Chelsea ended their 2023 marketing campaign on excessive with an onerous fought victory over Luton on Saturdy with objectives from Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer to earn a 3-2 away win.
Chelsea held off a late Luton fightback to finish a run of 4 away defeats within the Premier League.
Targets from Palmer (12′, 70′) and Madueke (37′) gave Chelsea the lead earlier than a late fightback from Luton within the 80 and 87th minutes by Barkley and Adebayo respectively.
The Blues have endured an horrible marketing campaign dropping extra Premier League video games (19) than anybody else throughout the calendar yr, however battled to victory at Kenilworth Street regardless of almost throwing away a three-goal lead within the closing levels.
Madueke’s pushed near-post second, eight minutes earlier than the break, gave Luton an actual uphill job although the hosts all the time appeared able to getting themselves again into the sport.
That lastly appeared out of sight when Nicolas Jackson launched Palmer to coolly spherical Kaminski and slot house a 3rd with 20 minutes to go.
Nonetheless, Elijah Adebayo briefly gave Luton hope with a close-range header – just for VAR to identify a slim offside within the build-up.
The hope was restored when Ross Barkley’s near-post header nestled within the far nook with 10 minutes to go, and 6 later Adebayo nodded house Alfie Doughty’s rebound to get Kenilworth Street rocking.
However Chelsea lastly confirmed the resilience they’ve lacked for a lot of this season to carry on to victory.
The Blues picked their first three factors on the street since November 6, and go away Luton stranded within the backside three.
