This ought to have been rather easier for
Chelsea. Against a Crystal Palace team with nothing to play for – neither Europe nor
Premier League survival – they surged into a two-goal lead.
At that point, the notion this derby would become nervy for Frank Lampard and his players felt outlandish. They were fluent on the ball and, in the quicksilver Christian Pulisic, who scored the second with a thunderous hit, they can boast one of the division’s in-form players.