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Chelsea find scoring touch, with Lukaku waiting in the wings

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August 14, 2021 Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah and Marcos Alonso REUTERS

Chelsea banished last season's problems in front of goal with a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace to start their 2021-22 campaign on Saturday, and that was before the European champions were able to slot record signing Romelu Lukaku into their attack.

Goals from Marcos Alonso, Christian Pulisic and a 25-yard screamer by Trevoh Chalobah, on his Premier League debut, represented the second-highest goal haul by the Blues since German coach Thomas Tuchel took over in January.

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