'I thought it was clever team selection': Alan Shearer names 3 players that impressed against Palace

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'I thought it was clever team selection': Alan Shearer names 3 players that impressed against Palace

"I thought it was a very clever team selection to not play [Olivier] Giroud or [Tammy] Abraham but instead play Havertz, Pulisic and Mount," Shearer told Match of the Day.

"The like to drop deep whereas the two big centre-forwards might want to go up and scrap against the two big centre-halves [Cheikhou] Kouyate and [Gary] Cahill

"And those three today were just too good for those two because they didn’t want to come out, they didn’t want to go and mark one of them because if they had of then they leave the space in behind and that caused them problems.

"They created chance after chance. Havertz, who played very well today scored one, had an assist, probably should’ve scored another couple of goals. 

"As I said it was a constant, a defender just didn’t want to come out and close them down. He [Mount] was clever in everything he did as well.

"Second half it didn’t change… it’s all from those players dropping deep and getting the ball and as I said they were just too good for them. It was a superb performance from Chelsea, particularly going forward."

3 quick goals in 30 minutes where all the front 3 contributed have seen Chelsea's players from the game against Crystal Palace garner a lot of praise.

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