Chelsea suffered a Club World Cup hangover as they were lucky to escape with a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace to open their Premier League campaign on Sunday. 

Palace were denied an early opener when Eberechi Eze’s free-kick was ruled out by a VAR reivew for Marc Guehi obstructing the Chelsea wall. 

New Chelsea signing Estevao came closest to snatching a winner, but the newly-crowned world champions were blunt in attack against a well-organised Palace defence. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest beat Brentford 3-0 in a separate EPL clash.