Zaha and Olise teamed up really well and both had chances to score that perhaps they should have taken. Those asking why Zaha was up top should maybe look back to the Etihad where Zaha also started as the main striker and was very effective. The reality is he works a lot harder than Mateta and Bentenke, retains the ball better than all three strikers and can create something out of nothing, which he almost did again today. When you're pushed deep against the big teams you either have to hit direct balls to a big man to try and hold up (which to be frank none of our forwards have done well at this season) or you rely on quick breaks and use someone like Wilf through the middle.

Defensively we were really solid for most of the game and barely game Chelsea a sniff. The goal was poor, but Mitchell will hopefully learn from that as by and large he contained one of the most in-form players in Europe as he did against Salah.

I have few complaints today as considering the opposition we looked good enough for at least a draw and I also think this 4-2-3-1 formation could potentially get the best out of our creative players. Against Watford hopefully Wilf will replace Schlupp on the left and one of the strikers comes back in.

With regard to the officials, how Chelsea didn't get more bookings only the PL gods can tell you. Ok the ref missed a lot of fouls (especially by Rudiger) but Olise commits one foul and gets booked whereas some Chelsea players committed 4 or 5 each without barely a talking to. The linesman somehow missed the double foul on Ayew by Rudiger when it literally took place at his feet! Also, once again we saw the bigger teams getting away with the tactic of fouls every time we try and break. Ayew was stopped from breaking free at least four times with Sarr not getting a booking until really late on. Vieira was apoplectic at one point for Chelsea using this tactic.

Indeed! That was the biggest cheek of the whole game!!!!

I'll accept the back four and to some extent the midfield accounted for themselves but up front... not one shot on target! I think PV overplayed his hand in the 2nd. half, I would have stifled the middle as much as possible with Hughes and Luka because they were walking it through late on.

Chelsea fouls 20, Palace 4. I think that says a lot about today's game. When you consider there were at least another 4 or 5 blatant fouls that weren't given, such as the one on Wilf. For such a team full of talent their defensive work outside the penalty area basically involved fouling the opposition. But only 3 bookings! A joke.