Chelsea 3-0 Luton LIVE RESULT: Nicholas Jackson nets first goal for Blues in win after Sterling’s stunning double
RAHEEM STERLING scored a stunning double as Chelsea defeated Luton 3-0.
And Nicholas Jackson opened up his Blues account to complete the rout.
£115m British record signing Moises Caicedo made his first start for the club as Chelsea won at home in the Premier League for the first time since March.
- Result: Chelsea 3-0 Luton
- Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Enzo Fernandez, Caicedo, Chilwell, Gusto, Jackson, Sterling, Gallagher
- Luton XI: Kaminski, Burke, Lockyer, Bell, Kabore, Barkley, Nakamba, Chong, Giles, Adebayo, Morris
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58. Jackson runs through with Lockyer tight to him.
The Chelsea striker goes down rather easily, then looking at the referee, expecting a penalty.
He is not interested whatsoever.
Meanwhile, Todd Boehly drinks the world's most expensive cup of coffee.
That cost him around £5.25bn at the last count.
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56. Jackson plays the ball out to Sterling who plays a lovely cross along the backline into the path of Fernandez.
He tries to shoot from a tight angle and the keeper blocks.
Goalscoring does not seem to be in the locker of the £105m man.
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54. Chilwell goes to ground as he skips passed his marker.
There looked minimal contact although his reaction you would think it was career-ending.
Fortunately for Chelsea he is back to his feet and able to continue.
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52. That was mind-blowing by Chilwell there.
He is so left-footed he genuinely looks scared when the ball is running onto his right foot.
Replays show Lockyer was lucky to get away with some excessive shirt pulling on Thiago Silva at the last corner.
Classic VAR, keep tight-lipped on it, they're no grass.
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50. Gallagher is penalised for a foul on Barkley.
The visitors are just struggling to hold onto the ball at the moment.
Chilwell is played in and runs through the centre towards goal.
With a perfect chance to shoot he tries to square it to Sterling when it seemed easier to score.
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48. Disasi shepherds the ball out for a goal kick.
Sanchez plays the ball long towards Jackson but he is well beaten in the air.
An interview with a fan before the game, he claimed Jackson was the new Drogba.
The striker needs to work on his aerial ability if that is going to come to fruition as he has very little presence currently.
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46. Caicedo is fouled in the Chelsea half.
Pochettino will no doubt have relayed to his side how they need to kill this game off.
At one-nil it is a dangerous scoreline as they are open to the counter attack and sucker punch.
Kick-off: Chelsea 1-0 Luton
We are back underway at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea will be looking to make their dominance count in terms of goals this half.
Luton get the second-half started.
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The Blues have seen far more of the ball and in the first half have had triple the amount of passes compared to the visitors.
Gallagher has got stuck in when Chelsea are in and out of possession but despite all their passing they rarely look threatening.
In the second half, Pochettino's side need to look to get more attacking passes forward in the final third to threaten more goals.
HT: Chelsea 1-0 Luton
Chelsea have dominated possession in the first half.
You would expect nothing else in a game like this.
The manager will be more concerned with how little they have worked Kaminski in the Luton goal so far.
HT: Chelsea 1-0 Luton
Mauricio Pochettino's side go in at the break leading for the first time this season.
His side have done just about enough to edge in front of the visitors.
Chance for Luton to regroup and try and find an equaliser in the second half.
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45. Kabore is making some runs down the right wing, trying to stretch Chelsea's back three.
Sterling looks to run at the visitors once again but a perfectly timed challenge stops him in his tracks.
The Blues continue to pass it around the backline.
We are going to have an additional two minutes added.
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43. You have to wonder about the competency of officials when they cannot see something as simple as that cross coming off the Chelsea defender's head.
Luton are starting to grow in confidence and coming forward looking to find a way back into this game.
Chelsea are closing them down but not winning the ball back.
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41. Luton win a corner after some good attacking play.
It is flicked on at the near post but a goal kick is the verdict.
The ball seemed to come off Chilwell's head.
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39. Chelsea win a free kick deep in their own half.
They start again from the keeper, looking to play their way out of defence.
Gallagher finds Chilwell but his first touch is heavy and gifts the ball back to the visitors.
Fernandez is penalised for another foul, he will be lucky not to get a yellow card with his next challenge as the fouls are adding up.
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37. Luton are doing well to make themselves difficult to break down.
The difficult thing for them is already being a goal down.
It means they need to get on the front foot themselves, if they want to get anything out of this game.
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35. Chelsea are still looking disjointed in transition from attack to defence.
Their best form of defence may be attack this season.
The Blues knock it around well but their seems a distinct lack of penetration to their play.
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33. Rob Edwards would have been expecting a tough game this evening.
Facing a 'wounded lion' is always a dangerous opponent.
Sterling looks to come forward once again but on this occasion he overruns the ball for a goal kick.
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31. The main thing for Luton now is to not concede another goal before the interval.
Barkley is fouled by Sterling on the halfway line.
Chance for The Hatters to come forward once again.
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29. Lockyer is shown the first yellow card of the game for a foul on Jackson.
The Chelsea striker requires some treatment from the physio but seems fine to continue.
In the brief spell of life under Pochettino that we have seen so far, Sterling looks like he is getting back to the player we saw at Man City.
Meanwhile, Nakamba is booked for a challenge on Gallagher.
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27. Jackson covers some ground with his constant running.
Then again, so did Forrest Gump.
He will be measured more on his goals but you cannot fault the striker's workrate.
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25. Morris is upended out wide on the right.
The referee immediately gives a free kick to Luton.
The Hatters are looking comfortable on the ball but are just lacking composure in that final third.
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23. The Blues are happy to knock the ball around now.
Having got the lead, they know they have something defend now.
This should be their forte, they have more defensive midfielders than ballboys at the club now.
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21. Luton need to find a reply now.
As they come forward it all looks very laboured.
Trying to find a gap in the hosts' backline, Chelsea looking comfortable in defence at the moment.
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19. Luton will have to be more aggressive in defence this season.
They stood off Sterling and allowed him to run at them, once he was inside the box, they were afraid to get a challenge in.
Fine margins, but you cannot give Premier League attackers that much respect.
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