Key moment Edman, shifted closer to second, chased down a ball hit to his left by Amaya, spun around and fired blindly to first to narrowly get the second out of the sixth in a scoreless game.

“It was to try to help us become more free-flowing through the middle and to try to get me some more touches on the ball,” George told Chelsea’s website. “The gaffer told me once I had ...

George was moved infield to the number nine role after Palmer was taken off at half-time and within minutes struck his first Chelsea goal, tapping in after Reece James’ long-range strike was parried.