01 February,2021 06:28 AM IST | London | AFP
Chelsea`s Cesar Azpilicueta celebrates scoring against Burnley during their EPL match in London yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Cesar Azpilicueta scored the first goal of the Thomas Tuchel era and forgotten man Marcos Alonso produced a stunning finish as dominant Chelsea earned a 2-0 win against toothless Burnley on Sunday.
The former PSG boss was brought in to replace Frank Lampard last week with a brief to haul stuttering Chelsea back into the race for Champions League spots. He endured a frustrating goalless stalemate against Wolves at Stamford Bridge in midweek and Burnley also promised to be awkward opponents before fading as the match wore on.
Tuchel's team dominated the encounter, limiting Burnley to a single attempt on goal but struggled to break them down. But two moments of magic from Azpilicueta and Alonso mean the German now has four points from six after two matches at the helm. The result lifts Chelsea to seventh in the EPL, just four points behind fourth-placed Liverpool, who are in action later on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United's forwards need to be more clinical after a 0-0 draw at Arsenal dealt a second setback to their EPL title challenge in four days.
United threw away top spot with a 2-1 defeat by bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United in midweek and are now three points adrift of league leaders Manchester City having played a game more than their local rivals.
"We come away with a clean sheet and we had good chances," said Solskjaer. "We need to get our forwards firing again. That's the next step now. We need to be more clinical." A point does at least maintain United's long unbeaten run away from home in the league.
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