USMNT center back Chris Richards and his Premier League club Crystal Palace are off to a strong start to this season, adding to last week's Community Shield triumph with a 0-0 draw at Chelsea on Sunday.

There was almost an early breakthrough for the Blues as Marc Cucurella’s flicked header from Reece James’s in-swinging corner was cleared off the line by Crystal Palace’s Ismaïla Sarr, but ten minutes later it looked as if Chelsea had fallen behind.

Por STEVE DOUGLASChelsea empató 0-0 con Crystal Palace el domingo en la Liga Premier, el primer partido competitivo del equipo como campeón mundial de clubes. Un mes después de

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Eberechi Eze saw a stunning free-kick controversially ruled out as Crystal Palace drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge to open the Premier League season. Chelsea came into the tie off the back of a brief but encouraging pre-season campaign, where they beat both Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan, but could not carry that form into competitive play.

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