Chelsea 5-1 Bournemouth: Ruthless Blues return to winning ways in style

/ Football News / Premier League News Chelsea 5-1 Bournemouth: Ruthless Blues return to winning ways in style Jordan Henderson started and finished a rout in west London.

Premier League, Round 6 Chelsea CHE 5 – 1 Full Time Bournemouth BOU Venue Stamford Bridge Referee Samuel Barrott Jordan Henderson 2′ Morgan Rogers 3′ João Pedro 46′ João Pedro 67′ Jordan Henderson 70′ Francisco Evanilson 51′ Jordan Henderson scored twice as Chelsea returned to winning ways in style with a 5-1 thrashing of Bournemouth.

The Blues had three weeks to stew on their 3-0 defeat to Brentford before the international break, and made a lightning fast start with two goals in 149 seconds.

Veteran midfielder Henderson broke the deadlock 66 seconds in, before Morgan Rogers scored the 50th goal of his club career with just under two-and-a-half minutes on the clock.

Bournemouth stemmed the tide until half-time, but Chelsea were lightning quick off the mark to start the second half as Joao Pedro made it 3-0, only for Evanilson to give Bournemouth a glimmer of hope.

Yet the game was put beyond doubt by Pedro’s second, before a fine free-kick from Henderson rounded off the rout.

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