Swansea City 1-0

Telegraph:

Chelsea 1 Swansea 0: Blues record narrow win as Antonio Conte sent to stands

Sam Wallace

It is traditional at Chelsea that when the breakthrough arrives against stubborn opponents, Antonio Conte celebrates by launching himself head-first into the home fans although when the goal at last came against Swansea City, the Italian was already alone in the home dressing room.

Conte had been dismissed and was on his own back stage with one of his three assistant coaches, Angelo Alessio, assuming the duties of excitable touchline motivator when Antonio Rudiger headed in Chelsea’s goal 10 minutes into the second half. Conte had gone in a moment of rage at the end of the first half when he screamed in the face of Lee Mason, the fourth official, and was swiftly dispatched by referee Neil Swarbrick.

Comte said afterwards that he later apologised to the officials and will hope to avoid a touchline ban for Saturday’s home game against Newcastle. “I saw that Swansea were time-wasting and I said this a few times to the fourth official,” Conte said. “I didn’t see anything had changed. I was frustrated about this and I tried to tell him again. Then the referee took his decision.” He admitted, with a nice command of the understatement, that he had been “animated”.

Against a Swansea City team that have won none of their last six league games and failed to score in nine of their 14 league appearances, it always seemed that Chelsea would get there with or without their manager on the touchline. What will have hurt was Raheem Sterling’s late winner for Manchester City which meant that by the end of the night, the gap between Chelsea and the leaders remained 11 points.

Given his high-octane touchline demeanour, Conte might feel that a red card such as this is a risk he runs every week and even despite his rage he knew that he had overstepped the mark. He lost his rag just two minutes before the break when a Pedro effort clipped not one but two Swansea players on its way out and was still given as a goal-kick by the referee Swarbrick.

The Italian manager, incandescent with rage, was straight in the face of Lee Mason, never one for confrontation at the best of times. The Italian’s words were clearly audible even 10 rows back in the pressbox, although to Mason it was more about the aggressive proximity.

Mason had no hesitation in calling over Swarbrick immediately who ordered Conte to the stands where, as always seems to happen in these episodes, the departing manager was at a loss where he was supposed to go. Finally Conte was told that a seat behind the dugout was not allowed and he went down the tunnel, but not before he had given Mason another piece of his mind.

Whether he gets a ban depends on what is in Swarbrick’s report. On balance this was a successful evening for which Conte picked a Chelsea team without César Azpilicueta for the first time after 74 consecutive league games going back to December 2015. Eden Hazard came on as a second half substitute and Chelsea never had to get out of third gear.

There was a fine performance from Alfie Mawson and Mike Van der Hoorn in the centre of the Swansea defence and behind them Lukasz Fabianski was reliable. As for the rest of Swansea, they had no width in this team with Renato Sanches and Jordan Ayew tucked in tight alongside Wilfried Bony and all of them chasing shadows. The club with the lowest number of goals in the division, seven in 14 games, did not manage a single shot on target.

These are difficult days for Sanches, the Portuguese prodigy who was part of the Euro 2016 winning team, and has got a lot of the stick. He passed the ball straight out of play on 33 minutes and generally looked shattered during the rare periods when Swansea actually had the ball. He came off at half-time.

“He had a poor half,” Clement said later. “He’s struggling for confidence and form but we believe we are the right environment to get him out of it.” As the 20-year-old looked on moodily from the bench a N’Golo Kanté shot deflected off Bony and Rudiger got a head to it to score at the back post.

Clement lamented that moment as one in which his players switched off momentarily from the constant pressure of defending. He began his press conference with a tribute to his late friend Dermot Drummy who was remembered with a minute’s applause before the match. Then it was back to the business of football, with Swansea away at Stoke City on Saturday and a game that Clement knows he can ill-afford to lose.


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Mail:

Chelsea 1-0 Swansea City: Antonio Rudiger scores first Premier League goal for the hosts after manager Antonio Conte sees red

By Sami Mokbel

Antonio Conte lost it. Thankfully for the Chelsea manager, his players didn't.

The thought of injustice was too much for Conte, who was sent off for an incensed tirade at fourth official Lee Mason after his team weren't awarded a corner.

But the real injustice would have occurred if Chelsea had left Stamford Bridge on Wednesday with anything other than victory.

In the end, Antonio Rudiger's first Premier League goal for the club was enough to secure victory.

The narrow scoreline doesn't paint an accurate picture. Chelsea, who weren't at their best, could easily have scored seven or eight. Conte will wince when he sees replays of his diatribe at Mason. It was unnecessary.

Indeed, Conte moved quickly to apologise, seeking out Mason and referee Neil Swarbrick in the tunnel after the final whistle.

'I think it's normal, it's right to apologise for what happened during the game,' said Conte. 'I saw that Swansea were wasting time. I said this a few times to the fourth official and I did not see anything change. I was frustrated for this situation. For sure, I made a mistake.'

At least Conte's players kept their cool, though Manchester City's last-gasp winner took some of the gloss off this win. City's march to the title is the last thing on Swansea manager Paul Clement's mind. Defeat against his former club on Wednesday night extended his side's sorry run to one win in 11 Premier League games, a sequence that leaves his job in jeopardy.

Firing Clement after this loss would be harsh. But defeats in their next two fixtures against Stoke and West Bromwich will leave the ex-Chelsea assistant in serious trouble. The moments before kick-off, however, were all about another former Chelsea coach. Dermot Drummy, passed away earlier this week and a rapturous minute's applause was accompanied by an emotional video montage of the former Crawley Town manager's time with the Blues.

Chelsea managed 21 shots, 11 of those coming in the first half. Yet, somehow, it was goalless at the break.

You could sense the anxiety growing with every squandered opportunity. Conte relented to the frustration in the 42nd minute. Swansea had just been wrongly awarded a goal-kick after Willian's low cross ricocheted off Swansea centre back off Alfie Mawson. Conte was already at boiling point and this decision pushed him over the edge. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich watched from the stands as his manager howled in the face of Mason, demanding the fourth official inform Swarbrick of Swansea's tactics.

Mason called Swarbrick over and the official immediately dismissed the Italian, who took up position behind the home dugout. Conte faces the prospect of disciplinary action from the FA.

You would imagine Conte's reaction would not have been so furious if his team had taken one of the hatful of openings they created. Willian, Alvaro Morata and Marcos Alonso were the most guilty figures in blue, missing excellent chances.

Boos rang round Stamford Bridge at half-time. Swarbrick and Mason were the target of home supporters' angst, but the Chelsea faithful would have been far from impressed with their team's composure in front of goal. But if you think Conte was having a bad day, spare a though for Swansea midfielder Renato Sanches, who was substituted at the break following a torrid first half.

Chelsea assistant coach Angelo Alessio occupied the technical area for the second half as the Blues continued to dominate. Finally, in the 55th minute, Chelsea scored the winner.

It took a significant slice of fortune, though: N'Golo Kante's drive from the edge of the area took a deflection off Wilfried Bony into Rudiger's path, and the Germany defender had the simplest of tasks to nod the ball home.

Relief. Somewhere in Stamford Bridge, their manager was puffing out his cheeks.


CHELSEA (3-4-3): Courtois 6; Cahill 6.5, Christensen 6.5, Rudiger 7; Zappacosta 6.5 (Moses 75), Kante 7, Fabregas 8, Alonso 7.5; Willian 7 (Drinkwater 81), Morata 6.5, Pedro 7 (Hazard 80)

Subs not used: Caballero, Bakayoko, Azpilicueta, Ampadu

Manager: Conte 4

Goal: Rudiger 55'

Booked: Morata


SWANSEA (4-3-1-2): Fabianski 8.5; Naughton 6.5, Hoorn 7.5, Mawson 8, Olsson 6.5; Ki 6, Mesa 5 (McBurnie 65, 5.5), Carroll 6; Sanches 4 (Fer 46, 5); Bony 5, Ayew 5 (Routledge 85).

Subs not used: Nordfeldt, Dyer, Clucas, Rangel

Manager: Clement 5.5

Ref: Neil Swarbrick 4

Att: 41,365


MOTM: Fabianski

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Guardian:

Antonio Conte sent off before Rüdiger header sees Chelsea past Swansea City

Chelsea 1 - 0 Swansea

Ed Aarons at Stamford Bridge

These are nervous times for Paul Clement. In a week during which two of Swansea City’s relegation rivals will appoint new managers, a narrow away defeat against the reigning champions, courtesy of Antonio Rüdiger’s second-half header, does not sound like the worst result.

Yet the manner of this performance – Swansea barely mustered a shot in anger – and with the Welsh club now the only team in the bottom five not to have parted company with their manager this season, it is clear that Clement’s time is running out fast.

The sending off of his counterpart Antonio Conte just before half-time for a bizarre tantrum at the fourth official had perhaps given Clement a glimmer of hope that this could be his night on his return to Stamford Bridge. Those hopes were dashed when Chelsea finally took the lead and never looked like surrendering it as they maintained their faint chances of retaining the title they won with such style last season.

“The most disappointing thing was the nature of the goal – there were players that had their backs turned, they weren’t in the right position,” Clement said. “What I was pleased about was that we didn’t fold and in the last 10 minutes we started to come back into the game and the players had the belief that they could create something. It was disappointing because we are desperate for points and on another night we could have got something.”

Clement selected the same team that drew with Bournemouth on Saturday, with a third consecutive start in midfield for Renato Sanches, the Portugal international on loan from Bayern Munich, with Jordan Ayew also tasked with providing Wilfried Bony with support in attack.

For the first time in a Premier League match since he arrived at the club, Conte opted to leave César Azpilicueta on the bench. Rüdiger took his place, with Eden Hazard also surprisingly left on the bench – after his master class at Liverpool – in favour of Willian and a recall for Cesc Fàbregas in place of Danny Drinkwater.

This was Clement’s second return with Swansea to the club where he spent more than a decade working as a youth coach. Before the match, tributes were paid to his former colleague Dermot Drummy, with whom Clement worked for Chelsea’s Under-18s side. He admitted afterwards that the had been “devastated” by the news of Drummy’s death on Tuesday, with fate dictating that he would be back in southwest London the following day.

Swansea’s owners are rumoured to have sounded out Tony Pulis over his potential availability should they decide to dispense with Clement, although on this evidence, even the Welshman would have his work cut out solving Swansea’s defensive issues as Chelsea repeatedly created chances throughout the first period. Álvaro Morata came closest to breading the deadlock with a header in the 22nd minute that was turned over by Lukas Fabianski. The Swansea goalkeeper produced an even better save after Morata connected on the volley with Fàbregas’s pinpoint cross, while Marcos Alonso wasted another great opportunity from a corner.

When Alfie Mawson’s touch diverted a cross and the referee Neil Swarbrick awarded a goal-kick, Conte’s frustrations boiled over. He was sent to the stands after shouting directly in the face of the fourth official Lee Mason as Swansea somehow made it to the break with parity.

“After the game it’s right to apologise for what happened,” said Conte, who watched the rest of the game from the dressing room. “I saw that Swansea were wasting time and I said this a few times to the fourth official but I didn’t see that something had changed. I was frustrated about this situation and tried to tell him again and the referee took this decision. For sure I made a mistake but during the game I suffered with my players. It’s a pity.”

It was no surprise to see Leroy Fer replace Sanches at half time given the number of times the 20-year-old had given the ball away in a hapless opening 45 minutes, with Clement later admitting Sanches is struggling with confidence. But within 10 minutes of the restart, Chelsea were in front thanks a slice of good fortune as N’Golo Kanté’s shot from just outside the box deflected off Bony and straight into the path of Rüdiger to head home.

The return of Victor Moses after six weeks out with a hamstring injury – swiftly followed by the introduction of Hazard and Drinkwater – was Chelsea’s attempt to kill off the game. The change almost had the desired effect as Swansea were once again forced to scramble the ball away from under their own crossbar after good work from the Belgian.

At the other end, the substitute Wayne Routledge had a golden opportunity to rescue something from the game but his cross was, like Swansea, severely lacking in quality.

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Independent:

Chelsea dominate but rely on Antonio Rudiger to see them past Swansea

Chelsea 1 Swansea 0: The Blues were in control for the whole game but struggled to find the net

Ben Burrows

A routine home win courtesy of an anything but routine source. When Chelsea shelled out £34m for Antonio Rudiger in July they did so not for his goalscoring prowess. But when your club record signing is having an off day and your star man is only waiting in the wings sometimes you need another to take centre stage and Rudiger was that on a bitingly-chilly evening at Stamford Bridge, a first Premier League goal enough for a precious three points.

Manager Antonio Conte wasn’t around to see it, however, the always fiery Italian having  a night to forget of his own but the Blues hung on stay on the pace in the top four and title races.

The match began on a sombre note, the stadium standing as one to honour the late Dermot Drummy, a much-loved former coach here, who tragically died on Monday. Chelsea were soon into their stride, however, and despite the absence of Eden Hazard, given a breather after his dazzling display at Anfield at the weekend, started on the front foot, beginning an aerial assault which would, eventually at the umpteenth time of asking, batter the visitors into submission.

Even without Cesar Azpilicueta, rested to snap a 74-game streak of successive league starts, Chelsea’s intentions were clear from the outset. Davide Zappacosta and Marcos Alonso, given the freedom of both flanks by a meek Swansea defence, whipped ball after ball into the box, Morata waiting menacingly for any scraps on which to feed. Willian teased while Pedro, operating in Hazard’s usual left sided spot, probed.

It seemed only a matter of time for the south Welsh dam to break but it continued to hold, if not remotely firmly. Morata tested the ever busy Lukasz Fabianski with an improvised volley before Alonso snatched at a presentable chance from 18-yards.

If crossing was the game’s theme on the pitch then Conte’s increased incredulity at fourth official Lee Mason was the growing one off it. Even before his 43rd-minute dismissal the Italian had grown more and more livid at what he perceived to be the gratuitous time-wasting efforts of the visitors. When a clear deflection behind from Alfie Mawson’s outstretched leg was awarded as a goal kick, enough was enough. Conte exploded and Neil Swarbrick  sent him on his way.

Swansea’s draw with Bournemouth halted a four-match losing run but this remains a poor side and a lack of cutting edge belied by only three away goals all season was all too clear to see here with captain Wilfried Bony a willing but far too isolated figure up front all night long.

Renato Sanches paid the price for his side’s paucity in attack, the Portuguese summer signing hooked at the break after an AWOL 45 minutes. Conte, now in absentia, could have been forgiven for making a change of his own at the break, especially given the options available to him on his bench, but he was soon rewarded for his patience just 10 minutes after the interval.

Another ball from wide was cut inside from the right to N’Golo Kante whose shot was deflected into the path of Rudiger who couldn’t miss. The resistance was broken. Chelsea were ahead.

The floodgates looked ready to fly open, Alonso first side-footing too close to Fabianski before Morata twice should’ve done better with a close-range header and minutes later a one-on-one scooped harmlessly over.

A second goal could well have finished the Swans, but instead of rolling over they redoubled their efforts with Jordan Ayew and half-time introduction Leroy Fer finally giving Bony the company in the final third he craved so often earlier on.

Victor Moses made his long-awaited return after a lengthy lay-off, before Danny Drinkwater and man of the moment Hazard also entered the fray to sure up the points. Morata, enduring one of those nights that even the greats have, swung and missed at two more glimpses as the hosts failed to add the cushion their dominance deserved, but Conte, deep within the bowels of Bridge, won’t have cared a jot. The Blues are back to winning ways and still in the hunt.

Chelsea: Courtois, Rudiger, Christensen, Cahill, Zappacosta (Moses 75), Fabregas, Kante, Alonso, Willian (Drinkwater 81) , Pedro (Hazard 81), Morata.

Unused subs: Caballero, Bakayoko, Azpilicueta, Ampadu.

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson, Ki, Roque (McBurnie 65), Carroll, Sanches (Fer 45), Bony, Ayew (Routledge 84).

Unused subs: Dyer, Nordfeldt, Clucas, Rangel.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)


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Sun:

RUDI GOOD JOB

Chelsea 1 Swansea 0: Antonio Rudiger secures points after Antonio Conte is sent to the stand

Blues eventually find a way past the heroic Lukasz Fabianski in the visiting net as the German heads home ten minutes after their manager was given his marching orders

By Andy Dillon

ANTONIO CONTE gave a couple of his stars a night off but it did not mean the rest of them could sleepwalk to victory.

With the exception of keeper Lukas Fabianski, Swansea were so awful it should have been a tougher task sitting on the bench than tearing them to shreds.

Yet Chelsea made terribly hard work of it until Antonio Rudiger finally put the ball in the back of the net to maintain the champions’ momentum in their bid to keep pace with Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Even then, it took a lucky deflection off the head of City striker Wilfried Bony to put the chance his way for the defender to score his first league goal for the club since signing in the summer.

On a frustrating night for Chelsea on many levels, they missed a series of much easier opportunities to put the result to bed with poor finishing and excellent keeping from Fabianski getting in the way.

Conte was also sent to the stands four minutes before half time for losing his rag over a disputed corner but you get the feeling Chelsea’s fuming manager was actually taking out his frustrations with his players on the officials.

By half time Chelsea had amassed six genuine attempts on goal with perhaps the closest of them all coming from Swansea defender Alfie Mawson, whose scuffed attempt to clear a cross from Willian rebounded off the back of his leg and skidded just past his own goal post.

It proved the flashpoint for the best action so far. Conte was so incensed that ref Neil Swarbrick gave a goal kick instead of a corner that the Italian lost the plot.

He screamed in the face of Lee Mason, so close that the fourth official would have felt the Chelsea manager’s hot breath on his face and the full force of his frustration.

It was way over the top and in Italian yet Mason was having none of it. You do not need to be bilingual to get the jist of what furious Conte was banging on about.

Mason called immediately for Swarbrick to step in. The ref pointed Conte to the stands, although the guilty man merely stomped off to sit a few rows behind his dugout – still hurling his heated opinion at the officials.

Well, if half the team were having the evening off, why not the manager? Assistant coach Angelo Alessio took over duties of shouting at the players from the technical area. And they seemed to need a wake up call of some sorts.

Despite dominating in every aspect of play Chelsea went in at half time goalless and as fed up as the manager.

Even without key players Eden Hazard and Cesar Azpilicueta who were on the bench, it was one way traffic, albeit at the speed of London rush hour.

With only 11 minutes on the clock Willian had taken the first shot at Swansea’s goal. His curling free kick from just outside the box swerved just wide of the left hand post.

Swansea keeper Lukas Fabianksi was kept busy but had to make only one spectacular save, leaping to tip over a volleyed shot from Alvaro Morata on 28 minutes.

Davide Zappacosta tested him too, as did Pedro and Morata again. Chelsea’s players were queuing up to take pot shots at goal.

In contrast Swansea, with only one goal in the last five games, continued to struggle in the final third.

Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois did not have a save to make in the first half. Swansea barely got into the home side’s area and were depressingly feeble weak up front in the absence of leading scorer Tammy Abraham - on loan from Chelsea and therefore ineligible for the match.

Azpilicueta was ‘dropped’ for the first time for a Premier League game since Conte took over in the summer of 2016. That is a gruelling 51 game run.

But Conte is mindful that from here on in, the fixtures come thick and fast with a 12.30pm kick off against Newcastle on Saturday, followed by the final Group Champions League match against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

A London derby at West Ham, then Huddersfield and Carabao Cup action follows in the next three weeks. Conte is preserving energy levels and from last night’s sluggish performance he needs to.

Conte and Fabianski seemed to be the only two people wide awake at Stamford Bridge. Having saved from Morata once in the first half, he produced another great tip wide of the goal from the Spanish forward in the 63rd minute.

But City’s impressive keeper was helpless to prevent Rudgier breaking the deadlock from a set-piece.

Cesc Fabregas curled a free kick to the far side of the box from in front of the East Stand and his ball pinged off the unsuspecting Bony, meaning that Rudiger could not be offside as he pounced on the deflection and headed in ten minutes into the second half.

It was hardly a classic goal but it was hardly a classic match.

And to cap it all guilty Conte missed it having seen enough and deciding to sit out the second half in the Chelsea dressing room.


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Express:

Chelsea 1 - Swansea 0: Antonio Rudiger header seals win as Antonio Conte sees red

ANTONIO CONTE was sent off for a heated rant at the fourth official – and that was about as passionate as it got at Stamford Bridge.

By TONY BANKS

Chelsea registered their fifth win in their last six league games as they kept up their pursuit of Manchester City at the top of the table, thanks to Antoine Rudiger’s second-half header.

But it was laboured stuff and Conte lost his temper and ranted at fourth official Lee Mason as referee Neil Swarbrick failed to award his side a corner. The Italian, whose red card was his first in English football, now faces a touchline ban.

Struggling Swansea, whose manager Paul Clement is under increasing pressure, had only one shot on target and should have been seen off far easier in front of a watching Roman Abramovich.

Conte took a gamble in leaving Eden Hazard on the bench and also resting the usually indefatigable defender Cesar Azpilicueta, after 74 consecutive Premier League games.

Clement’s team went into the match having lost seven of their last nine games and having not scored in their last three. To make matters worse, top scorer Tammy Abraham was ineligible, on loan from Chelsea for the season.

And Chelsea’s players wore black armbands in honour of former youth coach Dermot Drummy, who died on Monday.

Conte’s team started brightly, as Willian’s free-kick was missed by everyone and flew just wide of the far post. Then Davide Zappacosta’s shot was saved by Lukasz Fabianski. Pedro, recalled to the attack, twice forced the Polish goalkeeper into saves, as did Alvaro Morata with a firm header.

Then from a lovely chip by Cesc Fabregas, Morata produced a volley that Fabianski did well to tip over the bar. Chelsea were utterly dominant, as Marcos Alonso headed into the side netting.

Conte was growing increasingly frustrated on the touchline at his side’s inability to break through, with Swansea seemingly content to sit and soak up the pressure.

Then Pedro’s prod from Willian’s cross somehow trickled past the far post and as referee Neil Swarbrick wrongly gave a goal kick – and Conte exploded.

The Italian ranted face to face at fourth official Lee Mason, yelling: “Tell him about the corner, tell him about the corner.”

Mason called over Swarbrick and there was more ranting from the Italian and the referee sent the Chelsea manager off. A fuming Conte went to sit behind the bench but was then told to move.

It was perhaps a surprise Conte went, given his fiery touchline antics. Coach Angelo Alessio took over the touchline duties from Conte - who watched from a monitor in the dressing room - as Chelsea kept pressing, but the frustration continued as Pedro blazed over when he should have done better.

And then at last came the breakthrough. N’Golo Kante fired in a shot from the edge of the area, the ball deflected off Wilfried Bony and Rudiger pounced to thump home a header for his first league goal for Chelsea.

Alfie Mawson, who seemed at times to be holding Chelsea at bay on his own, then somehow cleared Alonso’s shot off the line.

Fabianski produced another excellent save to tip Morata’s header over the bar and then the goalkeeper kept out Alonso’s low effort.


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Star:

Chelsea 1 Swansea 0: Rudiger nets first Premier League goal as Blues earn victory

CHELSEA boss Antonio Conte was dramatically sent to the stands after losing his rag against Swansea at Stamford Bridge.

By Chris Hatherall

It’s no wonder Conte was wound up, because he knew this was a match that Chelsea really had to win if they wanted to step up their title bid.

And they did so, finally cracking Swansea’s resistance in the 55th minute.

A shot by N’Golo Kante was deflected into the path of defender Antonio Rudiger, who headed past Lukasz Fabianski for his first Premier League strike.

The match heralded the start of a run of seven games against teams 10th or lower in the Premier League table and that’s a big opportunity if the Blues are to have any hope of defending their crown.


Even so, Conte took the gamble of resting star player Eden Hazard, leaving him on the bench alongside Cesar Azpilicueta.

In fact, Willian, Pedro, Rudiger and Cesc Fabregas all earned recalls as the Italian dramatically rotated his squad.

Perhaps the knowledge that Swansea hadn’t won at Stamford Bridge since 1925 gave him confidence.

There were three penalty shouts in the first half, two against Mike van der Hoorn and one when Renato Sanches tangled with Marcos Alonso.

Willian almost opened the scoring when his free-kick from the left evaded everyone but just flew wide of the far post.

The pressure is again mounting on Swans boss Paul Clement, a former Chelsea coach, after last weekend’s goalless draw against Bournemouth ended a run of four defeats in a row.


CHELSEA (3-4-3): Courtois; Rudiger, Cahill, Christensen; Zappacosta, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso; Willian, Morata, Pedro. Subs: Caballero, Drinkwater, Hazard, Bakayoko, Moses, Azpilicueta, Ampadu.

SWANSEA (4-3-3): Fabianski; Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson; Ki, Mesa, Carroll; Ayew, Bony, Sanches. Subs: Nordfeldt, Fer, Dyer, Routledge, Clucas, Rangel, McBurnie.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick