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Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic fired Chelsea to a sixth straight Premier League win as they overcame Crystal Palace 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\nTammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic fired Chelsea to a sixth straight Premier League win as they overcame Crystal Palace 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
England striker Abraham took his league goal tally for the season to 10 and in-form midfielder Pulisic grabbed his fifth in five games.<\/p>\n
After the thrills and spills of the 4-4 midweek Champions League draw with Ajax, this was back to the domestic Saturday job for Frank Lampard\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
They endured a frustrating first half against an obdurate, well-drilled Palace, but found a way through after the break.<\/p>\n
It meant defeat for Roy Hodgson in his 300th Premier League match as a manager while Lampard, with 288 games less under his belt, saw his side climb \u2013 temporarily at least \u2013 to second in the table.<\/p>\n
Chelsea\u2019s youth revolution continued with Lampard naming their youngest Premier League starting line-up, with an average age of just over 24.<\/p>\n
They made a bright and busy start with 19-year-old full-back Reece James, making his first top-flight start, forcing Vicente Guaita to tip a dangerous cross away.<\/p>\n
Willian then fed Pulisic, who danced past a sliding Joel Ward in the area only to be foiled by Guaita at his near post.<\/p>\n
Palace, without a win in their previous three matches, were living dangerously throughout the first half, inviting Chelsea on but keeping them at bay on the edge of the area.<\/p>\n
They gave away plenty of free-kicks around the box but Willian, Emerson and Mason Mount took it in turns to miss the target.<\/p>\n
A frustrating opening period for the hosts ended when Pulisic headed N\u2019Golo Kante\u2019s cross over the top, before former Chelsea stalwart Gary Cahill slid in to block Willian\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n
However, it took just six minutes after the interval for Abraham to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n
Mateo Kovacic was the architect, brushing off a couple of challenges in a congested midfield before finding Willian with a clever reverse pass.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian\u2019s neat flick on the edge of the box teed up Abraham, who strode forward and confidently buried his shot past Guaita.<\/p>\n
Pulisic, having another fine game, almost grabbed an immediate second with a bullet towards the top corner but Guaita managed to keep it out.<\/p>\n
Palace briefly threatened an equalizer but James Tomkins headed wide from a corner.<\/p>\n
Instead, Chelsea killed off the visitors with 11 minutes remaining when Pulisic fed Michy Batshuayi in the area, continued his run and got on the end of the striker\u2019s deflected shot.<\/p>\n