Chelsea’s rotten form continued with a 2-1 defeat to a brilliant Fulham side who have now moved into sixth in the Premier League.
New signing Joao Felix who was making his debut was sent off in the second half to all but tilt the game towards Fulham at a time it was 1-1.
Felix is the first Chelsea player to be sent off on his Premier League debut and despite looking really good in the first half, all his hard work was done in a moment of rushed blood as he left the referee with no option but to send him off after a horrible lunge on defender Kenny Tete after 58 minutes.
Brazilian Willian put Fulham ahead in the first half but did no celebrate as a show of respect- before Kalidou Koulibaly equalised for the Blues just after the break.
But the 10 men of Chelsea could not hang on to a point as Carlos Vinicius headed in a 72nd-minute winner.
Joao Felix had been the visitors’ best player before his dismissal left his side on the back foot, with Vinicius the hero of the night and repaying his manager’s faith in him.
The result leaves Chelsea now having less wins this season than the amount of players they have brought in and calls for the manager to go will increase given their inability to hold on to the point.
The Blues have now won just twice in their last 10 games and even though they have injuries, Chelsea should be doing better. Here is how we rated every Chelsea player out today.
1. Kepa Arrizabalaga
Conceded twice and just seems not have any confidence at the minute-4
2. Kovacic
Runs into dead alleys-4
3. Trevoh Chalobah
Picked up a yellow card in the first half. Didn’t boss the game as he would have liked or as the fans would have loved 5.5
4. Cesar Azpilicueta
Using his experience a lot just that the legs are not fresh as they used to be-5