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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