They beat energetic Crystal Palace 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, relieving pressure on manager Graham Potter following a recent slump. Following a brief corner kick, the German striker headed home a cross from Hakim Ziyech in the 65th minute. The home team, who is still in an unusually low 10th place halfway through the season, has won only twice in the league in their previous ten games. Havertz subsequently remarked, "The past few weeks were difficult." This year, a lot of things changed. There are 10 to 12 wounded players among us.

Five young players, who are currently performing very well, were among the starting 11 on Sunday. Chelsea is without key players due to injury, including France midfielder N'Golo Kante, wingers Reece James and Ben Chilwell, England striker Raheem Sterling, and winger Reece James.