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after today’s game had no immediate impact on the field as Fulham held them to a scoreless draw at Stamford Bridge.
There were several exciting stories preceding up to this match, including the debuts of new British record signing Enzo Fernandez for
Chelsea and wanted attacker Hakim Ziyech after his deadline-day transfer to PSG fell through.
The first significant chance of the game was generated by Fulham, not the team that received the
majority of pre-game interest. Andreas Pereira’s stinging shot forced a superb one-handed save from Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Fernandez made a superb pass to Mason Mount in an effort to establish his importance.
Stamford Bridge was not particularly excited about anything else until Havertz perfectly timed his run after receiving a pass from Ziyech, but his attempted lob was stopped by the post just before halftime.
After the break, the Blues replaced one January signing with another, with debutant Noni Madueke replacing the largely anonymous Mykhailo Mudryk. However, Willian, a former Chelsea stalwart, saw his low-driven effort saved by Kepa as the Cottagers once again looked the more dangerous team.
As the game entered the final 10 minutes, Chelsea had only one shot on target but came agonizingly close to breaking the deadlock when David Datro Fofana rounded Bernd Leno, only for his strike to be expertly cleared to safety by Tim Ream. The Blues appeared to be lacking in ideas going forward as Fulham held on comfortably for a well-earned point.
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