BREAKING: #Chelsea Defeat #Bournemouth As Reece James Injured Again – #CHEBOU—-Chelsea showed no signs of World Cup rustiness as they brushed past Bournemouth courtesy of a 2-0 win.
TGM reports that REECE JAMES’ horrible injury luck continued as he hobbled out of Chelsea’s game against Bournemouth with a knee problem.
Graham Potter’s side scored both goals before the break as they put in a dominant display, avoiding a fourth-straight Premier League defeat in the process.
It took the Blues just 16 minutes to open the scoring, as Raheem Sterling burst down the right before sliding an inch-perfect cross to Kai Havertz, who could not miss when sliding home from close range.
From then on the hosts did not look back, with Mason Mount doubling their lead shortly afterwards as he brilliantly curled into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
It could have been 3-0 before the break, only for Mark Travers to save at his near post first from Reece James and then Sterling, while the keeper also denied Mount after half-time, diving low to his right to palm away a low shot after the England midfielder’s marauding 40-yard dart forward.
Chelsea seemed to lose some momentum when James limped off injured in the second half, while Bournemouth finally started to create some chances late on, including Ryan Christie seeing a fierce effort saved by Kepa at his near post.
In truth, though, the Blues were never truly troubled as they eased to an important three points that could well kick-start their season.
Recall, the Chelsea right-back was forced to miss the World Cup with a knee problem.
But James joined the rest of his Blues team-mates in the Middle East for their mid-season training camp.
And James featured in their training ground friendly against Brentford last week having after making his return to training.
As a result, he was put straight back into the side by Graham Potter for the first time since injuring his knee against AC Milan.
