Pulisic scores, stars again as Chelsea beats Palace 3-2

Christian Pulisic kept up his impressive form for Chelsea since restart of Premier League with a well-struck goal to help his team beat Crystal Palace 3-2 and maintain its push for Champions League qualification on Tuesday.

American winger collected a pass from Willian on left side, drifted outside a defender and fired a rising left-footed shot into net at near post in 27th minute for his third goal in five matches since resumption.

That helped Chelsea to a 2-0 lead after Olivier Giroud’s early goal, and a strike by substitute Tammy Abraham ultimately sealed victory at Selhurst Park.

Palace scored eir side of Abraham’s goal through Wilfried Zaha — a powerful drive from 25 meters — and Christian Benteke, and nearly grabbed an equalizer when Scott Dann sent a header against post in stopp time.

Chelsea, which has won four of its last five games, provisionally climbed above Leicester into third place and stayed in a strong position to seal one of four qualifying positions for next season’s Champions League.

Pulisic came back fully fit from three-month suspension of league and started as a substitute in first game, a 2-1 win at Aston Villa in which he came on and scored.

He has started each of last four games and been Chelsea’s most dangerous player with his pace and dribbling. ___

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