Chelsea secured a 2-1 win over Bournemouth and a spot in Europe subsequent season with a powerful lobbed objective from the midway line by Moisés Caicedo and a twisting effort from Raheem Sterling of their ultimate Premier League sport on Sunday.
The consequence means Chelsea end sixth and can play within the Europa League if Premier League champions Manchester Metropolis win the FA Cup ultimate subsequent weekend or the Europa Convention League if Manchester United with the Wembley showpiece.
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Sunday’s sport in heat London sunshine pulsed with vitality. Bournemouth, who completed twelfth, had been eager to make a sport of it.
The south-coast aspect had solely 39% possession however 22 pictures towards 16 from the hosts. They need to have equalised within the dying moments however former Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke, who got here on in its place, fired over the bar from shut vary.
Chelsea had been on high from the beginning at Stamford Bridge.
Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto rushed out of his space within the seventeenth minute to cease the advancing Sterling however his clearance dropped to Caicedo and the Ecuadorean lobbed an ideal shot from the midway line into the online for his first Chelsea objective.Two minutes into the second half, Sterling doubled the lead by rounding two defenders earlier than slipping the ball by means of Neto’s legs on the close to put up.
Barely a minute later, although, Bournemouth received one again when Enes Ünal’s shot took a giant deflection off Chelsea defender Benoît Badiashile and flew into the online.
The result was greater than Chelsea followers may need anticipated after a misfiring begin to the season below Mauricio Pochettino.
The London aspect had been languishing in twelfth place at the beginning of final month, regardless of having extra success within the home cups having reaching the League Cup ultimate and FA Cup semi-finals .
On Sunday no followers had been booing or calling for Argentine Pochettino to go as that they had earlier within the yr. As a substitute they celebrated Chelsea’s fifth win in a row.
There have been tears from former Brazil defender Thiago Silva, who at 39 performed his final sport after 4 years on the membership. His workforce mates gave him a guard of honour earlier than doing a customary season-ending lap of honour.