Chelsea won their first game since Frank Lampard’s comeback, dominating for long spells of the game away at Bournemouth.
The Blues got off to a flying start on Saturday afternoon, with Conor Gallagher flicking in a header from an N’Golo Kante cross.
However, hopes of a smooth sailing after that were dashed when Matias Vina curled in a quality equalizer midway through the first half, and despite some promising attacks, with Noni Madueke frequently having the beating of the Bournemouth defence, it was level pegging at the interval.
Chelsea continued strongly at the start of the second half and although they were grateful for a timely Thiago Silva tackle preventing Dominic Solanke giving the home side the lead.
After further chances at both ends Benoit Badiashile guided in his first Chelsea goal and then Joao Felix scored four minutes later to put the cherry on the top of the win against the Cherries.
It was a second half in which substitutions made by Lampard had an impact. The one blemish on the day was losing Ben Chilwell late on to what looked like a muscle injury.