Bournemouth’s victory at Stamford Bridge shows that a combination of fatigue and uncertainty over Jos Mourinho’s methodology have created a malaise that runs through the entire teamEven in a historically dismal defence of their Premier League title,Chelsea’s 1-0 domestic defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday evening felt like a particularly low point. Eddie Howe’s club are in their first ever top-flight season and are simply not accustomed to travelling to big teams in search of a victory. Nevertheless, they played with belief and confidence throughout and eventually recorded a memorable victory.
Bournemouth’s triumph had all the hallmarks of a classic underdog win – they were forced to withstand long spells of pressure, or there was some suspicious time-wasting at points and they pounced late on with a scrappy goal from a substitute. But there were also passages where Bournemouth ran rings around Chelsea,particularly when they attacked through the apt-back Adam Smith, or brought the left-winger Junior Stanislas inside to combine quickly with Joshua King.
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Source: theguardian.com