VITAL STATS
CRAFTED BY A MASON Kai Havertz’s opener after sublime play by Mount
KAI HAVERTZ was the man on target, but Chelsea’s victory owed every bit as much to the performances of Mason Mount and Edouard Mendy.
Mount, as is so often the case these days, was the beating heart of just about everything Thomas Tuchel’s side did well going forward.
While Mendy was unflappable at the back and pulled off three saves that started out at very good and got progressively better. Tuchel was obviously pleased with the goals Havertz scored and his all-round display, but Mount was the man for whom the Blues boss reserved the most praise.
“He is the full package, mentally-wise, talent-wise and physically,” Tuchel said.
“Most importantly, his character – he has both feet on the ground.
“He comes to Cobham every day to learn something, he is a guy who can recover fast, a physical player and has fully adapted to Premier League
CHELSEA
FULHAM 5 ............. Shots on Target ........... 3 1 .............. Shots off Target ........... 4 3 ............... Blocked Shots ............ 3 1 ...................... Corners ................... 8 15 ....................... Fouls ..................... 8 7 ..................... Offsides ................... 1 1 .................. Yellow Cards ............... 1 0 ................... Red Cards ................ 0 85.0 .... Passing Success %.. 85.3 50 ................. Duels Won .............. 53 48.5 ....... Duel Success % ...... 51.5 23 .................... Tackles .................. 19 39.1 .......... Tackles Won % ...... 68.4 48.9 ......... Possession % ......... 51.1 47.6 ....... Territorial Adv % .... 52.4 500 ............ Total Passes ......... 505 4 ................ Total Crosses ............ 21 123 ................ Lost Balls ............. 145 58 ................ Recoveries ............. 56 56.2 ........ 1st Half Poss % ...... 43.8 40.9 ...... 2nd Half Poss % ....... 59.1 Referee: Kevin Friend 7
JUST CHIL, MAN Havertz with Ben Chilwell after scoring Blues’ second football. It is a pleasure to have him and a pleasure to be at his side to support him.”
It was Mount’s utterly delightful piece of skill in plucking the ball out of the air and his perfectly weighted pass that set up Havertz for his first.
Fulham had started brightly and continued to make chances, despite Chelsea’s dominance after their opener and Mendy did well to keep out Antonee Robinson, Ademola Lookman and Ola Aina.
And when Havertz made it two with his fourth