Fulham pulled off a staggering triumph over their most despised enemies as they at last finished a pitiable run of 21 games without a success against the Blues - a grouping extending back to Walk 2006 when Luis Boa Morte, an emblematic presence uninvolved this evening , stowed a vital champ.
They were helped by the straight red card given to debutant Joao Felix on 57 minutes which demolished what had been a powerfully noteworthy prologue to life in the Chief Association.
However, the night had a place with Willian - scoring in the principal half against his old club - and Carlos Vinicius, Mitrovic's substitution.
Discuss carving out a decent opportunity to get your most memorable objective in the Head Association. The ex-Prods frontman has persevered through a difficult stretch as the Serb's student, however he struggled gamely against comrade Thiago Silva and was close by to gesture in a profound cross from the right from Andreas Pereira.
Kepa Arrizbalaga could have improved as the ball was in the air for an age, however there is a discomfort about Graham Potter's side who have now gone six away games without a success and are sliding into mid-table lack of clarity.
He was typically provoked with drones about terminated toward the beginning of the day. It could be speedier than that.
The game turned on Felix's lethal error. The Portuguese midfielder was over-excited, to say the least, when he went for a ball with studs high and got Kenny Tete horrendously on the shin.
Ref David Coote had no choice except for to usher Felix to the catflap.
Endorsed borrowed until the end of the time from Atletico Madrid, Felix had made a sublime beginning to his Chelsea profession, drawing fouls and yellow cards from Antonee Robinson, and Pereira and driving a frantic Joao Palhinha to pull at his sleeve to stop one more of his flexible assaults.
There was likewise a stunning overview the right and cut in past Tim Ream which set up opportunities for Kai Havertz (obstructed) and Lewis Corridor (saved by Bernd Leno).
He tried Leno two or multiple times with shots and his capacity to find space with a wandering brief made the guests look the group probably. His development made him hard to get and he ghosted into threatening positions.
However, the hazard reached out to the unsatisfactory and he demolished the story with that foolish test.
Fulham got their noses in front after a twofold catastrophe from an off-key Trevoh Chalobah.
At the point when Bobby Reid skirted past Corridor down the option to shoot in a cross, Chalobah neglected to clear with a powerless back header and Willian got the pieces, driving back towards objective and discharging in a low shot which beat Kepa with the guide of a diversion off the hapless Chelsea protector.
It came not long after he had nearly gifted an opener with a lost header which Vinicius used to take care of a great Bobby Reid for a shot against the bar.
Yet, the final part had scarcely begun when Bricklayer Mount nestled into free-kick to the close to post which returned off the post, and Leno, for Kalidou Koulibaly to jab home from short proximity.
It searched for all the world like typical help may be continued, however at that point came Felix's snapshot of frenzy.
Fulham have now dominated four first class matches in succession interestingly starting around 1966. They are the ones in these parts gazing toward European desires as opposed to down.
There had been only seven Whites wins in 74 association gatherings with the Blues before today. It is the most horrendously terrible record in head to heads over something like 50 apparatuses between two groups. It was about time that record was moved along.
Whites: (4-2-3-1) Leno - Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson - Palhinha, Reed (Cairney 68) - Decordova-Reid (Wilson 68), Pereira (James 90), Willian (Solomon 83) - Vinicius (N Chalobah 90). Subs not utilized: Rodak, Kurzawa, Diop, Harris.
