Chelsea suffer home setback against Brentford

The big spending Blues have won just one of their last 13 home Premier League games over the past two seasons and this latest setback punctures belief that Mauricio Pochettino was beginning to get Chelsea back on track

Chelsea suffered another damaging home defeat as goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbuemo gave Brentford the bragging rights with a 2-0 win in the west London derby on Saturday. 

The big spending Blues have won just one of their last 13 home Premier League games over the past two seasons and this latest setback punctures belief that Mauricio Pochettino was beginning to get Chelsea back on track.

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Tough times for Blues 

After a difficult start to Pochettino’s reign, back-to-back victories over Fulham and Burnley was followed by an impressive performance, even though they blowing a two-goal lead, in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend. 

However, Brentford leapfrogged Chelsea into 10th in the Premier League table, pushing Pochettino’s men fall into the bottom half. Chelsea started brightly, penning the Bees back, but it was a familiar tale for Pochettino as his side lacked the clinical touch to make good approach play count. 

Brentford barely threatened before the break. Later, Mbuemo hung up a cross to the back post and Pinnock took advantage of ball watching by Madueke to power home a header at Sanchez’s near post. 

After that, it was Brentford who looked the more likely to add to their lead despite Chelsea dominating possession. Sanchez’s decision to come forward for a corner in search of an equaliser backfired as Brentford broke quickly up the other end and Neal Maupay gave Mbuemo the simple task of rolling into an empty net. 

Victory means Brentford become the first side to ever win their first three Premier League away games against Chelsea.

Wins for Tottenham, Arsenal

Meanwhile, Son Heung-min scored again as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-1 away. In another match, Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win for unbeaten Arsenal against bottom club Sheffield United.

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