Robert Sanchez: An early kicking error gifted Fulham a nook. He ought to have saved King’s equaliser at his close to put up, whereas his preliminary save for Fulham‘s second was parried right into a harmful space, permitting Garcia to attain. 3
Josh Acheampong: The 20-year-old produced a tremendous double clearance and block within the twenty seventh minute and seemed stable all through. 6
Maxence Lacroix: Remarkably concerned in each of Chelsea‘s first two targets, along with his headed clearance resulting in the opener and his run down the appropriate and cut-back organising Rogers. 7
Levi Colwill: An early mistake left him lucky to flee with solely a yellow card after a foul on Bobb. He was additionally partly at fault for Fulham‘s second objective after failing to clear a deep cross. 5
Malo Gusto: The wing-back was a shock choice amid Chelsea‘s damage issues, however his passing lacked conviction at instances. 5
Romeo Lavia: Booked early on after a late problem on Bassey. He grew into the sport, nevertheless, going shut from a nook and transferring the ball properly by way of midfield. 5
Reece James: Noticed a miscued effort saved within the first half however regularly grew into the sport and helped Chelsea achieve management. 6
Jorrel Hato: Working in an unfamiliar wing-back function, the defender produced a promising early dribble and tailored properly. 6
Cole Palmer: Merely the perfect participant on the pitch. Palmer was inventive, bodily spectacular and produced a number of very good dribbles earlier than scoring a wonderful third objective. He appears to be like refreshed after the summer time break. 9
Morgan Rogers: An impressive debut. Pressed aggressively, had a shot blocked, performed in Joao Pedro after which capped his show by scoring Chelsea‘s second with a far-post end. 8
Joao Pedro: Opened the scoring after 31 seconds with a deft end over Leno. He additionally exploited Fulham‘s excessive line of defense intelligently to arrange Palmer’s objective. 8
Subs:
Enzo Fernandez (on 65, Lavia): The Argentine was booed by the house followers on each contact of the ball and may not have featured had Moises Caicedo been match. Nonetheless, Fernandez moved the ball across the pitch and fought for possession. 6
Pep Chavarria (on 65, Hato): It was a back-to-the-wall job for the wing-back however he did little of observe on his transient debut cameo. 5
Pedro Neto (on 76, Gusto): 5
Geovany Quenda (on 82, Rogers): 5
Estevao (on 83, Palmer): 5
Subs not used: Penders, Barco, Gittens, Welbeck.
