Chelsea’s anticipate a return on a world document funding within the switch market goes on because the Blues had been held 0-0 at house by Fulham on Friday.
Enzo Fernandez made his Chelsea debut after turning into the costliest participant in British soccer historical past with a £107 million transfer ($132 million) from Benfica on switch deadline day.
Mykhailo Mudryk was additionally given his Stamford Bridge bow, whereas Noni Madueke and David Datro Fofana got here off the bench for his or her Premier League debuts.
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Chelsea’s document funding of over £300 million within the January window took the entire spend on new gamers of their first season beneath new possession to over half a billion.
Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali had been in attendance, however won’t have been impressed as one other probability to shut on the highest 4 slipped by.
Graham Potter’s males sit ninth within the desk, nonetheless 9 factors adrift of the Champions League locations.
Fulham had secured a primary victory within the west London derby since 2006 when the groups met simply three weeks in the past.
Marco Silva’s males sit two factors and three locations above their native rivals within the desk of their first season again within the high flight.
Fulham had been searching for a primary ever league double over Chelsea and got here near attaining it as Andreas Pereira pressured Kepa Arrizabalaga right into a flying save low to his proper.
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For the big sums spent by Chelsea’s new homeowners, their lack of a medical goalscorer was uncovered as soon as extra.
Kai Havertz had a hat-trick of huge probabilities to interrupt the impasse earlier than half-time.
The German worldwide didn’t get sufficient contact on Thiago Silva’s sensible move to divert the ball past Bernd Leno.
Havertz then couldn’t stretch to show Mason Mount’s harmful cross heading in the right direction. But his finest opening got here when he hit the submit with a lob over Leno from Hakim Ziyech’s defence-splitting move.
Ziyech would have been a Paris Saint-Germain participant this week had Chelsea not submitted the improper paperwork within the minutes earlier than Tuesday’s switch deadline.
The Moroccan is only one of a wealth of extensive choices now out there to Potter and he wasted no time in hooking Mudryk regardless of his price ticket after a disappointing first 45 minutes.
The Ukrainian joined from Shakhtar Donetsk final month for a price that would rise to 100 million euros ($110 million).
Madueke was launched in his place and Potter additionally threw on Raheem Sterling from the bench on the hour mark within the seek for a winner.
Fernandez was inches away from the right debut because the Argentine World Cup winner flashed a shot extensive from distance 20 minutes from time.
Connor Gallagher got here even nearer as he hit the side-netting from the sting of the field.
But the perfect probability fell to Fofana because the Ivorian rounded the stranded Leno, however didn’t beat the masking Tim Ream on the road.
