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St James Park: After ninety minutes of footballing action at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea and Crystal Palace could not be kept apart as both teams shared the points after a 1-1 draw. Tottenham Hotspur, on the other hand, faced their first defeat of the season after a 2-1 loss against Newcastle at St James Park.

The Blues dominated possession in the opening quarter of an hour and went close to scoring when Cole Palmer, who was presented with his PFA Young Player of the Year award pre-match in front of the Stamford Bridge faithful, curled a 20-yard shot just wide of the far post.

Chelsea’s lone goal of the match came in the 25th minute through a slick counter-attack and after receiving the ball deep in his own half, Madueke skipped past Will Hughes and after progressing the ball 30 yards, slipped in Palmer, who had burst into the box, and his neat reverse flick, beat the diving Henderson and was tapped in at the far post by Jackson.