Chelsea vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League latest score and updates as Marc Cucurella header breaks deadlock
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Enzo Maresca’s side will hope to keep the pressure on Liverpool as Brentford make a short trip to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea will look to keep up their pursuit of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League as they face fellow west London club Brentford in a rare Sunday night Premier League fixture.
A strong start under Enzo Maresca has seen the hosts establish themselves as perhaps the top flight’s form side and the likeliest to test Arne Slot’s league leaders until the end of the season. With Cole Palmer in sensational form and a young squad gelling impressively, their Italian manager may bat away suggestions his team are in the title race but their candidacy as challengers is hard to refute.
There will be wariness, though, of the threat that Brentford pose. While their outstanding home form has rather been undermined by a woeful record on the road, a short trip to Stamford Bridge should provide fewer challengers and a chance to continue climbing the table in a condensed group of clubs in the top half.
Follow all of the latest from Stamford Bridge, plus updates from Southampton vs Tottenham, in our live blog below:. 84 mins. Jackson is replaced by Nkunku, and his work is done after a mixed day. Jackson's finish gives Chelsea the cushion and boy did they need it. The Bees could and should have been level, from a narrow escape due to offside as Wissa went clear, to Norgaard’s volley while unmarked in the box, Carvalho then clattered the bar. But that breakaway counter thanks to Fernandez was always likely as Frank's side got a little greedy in search of the equaliser. Jackson given a standing ovation as Nkunku is sent on. And the tension inside the ground escapes just like that.
