Chelsea didn’t need Mudryk to defeat Leicester

Chelsea moved into a third place in the Premier League after an away win over Leicester.

Mikhailo Mudryk's team scored a goal in each of the halves. In the 15th minute, Nicholas Jackson dragged the ball into the penalty area and beat the Foxes' goalkeeper. In the second half Jackson took part in another goal of his team: this time Leicester's goalkeeper managed to stop the Senegalese's shot, but Enzo Fernandez was the first on the rebound, and made the score 2:0.

Leicester scored their only goal only in added time and could not save the game - 2:1 in favour of Chelsea. As for Mudryk, the Ukrainian did not play today, spending the entire match on the bench of the London club.

2024-25 English Premier League Standings

2024-25, England - Premier League

Leicester - Chelsea 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: Jackson N., 15 (0:1); Fernandez E., 75 (0:2); Jordan Ayew, 95 (penalty) (1:2)

Leicester: Hermansen; Justin; Faes; Okoli; Ndidi (Jordan Ayew, 71); Kristiansen; Winks (Skipp, 11); Soumare B.; El Khannouss (Daka, 79); Vardy (De Cordova-Reid, 79); McAteer (Mavididi, 71)
Bench: Ward; Coady; Thomas L.J.; Choudhury
Yellow Cards: Ndidi 22; Soumare B. 29; Skipp 31; Faes 78

Chelsea: Sanchez Ro.; Badiashile B.; Colwill; Fofana W.; Cucurella; Fernandez E.; Madueke (Sancho, 85); Félix J. (Nkunku, 81); Palmer Co.; Caicedo M. (Lavia, 81); Jackson N. (Dewsbury-Hall, 90)
Bench: Jörgensen F.; Bettinelli; Adarabioyo; Veiga; Mudryk
Yellow Cards: Caicedo M. 40; Sanchez Ro. 66; Lavia 90