News about Christopher Nkunku

Chelsea were beaten 2-1 by league leaders Liverpool on Sunday and in truth they could have come away with a positive result. Nicolas Jackson, Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, and Renato Veiga all went close to bagging an extra goal at Anfield on a day when Chelsea had more shots and more of the ball. It has been an encouraging start under Enzo Maresca for the Blues, who sit sixth in the Premier League and had gone unbeaten in seven prior to their Anfield defeat.

Chelsea and France forward Christopher Nkunku scored his first international goal for Les Bleus by teeing it up with an outrageous no-look turn on the edge of the area. The 26-year-old Frenchman put his side up 2-1 in the 28th minute of France's UEFA Nations League game with Israel, at the Bozsik Arena in Budapest, Hungary. A well-worked move between Eduardo Camavinga and Ousmane Dembele left Nkunku with the ball at his feet and his back to goal, on the edge of the 18-yard box.

New footage has emerged showing the extensive damage Gent fans caused at Stamford Bridge during their side's defeat at Chelsea on Thursday.  The Blues continued their bright start under Enzo Maresca with a 4-2 win over the Belgian side in the Conference League But the action off the field often threatened to eclipse the exhibition of creative football on it, with frequent verbal exchanges between the sets of supporters at times boiling over into more serious incidents.

Gent fans 'threw chairs' and 'ripped up banners' in the stands at Stamford Bridge as their side slumped to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, after causing chaos in west London earlier in the evening. A second-string Blues side put on a free-flowing attacking display to give Enzo Maresca some selection headaches as they matched Saturday's Premier League win over Brighton, albeit against weaker opposition. After a flurry of early chances Chelsea, who struggled through a play-off round against Serviette to be here, found an opener through Renato Veiga who bagged his first goal for the club thanks to a tidy header at the back post. Emphatic finishes from Pedro Neto and Christopher Nkunku came either side of a Tsuyoshi Watanabe strike against the run of play, before Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall raced into the box to add a fourth.

KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: For all the ridicule of Chelsea 's recruitment strategy, they love a steal as much as the next club, and there was smug satisfaction inside of Stamford Bridge last night at seeing £12million Renato Veiga boss this Conference League victory from left back. One of 11 changes made by Enzo Maresca , who yet again leaned on his squad depth, Veiga opened the scoring in what was the club's 300th European outing in their history. The 21-year-old Portuguese was the best performer in this Chelsea B team, assisting Christopher Nkunku so he could mark his France call-up yesterday with a goal. Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall also got on the scoresheet as the Blues kickstarted the league phase with a win.

A new Chelsea star has admitted he has struggled to find his form after the club spent £54million on him this summer.  The Blues sealed 13 signings this summer and spent in the region of £200million to bolster Enzo Maresca's squad.  Such an influx of talent into an already bloated squad has seen big-money players struggle for minutes.

Enzo Maresca challenged his Chelsea second-string players to show 'we are men' before their 5-0 Carabao Cup win over Barrow in which he made 11 changes to his starting XI. The Italian, who saw his team win for the third game in a row to ease through to the fourth round and continue the fine start they have made under his leadership, brushed off the significance of changing his entire line-up from Saturday's win over West Ham. He also targeted a consistent playing approach from his team regardless of which side he chooses to field.

CHELSEA 5-0 BARROW - KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: If Chelsea are to repeat last season's run to the Carabao Cup final, stiffer competition than Barrow will await, the League Two leaders never standing a chance against a B side as superior as this. Enzo Maresca made 11 changes, but it was hardly a bargain bin of Blues back-ups. It cost £415.8million to assemble, and naturally, that superiority showed on a night when Christopher Nkunku helped himself to a hat-trick. Nkunku cost £52m when signed by Chelsea, while there was also £89m Mykhailo Mudryk , £54m Pedro Neto and £46.3m Joao Felix among the starters in attack. And that was before getting to the bench, where there was a certain £50m left back in Ben Chilwell , brought on for the second half to mark his first minutes of the season after ending his exile.

Chelsea made a brilliant start to Tuesday's Carabao Cup clash with Barrow by scoring three goals inside the opening half an hour. Two of those strikes came from the right boot of Christopher Nkunku before Paul Farman scored an own goal. But it was another player who arguably shone the brightest.

Sky Bet are offering a Price Boost as part of their Player Stat Accas market for selected Carabao Cup fixtures taking place tonight. The bet requires Phil Foden, Jhon Duran and Christopher Nkunku to each have 2+ shots on target. The odds for that particular bet have been enhanced from 4/1 to 6/1. Foden and Nkunku both had two shots on target in their last game outside of the Premier League. Additionally, Duran has scored three goals across his last four games for Aston Villa.

Sky Bet are offering three Price Boosts and a Scorecast Boost for tonight's third round Carabao Cup clash between Chelsea and Barrow at Stamford Bridge. The price boosts - which are valued at 6/4, 7/1 and 15/2 respectively - requires Mykhaylo Mudryk to win 2+ fouls in 90 minutes, for there to be 17+ match shots on target in 90 minutes, and Joao Felix to score from outside the area in 90 minutes. Meanwhile, the scorecast boost is for Christopher Nkunku to score first and Chelsea to win 3-1. The odds for that bet are a huge 50/1. Nkunku has scored three goals for Chelsea across all competitions this season - all of which have been the opening goal of the game.

KIERAN GILL AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: Chelsea kit man Ricky Dowling may not thank Enzo Maresca for telling his team he does not want to see a single one of their white away shirts unsullied, but the visitors did as they were told. They proceeded to get down and dirty here, Maresca apparently informing his players he was disappointed none of their jerseys required washing after a passive first half. He was appalled by their lack of fight. Chelsea played with more attitude in the second half, and the 91st-minute caution of Joao Felix meant a Premier League record was set as 14 yellow cards were shown in total. Both teams will be fined £25,000.

KIERAN GILL AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez pulled off a stunning penalty save but could not find a way past a resolute Bournemouth as the two sides played out a 0-0 draw at the Vitality Stadium. Sanchez went from zero to hero in the first half when he gave away the penalty after he clattered into Evanilson and received a yellow card for his troubles. But the Chelsea gloveman read Evanilson's spot kick to perfection and dove down to his left to keep the Cherries striker's effort out.

The hosts were hit for six while Chelsea were handed eight bookings on a bad-tempered night at the Vitality Stadium. Christopher Nkunku came off the bench to seal a 1-0 win, with Jadon Sancho providing the assist on his Blues debut - not that he escaped Anthony Taylor's naughty step.

The second weekend of the Premier League season was feast or famine for FPL managers, as Erling Haaland grabbed his first hat-trick of the new term against Ipswich, Cole Palmer chalked up four attacking returns at Molineux and Mohamed Salah scored again during Liverpool's 2-0 win over Brentford. Meanwhile, those who took a punt on the likes of Bruno Fernandes, Christopher Nkunku and Marcus Rashford have been starved of FPL returns and have already endured frustrating price drops in what has been a volatile week of ups and downs in the transfer market. As Gameweek 3 approaches, all eyes are on whether the premium quintet of Haaland, Salah, Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Son Heung-min can continue firing on all cylinders are fruitful starts to the season from each of them.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca admitted he had been 'very worried' ahead of his team's Conference League play-off second leg against Servette after they narrowly survived a scare to scrape through despite a 2-1 defeat in Geneva. Following a 2-0 first-leg victory a week ago, Christopher Nkunku's early penalty extended the Blues' lead in the tie to seemingly extinguish any hope the Swiss side had of pulling off a surprise result. But thereafter things went awry for Maresca as Servette hit back with two goals to stun his team, first when Jeremy Guillemenot drilled past Filip Jorgensen to level things on the night before half-time then again when Enzo Crivelli headed in to set up a nervous finish.

KIERAN GILL AT THE STADE DE GENEVE: Chelsea were made to cling on to secure their place in the Conference League's main draw, with Servette coming from behind to beat them on a nervy night in Geneva. The Blues lost 2-1 to the side sitting seventh in the Swiss Super League but won 3-2 on aggregate, Christopher Nkunku's penalty opener helping them sneak through here. Head coach Enzo Maresca had hoped for a chaos-free evening but if his three months in charge have taught him anything, it is those are a rarity when it comes to the Blues.

DOMINIC HOGAN: Chelsea qualified for the Europa Conference League group stages after beating Swiss side Servette 3-2 on aggregate despite Thursday's 2-1 second-leg defeat in Geneva.  Christopher Nkunku for the second time in as many games against Servette opened the scoring from the spot, with a low and powerful finish into the bottom left corner, but the lead didn't last.  Jeremy Guillemenot levelled the match just after the half hour, with substitute Enzo Crivelli making it 2-1 on 72 minutes to set up a nervy finish for the Blues.  

Chelsea fans were left fuming after the club's official live match of Thursday's Europa Conference League clash went down, with the Blues later showing the game for free. With the match not being picked for major televised coverage, fans of the club tuned into Chelsea's official stream, but were quickly greeted with an error message when trying to load the page.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Chelsea take on Servette in the second leg of their Europa Cofnerence League qualifier.

Sky Bet are offering a Price Boost as part of their Player Stat Accas market for selected Europa League, Europa Conference League, Saudi Pro League and LaLiga fixtures tonight. Previously 16/1 - you can now get enhanced odds of 20/1 for Christopher Nkunku, Ciro Immobile, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe all to score in 90 minutes. For those interested in the boost - Nkunku's Chelsea take on Servette in the Europa Conference League, Immobile's Besitkas clash with Lugano in the Europa League, Benzema's Al-Ittihad battle Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League, and Mbappe's Real Madrid are away against Las Palmas in LaLiga.

CHELSEA 2-0 SERVETTE - KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: There was no smile from Enzo Maresca when Christopher Nkunku scored the first official goal of his Chelsea era, not even when the Frenchman grabbed a blue balloon out of his sock and blew it up in celebration. Neither was there one when Noni Madueke blasted the ball into the top corner to leave Chelsea in charge of this Conference League play-off.

New Chelsea signing Marc Guiu has been crticised by fans for his 'embarrassing' misses against Servette in the Europa Conference League. Guiu, who joined Chelsea from Barcelona in the summer, was making his first start for Chelsea after featuring as a substitute against Manchester City in the Premier League last weekend. The 18-year-old thought he was going to score his first goal for Chelsea as he closed down Servette goalkeeper Jeremy Frick.

Chelsea earned their first competitive win under new boss Enzo Maresca with a 2-0 triumph over Swiss side Servette in the Conference League play-off first leg. The Blues were booed off by a section of the fanbase after a frustrating first half at Stamford Bridge. Christopher Nkunku provided the breakthrough in the second half after picking himself up to score from the spot, having been brought down by Servette goalkeeper Jeremy Frick.