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Mason Mount marked his 150th Chelsea appearance with a goalChelsea boosted their top-four hopes as they resumed their Premier League season with a comfortable victory over Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
Having failed to score in three consecutive matches prior to the break for the World Cup it took Chelsea less than 16 minutes to get up and running with Kai Havertz sliding in an effort at the back post from Raheem Sterling's low cross.
With the hosts dominant, Mason Mount celebrated his 150th appearance for Chelsea in style, curling a superb effort into the bottom right corner of the Bournemouth net from the edge of the penalty area.
It drew a nod of satisfaction from manager Graham Potter who will have been delighted by the slick performance his side produced, particularly during the first half.
Christian Pulisic saw an effort ruled out after Havertz was judged to have fouled Adam Smith, while the German also spurned a second-half opportunity to extend Chelsea's lead.
The only negative in Potter's and Chelsea's evening came with the earlier-than-planned withdrawal of Reece James, seven minutes into the second period, on his return from the knee injury that ruled him out of the England squad for Qatar.
The 23-year-old lay on the turf with his hands on his head before receiving treatment and eventually walking off unaided.
While the Cherries improved after the break, and substitute Ryan Christie forced home goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga into a good save, they rarely looked capable of applying any late pressure to the hosts.
The result sees Chelsea move up to eighth in the table, six points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham with Bournemouth remaining in 14th.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number20Player nameZakaria
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
AFC Bournemouth
Squad number1Player nameTravers
Squad number17Player nameStacey
Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Squad number25Player nameSenesi
Squad number5Player nameKelly
Squad number33Player nameZemura
Squad number4Player nameL Cook
Squad number8Player nameLerma
Squad number29Player nameBilling
Squad number9Player nameSolanke
Squad number21Player nameMoore
Squad number10Player nameChristie
Squad number20Player nameDembélé
Squad number32Player nameAnthony
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 24JamesSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 53'minutes
- 26Koulibaly
- 6Thiago Silva
- 32Cucurella
- 20ZakariaSubstituted forGallagherat 82'minutes
- 5Jorginho
- 19Mount
- 17SterlingSubstituted forChalobahat 88'minutes
- 29Havertz
- 10PulisicSubstituted forAubameyangat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Aubameyang
- 13Bettinelli
- 14Chalobah
- 23Gallagher
- 28Azpilicueta
- 30Chukwuemeka
- 42Humphreys
- 56Hutchinson
- 67Hall
Bournemouth
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Travers
- 17StaceySubstituted forAnthonyat 45'minutes
- 15A Smith
- 25Senesi
- 5Kelly
- 33Zemura
- 4L Cook
- 8Lerma
- 29BillingSubstituted forChristieat 66'minutes
- 9Solanke
- 21MooreSubstituted forDembéléat 85'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Stephens
- 10Christie
- 11Marcondes
- 14Rothwell
- 18Lowe
- 20Dembélé
- 22Pearson
- 32Anthony
- 45Plain
Referee:Simon Hooper
Attendance:40,046
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 0.
Attempt missed. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Siriki Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Attempt saved. Jaidon Anthony (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea).
Jordan Zemura (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Lewis Cook (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jaidon Anthony.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Conor Gallagher.
Substitution, Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah replaces Raheem Sterling.
Foul by Thiago Silva (Chelsea).
Siriki Dembélé (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jaidon Anthony (Bournemouth).
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Mason Mount.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Siriki Dembélé replaces Kieffer Moore.
Offside, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher tries a through ball, but Kai Havertz is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Denis Zakaria.
Substitution, Chelsea. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Christian Pulisic.
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