Getting three points matters: Lampard
London: Chelsea further strengthened their position in the Premier League’s top four with a 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace in an entertaining encounter at Selhurst Park.
This included a stunning long-range strike from Wilfried Zaha and a rare goal from Christian Benteke.
Chalesea manager Frank Lampard said getting three points was a critical thing.
“There were moments in the game where our game-management wasn’t great,” said the Chelsea boss.
“At 2-0 we can dominate that game and finish it. When we went 3-2 up we had chances to finish the game and were sloppy.”
There was an element of fortune about the game’s opening goal, with Palace defender Gary Cahill pulling up with a match-ending injury to allow Willian to charge into the box unimpeded and set up Olivier Giroud to finish.
But the rest of the match was a testament to the kind of competitive, highoctane, see-saw football that draws so many viewers to the English top flight, even when the grounds are empty of fans.
Twice Chelsea looked to have put the game beyond the home side, first through Christian Pulisic’s rising shot to make it 2-0 in the first half and then via Tammy Abraham’s neat finish with 19 minutes to go to put the Blues 3-1 up. But this reckoned without the input of Zaha and Benteke.
Results: Watford 2-1 Norwich, Arsenal 1-1 Leicester, Chelsea 3-2 Crystal Palace. for the first time on Wednesday, revealing her name. Olympia was born on June 14 and Bolt used his Twitter feed to celebrate his partner Kasi Bennett’s birthday and show off their baby girl. Her name is a play on the star’s Olympic success – he has won eight gold medals – and his surname. “‘I want to wish my gf @kasi__b a happy birthday. I get to spend ur special day with u. I want nothing but happiness for u & will continue to doing my best keeping a smile on ur face. We have started a new chapter together with our daughter Olympia Lightning,” was his touching message to his partner.
The sprint legend has been dating Bennett since 2014 but the pair only went public in 2016.
The 11-time world champion remains the only man in history to win gold medals at three successive Olympics, in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
The Jamaican also holds world records in the 100m and 200m events having clocked 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds respectively at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
Bolt ran his last competitive race at the 2017 World Championships in London, where he finished third in the 100m.
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