Chelsea boss urges team to hunt down Pep and Co for title

The European champions added the UEFA Super Cup in midweek to their Champions League win last season in Tuchel’s first few months in charge. EPL success is the next challenge for the German and the Blues showed why they are considered second favourites to defending champions City against Palace. 

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel told his side to hunt down Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool in the fight for the Premier League title after cruising past Crystal Palace 3-0 to open their campaign on Saturday. 

The European champions added the UEFA Super Cup in midweek to their Champions League win last season in Tuchel’s first few months in charge. EPL success is the next challenge for the German and the Blues showed why they are considered second-favourites to defending champions City against Palace. 

Dream start

First-half goals from Marcos Alonso and Christian Pulisic gave them a commanding lead before Trevoh Chalobah rounded off a dream EPL debut with his side’s third goal. “I think we have to hunt the others from day one. This is what we want to do, this is our mentality and we are never shy to fight for the best outcome possible, but the reality is we are not the favourites,” said Tuchel, whose side finished fourth in the EPL last season. Meanwhile, Liverpool were also 3-0 winners away to promoted Norwich thanks to goals from Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah. 

Van Dijk returns for Reds

Virgil van Dijk was restored to the Reds defence for the first time since his cruciate knee ligament injury last October. The Dutchman looked like his old self as he strolled through the 90 minutes and Jurgen Klopp’s men needed just a few moments of attacking inspiration to see off the Canaries.

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