Premier League: Chelsea Held to Goalless Stalemate by Bournemouth – News18

Troubled Chelsea needed to accept a disappointing 0-0 draw towards Bournemouth on Sunday as their dismal begin to the Premier League season confirmed no indicators of enhancing.

Mauricio Pochettino’s facet have gained simply as soon as in 5 league video games this time period and so they had been booed off after missing any semblance of a innovative on the Vitality Stadium.

The Blues are and not using a purpose of their final two matches and have scored solely 5 occasions within the league this season.

They’re languishing in 14th place, nearer to the relegation zone than the highest 4, as Pochettino involves phrases with the scale of the duty dealing with him at Stamford Bridge.

The previous Tottenham and Paris Saint Germain boss was employed within the close-season to scrub up the mess left by Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Frank Lampard, who all had spells in command of Chelsea throughout final season’s wretched marketing campaign.

However Pochettino has to this point been unable to make an affect regardless of Chelsea’s £350 million spending spree on new signings.

A rash of premature accidents haven’t helped however Chelsea’s choice to largely signal youthful gamers has left Pochettino with an inexperienced squad that lacks the maturity to shut out video games.

Difficult for a spot within the Champions League was Pochettino’s goal this season, however that ambition already appears overly optimistic on the proof of this drab show towards winless Bournemouth.

Whereas it’s too quickly to say Pochettino is at risk of the sack, he will probably be properly conscious Potter lasted lower than seven months earlier than being sacked by co-owner Todd Boehly.

Lacklustre Chelsea

Pochettino made two modifications from the facet that misplaced to Nottingham Forest of their earlier recreation, with big-money summer season signing Moises Caicedo unnoticed of the squad and teenager Lesley Ugochukwu given his first Premier League begin.

Chelsea tried to grab the initiative within the early levels, however Enzo Fernandez fired straight at Neto from the sting of the realm earlier than Raheem Sterling dragged his shot woefully large from a harmful place.

Nicolas Jackson went a lot nearer when the Senegal striker drilled his shot towards the submit from 20 yards.

Regardless of their vibrant begin, Chelsea had been practically undone by woeful defending because the unmarked Dango Ouattara reached a cross with a close-range effort that pressured a high quality save from Robert Sanchez.

Gallagher ought to have put Chelsea forward with a shot on the flip from 10 yards, however Neto plunged to his proper to make a very good save.

Chelsea thought they’d lastly taken the lead early within the second when Sterling’s free-kick bounced off the bar to Levi Colwill, who slotted into the empty internet solely to see his effort disallowed for offside.

Moments later, Colwill and Jackson tried to bundle the ball over the road to no avail after a Chelsea nook brought on havoc.

Nevertheless it was Bournemouth who completed stronger and Axel Disasi narrowly averted conceding a penalty when his despairing lunge introduced down Justin Kluivert simply outdoors the realm.

Sanchez got here to Chelsea’s rescue within the eightieth minute, saving along with his legs to maintain out Dominic Solanke’s strike.

Philip Billing’s free-kick deflected simply large off Gallagher.

Sterling may have gained it with a close-range header that lacked the ability to beat Neto, who additionally made a high quality instinctive save to repel Cole Palmer’s close-range volley.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)