Xabi Alonso ya fara wa Chelsea da nasara, kamar yadda Blues suka ci Fulham da 3-2 a wasan derby na yammacin London mai ban sha'awa don buɗe kakar Premier League. Yan wasan Super Eagles na Najeriya Alex Iwobi da Calvin Bassey duk sun taka rawar gani wa Fulham amma ba su iya ceton ƙungiyarsu daga shan kaye a ranar farko ba.

Chelsea ba su ɓata lokaci ba. Bayan dakika 31 kawai tun farkon wasan, kuskuren bayar da kwallo na tsaron Fulham ya ba Cole Palmer damar turawa kwallo zuwa ga João Pedro, wanda ya ɗaga kwallo cikin natsuwa bisa kofar Bernd Leno don ba ƙungiyar gida fa'ida kai tsaye.

Daidaiton Fulham na ɗan gajeren lokaci

Fulham sun amsa da kyau kuma sun daidaita a minti na 23 ta Josh King, wanda harbarsa ta ƙasa daga wani kusurwa mai ƙunci ta tsuɓe ƙarƙashin Robert Sánchez a gefe na farko. Abokan hamayya na yammacin London sun daidaita — a takaice.

Chelsea sun dawo da jagoranci kafin rabin lokaci ta hanyar sabon ɗan wasa Maxence Lacroix. Mataimakin tsaron £52 miliyan ya fashe gaba a gudu na gefe, ya karɓi kwallo daga Palmer, ya wuce ƙalubale mai rauni, ya jan Leno a gaba kafin ya mayar da kwallo baya domin Morgan Rogers ya kare kusa da ƙofar a fafatawarsa ta farko ta gasa. Rogers ya shiga Chelsea da kuɗi mai yawa daga Aston Villa.

Pedro da Palmer sun rufe wasan

Rabin lokaci na biyu ya fara tare da jerin sha'anin maharin uku na Chelsea yana sake haɗuwa. Pedro ya lura da layin tsaron Fulham yana sama ƙwarai, ya yi gudu daga cikin rabin fili nashi, kuma ya miƙa wa Palmer kwallo — wanda ya ruga da ita ta tsakanin ƙafafun Leno ya sanya ta 3-1.

Fulham sun rage rashi kusan nan da nan. Levi Colwill ya yi kuskuren kimanta kwallo ta nesa, Sánchez ya iya kawai zubar da harbar Timothy Castagne, kuma sabon ɗan baya Gonzalo García ya kai hari da kai zuwa cikin ƙofar don fara jin daɗin gasa.

Chelsea ta tsaya tsayin daka

Alonso ya koma gaci don sarrafa mintoci na karshe, ya shigar da Enzo Fernández — wanda ya maye gurbin Romeo Lavia da ke shan zafi daga takaici — don taimakawa ƙungiyarsa ta kiyaye iko. Fulham sun matsa don daidaitawa kuma sun ƙirƙiri damammaki da yawa, amma masu tsaron Chelsea sun tsaya tsayin daka don tara duk maki uku a farkon kakar.

Ga Iwobi da Bassey, shan kaye ne na farko da ke da ƙarfin gwiwa a cikin abin da ake tsammani zai kasance kakar Premier League mai gasa.