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Follow the action live as Chelsea and Bournemouth return to Premier League duties at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea play host to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge in London, England. Bournemouth looked solid in the opening 15 minutes but Sterling's movement and vision were too good. With the all-important gap to the top four widening to eight points because of that setback at St James' Park, new manager Graham Potter is under early pressure to inspire a rapid upturn in form. Marc Cucurella scampers off to retrieve it and begin a passage of Chelsea passing. Bournemouth are yet to have the ball inside Chelsea territory during this second half. Philip Billing goes down under a challenge inside the box and a VAR check comes to nothing. Just the half Chelsea would have wanted as they seek to avoid four successive league defeats. Their team could have put the game all-but out of sight if they had capitalised on a string of incisive attacks before the break and not found visiting goalkeeper Mark Travers on fine form. Reece James wins a throw-in deep inside Bournemouth territory on the right. Now Chelsea are back on the attack. A loud roar goes up – is that the sound of the away fans cheering ironically? "I like to be free, to get the ball often, to be in the box and just to play.

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You say it will get better with time and you have to focus on the things you can control. It was a challenging period for all the players. “I have to say he is in a good mood, he is in a good place. “He is missing the World Cup. “It was a challenging period for him. But Potter is fully aware of Chelsea’s need to reverse a woeful run of form, adding: “I’d like to have gone up and down California with a couple of wins, but it wasn’t to be. “It feels like there’s a really good spirit, a really good connection around the building. "He was in a really good place before he got injured. "There have, of course, been discussions around the window's approach but nothing concrete to arrive yet. The Blues are nine points adrift of the top four as things stand and need to make up that deficit in the race for Champions League qualification. “So I’m really looking forward to the weeks, months and years ahead. I’m even more confident now, even more aware of the support I have now than I was three months ago when I took the job.

Graham Potter has discussed how stressed he found himself while on holiday during the World Cup break and he will be eager to return to winning ways.

‘It would be wrong for me to say that Raheem has been at the absolute top of his game but he’s not the only one. They last picked up a point in the league on October 22, in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United. He has been present at Bournemouth games for some time now, and was faced with a difficult decision from the off over whether or not to hire O'Neil permanently. He has a run on Smith and gets his shot away, but as he does he appears to be tugged back by the Argentine. While the hosts had 12 players - third only to the two Manchester clubs - go to the tournament, Bournemouth only had two: Chris Mepham and Kieffer Moore, with Wales eliminated before December had even begun. The visitors are playing in a back five with a centre-back trio of Adam Smith, Lloyd Kelly and Marcos Senesi. VAR, of course, has a look but does not instruct the official to have another look. I wanted to continue the journey, nice to get the nod. Sterling is played in down the right and his ball across is perfect for Havertz to slide in. He opts for the latter option and Cucurella is able to cut it out. First, Thiago Silva gives the ball away by playing the ball across goal to give Solanke a sniff of an opening. Billing gratefully receives and chips a ball into the back post for Stacey to run onto.