Chelsea picked up another vital three points with an entertaining 3-2 win over Crystal Palace. The victory temporarily moves the Blues ahead of Leicester in the Premier League table and gives Frank Lampard’s men breathing room ahead of Manchester United in the race for Champions League qualification.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring at Selhurst Park, tapping home as Willian took advantage of Gary Cahill’s injury to break free down the right.
The Brazilian then played in Christian Pulisic for Chelsea’s second but Wilfried Zaha rifled home a long-range effort shortly before the break to get the Eagles back in the match.Substitute Tammy Abraham appeared to put the game to bed when he slotted home from Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s pass but there was still time for Christian Benteke to knock in Patrick van Aanholt’s cross and set up a tense finish.
