Chelsea’s coach, Thomas Tuchel, got his first victory at Chelsea with a 2-0 win against an unimpressive Burnley side.
It ends 2-0 π₯ A dominating performance from the Blues todayπͺ #CHEBUR pic.twitter.com/TejBsdtFCk
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 31, 2021
The Blues skipper, Ceaser Azpilicueta, gave his side the lead with just five minutes left to half time.
GOAL Chelsea 1-0 Burnley (40 mins)
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 31, 2021
A wonderful flowing Chelsea move ends with Cesar Azpilicueta firing into the top corner#CHEBUR
HALF-TIME Chelsea 1-0 Burnley
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 31, 2021
Cesar Azpilicueta's goal is the difference between the teams at the interval#CHEBUR pic.twitter.com/s0Jn5q3WaL
After the break, Chelsea pressed on, and after some missed chances, Tuchel’s men got a deserved second in the 84th minute thanks to a Marcos Alonso volley.
Great early ball from Hudson-Odoi, Werner with a great chance to make it 2-0 from the header. Pope there to deny him π€
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 31, 2021
π΅ 1-0 π£[51β] #CHEBUR
Off the post!π³π³
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 31, 2021
Itβs Hudson-Odoi attacking the back line of Burnley again, his shot is deflected onto the woodwork.
π΅ 1-0 π£[56β] #CHEBUR
HOW HAS THAT STAYED OUT π³π³π³
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 31, 2021
A whipped cross from CHO (again) takes a wicked deflection off Ben Mee. Pope reacts well to keep it out
π΅ 1-0 π£[68β] #CHEBUR
GOAL Chelsea 2-0 Burnley (84 mins)
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 31, 2021
Marcos Alonso hammers a close-range volley past Nick Pope to double Chelsea's lead in the closing stages#CHEBUR
That should seal the win and WHAT a way to do it! Alonso finds himself in space in the area, tees it up and volleys home π₯ Great strike
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 31, 2021
π΅ 2-0 π£ [85β] #CHEBUR https://t.co/UwMU9TQTfK
With the victory, Chelsea has now registered a second successive clean sheet under Tuchel, whose first game was the midweek goalless draw with Wolves.
Thomas Tuchel is the first Chelsea manager to keep a clean sheet in each of his first two Premier League games in charge since Rafael Benitez in November 2012 πͺ pic.twitter.com/PwOczA60oh
— GOAL (@goal) January 31, 2021
The three points moved Chelsea up three places to seventh in the table, while Burnley remain 15th on the log.
On Wednesday, Burnley will welcome league leaders Manchester City to Turf Moor, while Tottenham will take on Chelsea in a North London derby on Thursday.