Full Time – Norwich 1-3 Chelsea
Goals from Trevoh Chalobah, Mason Mount and Kai Havertz earn the visitors their fourth Premier League win in a row.
Kai!!! Norwich 1-3 Chelsea
Ngolo Kante finds Kai Harvertz, and he makes no mistake with the finish!
Norwich converts! Norwich 1-2 Chelsea
Chalobah handles the ball and the VAR check suggests a penalty kick for Norwich City.
Second Half
Loftus-Cheek on for Azpilicueta and is playing wing back. Just a few days after playing centre back for the first time in 12 years.
Half-time
Norwich 0-2 Chelsea
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Another Goal! Norwich 0-2 Chelsea
Outstanding from Mase who receives Kai’s pass, evades the home defence and then finishes superbly!
Gooooaaal – Norwich 0-1 Chelsea
Chelsea are off to a quick start! Less than three minutes into the match and they’re already up 1-0 thanks to a Trevoh Chalobah header!
Kick Off
We are underway!
Chelsea fans are still chanting Roman Abramovich’s name. That’s despite the UK establishment describing him as pro-Kremlin oligarch who has been involved in destabilising Ukraine.
Chelsea are back in Premier League action this evening but the football once again feels like something of a sub-plot after Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The sanctions, which were announced this morning, have seen Abramovich’s assets frozen over links to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Chelsea have been granted a special licence to continue football operations but there are now huge restrictions on various aspects of the club’s business, with ticket sales, contract renewals and transfer deals halted as part of the measures.
There is major uncertainty around the future of the club, with Abramovich’s plans to sell Chelsea now scuppered in the short-term, though the Government would consider an application to allow a sale to go through.
Thomas Tuchel and his players must somehow switch their focus to Carrow Road and matters on the pitch, where Norwich, fresh from a damaging defeat to relegation rivals Brentford, will be hoping to take advantage of the turmoil at Stamford Bridge.
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