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Crystal Palace picked up their first point of the season with the draw Eberechi Eze scored a superb equaliser as Crystal Palace drew with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Blues, who thrashed Wolves 6-2 last week, were the better side in the first half, with Cole Palmer firing just wide and Dean Henderson saving superbly from Noni Madueke before Nicolas Jackson broke the deadlock. The forward finished off a fast counter by Chelsea, tapping in Palmer's cross at the near post. Palace were fortunate not to be reduced to 10 men when Will Hughes, on a booking, escaped punishment for a foul on Palmer. And the Eagles were celebrating soon after when Eze curled a fine strike beyond Robert Sanchez in the Chelsea goal. Sanchez did superbly to push away Daichi Kamada's stinging drive and prevent Palace taking the lead, but Jackson could have won it in stoppage time for Chelsea after going through on goal, but his shot was saved by Henderson. The draw got Crystal Palace up and running for the season after back-to-back losses, while Chelsea have four points from their three games so far. Have your say on Chelsea’s performance What did you make of Crystal Palace’s display? It has been another summer of upheaval at Chelsea, with more than £200m spent and 13 players arriving and 37 departing - either on loan or permanently. But the transfer window closing on Friday means the Blues can finally focus solely on football. Their final summer signing - England forward Jadon Sancho - was shown off to fans before kick-off but just one of their new arrivals started against Palace, with ex-Wolves man Pedro Neto in the line-up. Initially it looked like the Blues would follow up the big win against Wolves with another comfortable victory, but a mixture of poor finishing and fine saves by Henderson meant they just had Jackson's goal - his second of the new campaign - to show for their first-half dominance. Chelsea were guilty of missing a number of chances last season and that was once again their downfall in this game, with Jackson twice having chances late on to seal the victory, but he put his first into the side-netting, before being denied by Henderson one-on-one. The result means that despite the encouraging big win at Wolves, they are still searching for a first home win of 2024-25. Eze and Michael Olise were excellent for Crystal Palace last season, with the latter's form earning him a big summer move to Bayern Munich. But Eze has picked up right where he left off as he once again proved the difference-maker for Palace against Chelsea. Palace created few chances at Stamford Bridge but Eze took his superbly, curling the ball out of Sanchez's reach. His goal shifted the momentum in Palace's favour, with Eze at the heart of all their best play. Palace had their chances to grab a winner but ultimately a point against a team they normally struggle against - they had lost their last 13 encounters with them - provides a platform to build on. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 1st September 2024 at 17: 56 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Enzo Maresca Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Oliver Glasner Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Chelsea have won each of their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace. Only Manchester City (a current run of 14 against Bournemouth) have ever had a longer winning run against an opponent in English Football League history. Crystal Palace have lost 80% of their 30 Premier League meetings with Chelsea (W4 D2 L24), the highest loss rate of any side to face another at least 30 times in the competition. Each of their four wins against the Blues have come under a different manager (Tony Pulis, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson). All three of Crystal Palace’s Premier League games this season have been London derbies (Brentford, West Ham United, Chelsea). This is only the fifth occasion in English top-flight history of a London club facing London opponents in each of their first three matches of a campaign, after West Ham in 1970-71, Wimbledon in 1991-92, Palace themselves in 2021-22, and Brentford in 2023-24. Chelsea lost 2-0 against Manchester City in their opening league game of the season at Stamford Bridge – they’ve not lost their first two at home in a single campaign since 1978-79. Having only lost three of their 13 Premier League games under Oliver Glasner last season (W7 D3), Crystal Palace have lost both such matches in 2024-25. Only in 2017-18 have the Eagles ever lost their first three matches of a top-flight campaign (first 7). Chelsea’s 6-2 win at Wolves last time out was the 21st time they’ve scored 6+ goals in a single Premier League game, with only Manchester City doing so more often in the competition’s history (22). However, the last two times the Blues have netted 6+, they’ve lost their next league match (2-4 v Arsenal in April 2022 and 0-5 v Arsenal in April 2024). Noni Madueke scored three goals for Chelsea in their 6-2 win at Wolves last time out – he’s the 23rd different player to score a Premier League hat-trick for the club, giving the Blues more unique hat-trick scorers than any other side in the competition. Since the start of last season, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other player (37 – 23 goals, 14 assists), including four in the Blues’ 6-2 win at Wolves last time out (1 goal, 3 assists). Coming into this weekend’s games, Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze has been involved in more shots than any other player in the Premier League this season (16 – 12 shots, 4 chances created) but is yet to register a goal or assist. Since the start of last season, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has both scored and assisted a goal in more different Premier League games than any other player (6). Attempt blocked. Cheick Doucouré (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Wharton. Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea). Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Cheick Doucouré replaces Will Hughes. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Dean Henderson. Attempt saved. Levi Colwill (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cole Palmer with a cross. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Dean Henderson. Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Will Hughes (Crystal Palace). Second Half begins Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0. First Half ends, Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0. Attempt missed. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. Foul by Levi Colwill (Chelsea). Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time. Attempt blocked. Malo Gusto (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer. Attempt saved. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.