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45+2 min Gusto, facing his own goal, makes a vital challenge to stop King having a clear shot. King was waiting for the ball to drop and that allowed Gusto to stretch and poke it away.
45 min Estevao rolls Sessegnon, who thought he was fouled, then scoots past Bassey and drives a low cross that is cleared.
There will be eight minutes of added time. Chelsea are starting to apply a bit of pressure.
43 min Enzo Fernandez, on the left, clips a beautiful, Dennis Wise-style corner into the six-yard box. The ball hits the back of Andersen, ricochets against Tosin (I think) and loops onto the roof of the net.
Updated at 08.15 EDT
42 min Fulham continue to frustrate Chelsea with their defensive excellence. Aside from one particular incident, Marco Silva will be thrilled with how the first half has gone.
38 min Caicedo is booked for tripping the impressive King. The last few minutes have been very stop-start.
36 min Sarcastic cheers from the away fans when the referee gives a foul to Fulham for a challenge on Muniz.
35 min Enzo Fernandez sprays a crossfield pass straight out of play. Chelsea haven’t been great so far.
30 min Sanchez makes a smart point-blank save from Muniz. It wouldn’t have counted as Muniz was offside from Sessegnon’s cross, but it’s another demonstration of Fulham’s threat. So far they’ve been the better team.
26 min King, who has had the happiest moment of his young life erased, has a shot from 20 yards saved by Sanchez.
The consensus from the TNT Sports commentary team is that it wasn’t a foul by Muniz, never mind a clear and obvious error.
ShareNO GOAL! Chelsea 0-0 Fulham
Yep, Muniz has been penalised for a “careless” challenge on Chalobah. Poor old Marco Silva is waving his hands in disgust.
Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersShare
Updated at 07.59 EDT
24 min: The referee is going to the monitor. Muniz turned Chalobah with a roulette, then accidentally stood on Chalobah’s foot in his follow through. Muniz was challenged by Cucurella, with the ball breaking for Berge, who then put King through on goal. Fulham aren’t having much luck with VAR right now.
Trevoh Chalobah reacts after being fouled by Rodrigo Muniz. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images/ReutersShare
Updated at 08.00 EDT
It’s his first goal for Fulham, not that you’d know it from such a calm finish. It came on the break, with Berge slipping an early ball through to King. He ran from the halfway line into the Chelsea area, turned back inside Tosin and drove the ball past Sanchez.
Hang on, there’s a VAR check.
Updated at 07.56 EDT
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Fulham (King 21)
A beautifully taken goal from the teenager Josh King gives Fulham the lead!
19 min A good spell of Fulham attacking ends with Iwobi shooting wide from distance. They’re causing Chelsea problems with what is effectively a diamond midfield: Berge, then Lukic and Iwobi, then King behind Muniz.
Alex Iwobi of Fulham Photograph: David Cliff/EPAShare
Updated at 07.51 EDT
15 min George has gone straight up front to replace Delap.
14 min: Chelsea substitution Tyrique George replaces Liam Delap, who walks straight down the tunnel. The fact he can walk freely hopefully means it’s a strain rather than a tear.
13 min More injury problems for Chelsea. Liam Delap is down with a hamstring strain; he chased a ball forward and then pulled up suddenly.
Photograph: David Cliff/EPAShare
Updated at 07.50 EDT
10 min Both teams have started brightly. Fulham may be playing a back five but that shouldn’t be mistaken for a parking of the bus.
8 min The camera cuts to Chelsea’s new signing Alejandro Garnacho, who is farting around on his phone. Watch the game man!
Updated at 07.39 EDT
7 min: Chance for Fulham Andersen rumbles forward to the edge of the area, plays a one-two with Castagne and flashes a shot well wide with his left foot. Nice attack, not a great finish.
6 min Cucurella’s cutback from the byline finds Delap, who smashes a shot that is well blocked by Berge on the six-yard line.
5 min Fulham try to play out from the back and lose the ball. Joao Pedro rakes a left-foot drive from 25 yards that is held to his left by Leno.
2 min Fulham have started with a back three/five, so this is their revised line-up.
Fulham (5-3-1-1) Leno; Castagne, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Lukic, Berge, Iwobi; King; Muniz.
1 min Peep peep! Chelsea kick off from right to left as we watch.
A reminder of the teams
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Joao Pedro, Neto; Delap.
Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Fofana, James, Hato, Essugo, Andrey Santos, George, Gittens.
Fulham (possible 4-2-3-1) Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Lukic, Berge; Castagne, King, Iwobi; Muniz.
Subs: Lecomte, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Wilson, Adama, Smith Rowe, Raul.
Referee Rob Jones.
Marco Silva’s pre-match thoughts
We are ready for a very, very tough game. We had a good performance last Sunday and we did the job with eight changes in midweek.
We have our plan – it’s not for us to talk about that now, I’d prefer for us to express that on the field. We know what we want from the game.
Alejandro Garnacho, who is in the process of moving from Manchester United to Chelsea, is also at Stamford Bridge today.
Alejandro Garnacho at Stamford Bridge. Photograph: Adam Davy/PAShare
Updated at 07.33 EDT
Enzo Maresca’s pre-match thoughts
It’s a big game, a derby. We know how difficult a game it is from last season [when Fulham won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge] so hopefully we will be ready. We want to finish with a good feeling before the international break.
Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku have left Chelsea for Munich and Milan respectively. Jacob Steinberg has more.
ShareTeam news
Both teams are unchanged from last weekend’s Premier League games. How convenient.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Estevao, Joao Pedro, Neto; Delap.
Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Fofana, James, Hato, Essugo, Andrey Santos, George, Gittens.
Fulham (possible 4-2-3-1) Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Lukic, Berge; Castagne, King, Iwobi; Muniz.
Subs: Lecomte, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Wilson, Adama, Smith Rowe, Raul.
Referee Rob Jones
Updated at 07.16 EDT
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the west London derby at Stamford Bridge. Both teams have had decent starts to the season. Chelsea were held by Crystal Palace and thrashed West Ham; Fulham came from behind to draw with Brighton and Manchester United.
It’s already been a busy day for Chelsea, who have loaned/sold Nicolas Jackson to Bayern Munich. You can read about that on our matchday live blog. This blog, this thing here, is all about the on-field action.
Kick off is at 12.30pm and we’ll have all the team news shortly.
Updated at 06.22 EDT