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Chelsea's trip to take on Crystal Palace on Saturday was their first Premier League game for 27 days since beating Tottenham - and Thomas Tuchel was left with mixed emotions.The Blues, on the back of their Club World Cup triumph, struggled for long periods as Patrick Vieira's men held firm while creating chances of their own.Although the away side did steal all three points thanks to Hakim Ziyech, there wasn't an awful lot to be positive about for their manager.Daily Star Sport have taken a look at three things Tuchel got wrong on the day and one he got right, one of which involves a player who touched the ball only twice during the opening 45 minutes.

Chelsea fans are up in arms after ESPN pundit Craig Burley slammed the club for celebrating their Club World Cup triumph "like a World Cup win".Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz saw the Blues edge past Palmeiras on Saturday to be crowned champions of the world as they secured the only piece of major silverware that had been missing from their trophy cabinet. But as Chelsea's jubilant players and supporters celebrated, Burley insisted he had a problem with the way the club was "salivating" over winning what he describes as a "plastic cup"."As they're off celebrating like they've won the World Cup, Manchester City are racking up a 16 point lead on Chelsea where it really matters - the Premier League, the big competitions, " the former Scotland international said."They're off there celebrating like they're the greatest thing since sliced bread, meanwhile they're getting their backsides booted all over the place from Manchester City.

Chelsea have awkwardly included a snap of Edouard Mendy's gaffe against West Ham United in an online graphic celebrating being crowned 'champions of the world'.Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz saw the Blues inch past Palmeiras to win the Club World Cup on Saturday and clinch the only piece of silverware that had been missing from their trophy cabinet.Naturally, the club's social media team began basking in the glory, as images of players and fans celebrating came flooding in.But a graphic they created to celebrate becoming world champions has rival fans in stitches as they included a shot of Mendy being caught out by Arthur Masuaku's cross during Chelsea's 3-2 defeat to West Ham in December."Chelsea’s graphic saying 'Champions of the world' have a picture of Mendy and it’s the one where he pushes Masuaku’s cross into the goal," tweeted a giddy Hammers fan."That's embarrassing haha.

Chelsea won the tournament for the first time in their history as they beat South American champions Palmeiras 2-1 after extra time in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.Kai Havertz's penalty three minutes from the end of extra time sealed victory after Romelu Lukaku had seen his second-half header cancelled out during normal time.The Blues avenged their defeat to Corinthians in 2012 and became the third English club to be crowned world champions after Liverpool and Manchester United.However, it was the antics of their German defender that caught Chelsea fans' eyes following Havertz's late winning goal.As the players gathered in the corner to celebrate the goal and congratulate Havertz, Rudiger was seen acting bizarrely.Firstly, he picked up a foldaway chair from the other side of the advertising hoardings and slammed it on the top of the hoardings before waving it about.Will Chelsea finish in the top four this season? Let us know in the comments section below.He then chucked it back over as Jorginho attempted to get him to join in with the celebratory huddle.Instead, Rudiger swung a wild punch at the corner flag, lightly brushing the flag before running off back towards the centre circle in celebration.Chelsea's celebrations were well-earned, as it had looked as if Palmeiras were going to take the Champions League winners all the way to penalties.Lukaku's 54th-minute header had Thomas Tuchel's side in front for just 10 minutes before Raphael Vega levelled the score again from the penalty spot.However, the Brazilian giants would end the match with 10 men after Luan Garcia was given his marching orders at the end of extra time.The defender's sliding challenge cleaned out Havertz as he ran through on goal in the sixth

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta showed his experience with a genius trick to fool the Palmeiras players in the dying minutes of the Club World Cup final on Saturday.With the game tied at 1-1, the Blues were awarded a spot-kick just as extra time was drawing to a close.Azpilicueta picked the ball up and began hovering around the penalty spot.He cleverly made the Palmeiras players think he was about to step up and take it, and absorbed all their attempts to get in his head, before handing the ball to Kai Havertz.The silky German, just as he did in the Champions League final last season, rippled the net to win the match and the tournament for Chelsea."What a player and what a captain," one Chelsea fan tweeted. "Azpilicueta is completely underrated and under appreciated.""That's genius.

Chelsea lifted the Club World Cup trophy on Saturday night after beating Palmeiras 2-1 after extra time. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 55th minute when he powered his header past goalkeeper Weverton following some good work from Callum Hudson-Odoi down the left.

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has publicly announced his relationship with former Miss Universe Spain winner Andrea Martinez.The Blues shot-stopper confirmed his romance with the stunning Spanish model, 27, in a joint Instagram post where the couple embraced each other with the sea in the background.The 27-year-old offered a slight smile as he held Miss Spain 2020 winner Andrea, who also happens to be a former fellow athlete previously selected to represent Spain’s U15 basketball team.And in posting the picture to his 1.8million followers, both fans and footballer friends rushed to the comments section of his Instagram to congratulate the couple.International teammate and fellow goalkeeper David De Gea responded by posting a heart emoji.Meanwhile, Blues colleague Kai Havertz commented: "Oh Kepinho," along with a love-struck emoji.Jorginho wrote: "Kepinhaaa papi."Also chiming in were fellow Spaniards Marcos Alonso and Sergio Reguilon, who chimed in with heart-eye emojis and shocked faces.The keeper’s last well-known relationship was with Andrea Perez, where their reported break-up in February 2020 coincided with a dip in form for the former Athletic Bilbao man.He was largely reduced to just cup appearances last season as he was limited to just seven league matches.Do you think Kepa will keep his place as Chelsea's starting goalkeeper when Mendy returns? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the

Chelsea fans are beginning to get frustrated with Romelu Lukaku after he put in a poor performance against Brighton on Tuesday night. Lukaku struggled to get involved in the Blues’ build-up play on the south coast as the Seagulls hit back to hold them to a 1-1 draw and leave them 12 points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City.

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Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp believes Timo Werner’s poor form has “not been helpful” for Chelsea or Thomas Tuchel.The German was ruled out of the Blues’ 3-1 away victory against Aston Villa after testing positive for Coronavirus, but has only contributed one goal and one assist in nine Premier League matches.Chelsea’s clinical edge has been absent in recent weeks, having been forced to deploy the likes of Christian Pulisic, Mason Mount, and Kai Havertz as false nines in recent weeks.£98m summer signing Romelu Lukaku has also been absent through injury and a Covid-19 transmission of his own, but returned to great effect against Villa.And Redknapp believes they will likely need Lukaku’s goals to compensate for Werner’s lack of composure and

Christmas fixtures, but have taken the time to embrace this year's festivities with some heart-warming snaps posted online.  Cristiano Ronaldo led the way after posting a family photo on Instagram while the Liverpool squad wore Santa hats after training on Christmas Eve.

Is Mason Mount your footballer of the year? Have your say hereBut a season in which Mount clocked up 69 appearances for club and country culminated in him laying on a defence-splitting pass for Kai Havertz to sink City in the Champions League final in Porto.While the big jug-eared cup eluded City yet again, Mount and his men made Chelsea champions of Europe for a second time.In July he was one of England’s key players as Gareth Southgate’s men got to the European Championship final only to lose to Italy on penalties.So far this season he’s interrupted starring roles for Chelsea to help England through to comfortable qualification for the Qatar World Cup.There’s a reasonable argument that he could weigh in with more goals, but that’s not an

Juventus' starlet Federico Chiesa has sparked fresh rumours of a move to Chelsea as the Italian has followed some of the club's stars on Instagram.The winger has been linked with a move to Thomas Tuchel's side over the summer, and rumours of an £84million move have reemerged.And Chiesa was at Stamford Bridge in the week as his Juve side got battered 4-0 by the Blues.Chiesa currently follows five members of the squad: Christian Pulisic, Mateo Kovacic, Saul Niguez, Kai Havertz, and N'golo Kante.The 24-year-old also follows the official Chelsea account as well as Stamford Bridge alumni Eden Hazard.Roman Abramovich has already dipped his hands into his pockets for a top attacker from Italy this season when he acquired Romelu Lukaku from Inter

Chelsea cruised past Juventus 4-0 to go top of their Champions League group earlier this week.

What do you think Christian Pulisic's future looks like? Comment hereIn addition, Pulisic still has Mason Mount, Timo Werner and Kai Havertz ahead of him in the pecking order for a place in the forward line.Tuchel has showed by successfully finding time this season for the likes of Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek that he really will give everyone a game.And Chelsea play ten games in just over a month before Christmas, so everyone will be needed over the next few weeks.But Pulisic plays in a position where competition is at its fiercest at the Bridge, and may not be prepared to accept a bit-part role forever.He is also still not ready for a full 90 minutes despite two cameos for his national team, and a goal, during the latest

Chelsea are sat at the top of the Premier League table on 25 points after 10 games played, but their journey to the top has been carefully planned.The Blues lifted the Champions League trophy at the end of last season thanks to a goal by Kai Havertz in a 1-0 win over Manchester City, a victory that marked the progress that Roman Abramovich’s club has made in recent history – more specifically, the last six years.On the 3rd November 2015, Chelsea were 15th in the Premier League and John Terry reeled off a memorable rant about how he wouldn’t accept criticism from pundits who had ‘played at a really bad level throughout their career’, before naming Robbie Savage as an example.The Blues have, obviously, turned things around, but what are the

Arsenal’s home tie against Leeds United went as smoothly as Mikel Arteta could have wanted with Calum Chambers and Eddie Nketiah providing second-half goals to snatch a 2-0 win.Rivals Chelsea had a far tougher time in facing Southampton despite Kai Havertz opening the scoring before the break, with striker Che Adams’ goal forcing the match to be decided by a penalty shoot-out.Misses from Theo Walcott and Will Smallbone were punished by defender Reece James, who scored the deciding penalty, having done the same in the previous round against Aston Villa.Meanwhile, QPR suffered a defeat on penalties to League One side Sunderland after a goalless draw in normal time.The following day it was the turn of Liverpool and Tottenham to secure their

Arsenal and Chelsea are through to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup after winning their last-16 clashes on Tuesday night.The Gunners’ home tie against Leeds United went as smoothly as Mikel Arteta could have wanted with Calum Chambers and Eddie Nketiah providing second-half goals to snatch a 2-0 win.Rivals Chelsea had a far tougher time in facing Southampton despite Kai Havertz opening the scoring before the break, with striker Che Adams’ goal forcing the match to be decided by a penalty shoot-out.Misses from Theo Walcott and Will Smallbone were punished by defender Reece James, who scored the deciding penalty, having done the same in the previous round against Aston Villa.Meanwhile, QPR suffered a defeat on penalties to League One

Chelsea fans have hit out at the club over their "disgraceful" limited edition home shirt - which costs an eye-watering £195 to buy.The Blues have produced a limited edition shirt to commemorate their Champions League triumph last season, which saw them beat Manchester City 1-0 in the final out in Porto.There are only 420 of them to buy, and despite the extortionate price they are said to have already sold out.However, several Chelsea supporters have taken to social media to slam both the cost and the design, which is a controversial one to say the least.The shirt - which is in collaboration with art-inspired brand Dodici Otto - has their final goalscorer Kai Havertz on the front along with N'Golo Kante and Thomas Tuchel.It also reads in

Frank Lampard was presented with a wealth of offensive options at Chelsea last season, after his club signed the likes of Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz in the summer.