LONDON: Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku scored at Stamford Bridge for the first time with a double sealed 3-0 victory against Aston Villa on Saturday.
After scoring on his second Chelsea debut in the victory at Arsenal in August, Lukaku made him three goals from three appearances with a pair of predatory strikes.
Lukaku, who had previously played for Chelsea from 2011 to 2014, returned with the Blues after a record club of £ 98 million ($ 135 million) moved from Inter Milan in the close season.
Night, Blues! 💙 https://t.co/cwhitfe3u1- Chelsea FC (@ClassEAFC) 1631398200000The 28-year-old player has never been netted in front of a fan of the Chelsea house before, but he ended the drought in the first round with a capacity of 40,000.
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Mateo Kovacic scored Chelsea’s second goal and Lukaku attacked again at the last moment because European champions made him three wins from their first four league matches.
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Chelsea are just the second club, after Manchester United, to win 600 Premier League matches.
Saul Niguez made Chelsea’s debut after the day the deadline moved from Atletico Madrid because Tuchel made six changes from 1-1 lottery in Liverpool before an international vacation.
ROM with a message for you! 💙 https://t.co/Dzza8RMDRX-Chelsea FC (@CheelAFC) 1631390340000There starts for Callum Hudson-Odoi and Judge Ziyech, while Marcos Alonso Captain Blues for the first time.
Even though the line-up changed a lot, Chelsea started early.
Tuchel troops are a few inches from the initial goal when a corner cleaned from the line by Ezri Consca, with a ball rebound to safety through the crossbar.
Three goals and three points! 😁 https://t.co/oegwbGo9EG- Chelsea FC (@Cheleafc) 1631384633000They does not need to wait long to open the score when Lukaku struck in the 15th minute.
Kovacic played the extraordinary ball towards Lukaku and ran to the villa area, turned into the Axel Muanzebe and drilled a finishing finishing low in the past Jed Steer.
Ten years after he first played there, former Manchester United Star and Everton Star Lukaku had goalkeeper Maiden Stamford Bridge in the 15th appearance for all his clubs at the stadium.
He made use of most moments with a prolonged celebration in front of Chelsea fans.
Ollie Watkins almost won the equalizer directly for the villa because the low driven drive went to the corner by Edouard Mendey.
Watkins was rejected again when he tried Jink around Mendey, only for Thiago Silva to slide in and block the goal shot with his chest.
With Chelsea suddenly vulnerable and Saul looked out of his depth in his first sense of the Premier League, Mendy was all that stands between the Villa and equalizer.
He drove the stinging attack of Tyrone Mings, then recovered to save the brilliant distance distance effort from the rebound.
Jacob Ramsey the next because of frustration by stopping agile again before the interval.
Tuchel responded to Villa Blitz by ending his underwhelming debut Saul after only 45 minutes, with Spanish midfielder replaced by Jorghinho.
Chelsea again controlled within four minutes of restarting thanks to mistakes from Mings.
Under pressure from Kovacic, villa defender played backppass which was less hit struck by Croatia before shooting into a far corner from 12 yards.
Kovacic’s first league goal since 2019 was almost followed by other people when the midfielder curled into the width of the edge of the region.
It put Chelsea on cruise controls when they preserve energy before their Champions League appetizer against Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday.
Lukaku rounded up a personal night that memorable far to the time of cessation when he sipped anger from close.