Chelsea hit 5 past shamrock Rovers with gui netting a first half hattrick and dewsburry hall and cucurella both scoring

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Disasi, Veiga, Cucurella, Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall, Madueke, Nkunku, George, Guiu

Shamrock XI: Leon, Burns, Cleary, Lopes, Grace, Honohan, Watts, O'Neill, Poom, Farrugia, Kenny

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Chelsea next five Premier League games compared to Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City in title race
Chelsea news as Enzo Maresca leads his side to the cusp of the Premier League summit after Brentford winChelsea are enjoying themselves. Stamford Bridge is a happy place to be. Enzo Maresca is leading the charge. And there is cautious optimism that this is only the start.

After beating Brentford 2-1 on Sunday night - a result that came following slip-ups for Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City - Chelsea have put themselves in a position to be top of the table this time next week. Should they beat Everton then they will reach the summit, even if it is with a game more played and only for a fleeting few minutes.That is a rise that nobody saw and right now nobody can stop. Against the ever-flexible Brentford in front of them here, Chelsea took the wide route and peppered Thomas Frank's side with crosses. Not perturbed by the three big centre-back figures in red and white, Chelsea pushed down the line and were eventually rewarded with Marc Cucurella's opening goal.

Cucurella ran towards the Chelsea bench and changed his boots just moments after Dejan Kulusevski netted the second.

After the match, he poked fun at his first-half errors when he posted an image of his PUMA boots in the changing room bin.

The sports clothing giants may have been embarrassed to see them disposed of like that, but they've seen the funny side of things.

"I've already planned my Chelsea departure" – Marc Cucurella eyes Spain return despite Enzo Maresca resurgence.

Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella has revealed his desire to return to Spain later in his career, even after rejuvenating his form at Stamford Bridge.

Since his £60 million move from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022, Cucurella has faced challenges in west London. While he was a regular in his debut season, he struggled to secure a consistent role under Mauricio Pochettino last term.

Marc Cucurella enjoying a break in Greece.

Kai Havertz with some blood on his head.

The referee tells him to go out, Cucurella tells the referee that too… but Havertz doesn’t want to go.

He gets a yellow card.

Marc Cucurella: "If I had to name a moment that changed my career it’s the ankle injury last season. You’re on your own, there’s a lot of time to think ... that period helped me to know myself better."

Marc Cucurella: "If I had to name a moment that changed my career it’s the ankle injury last season. You’re on your own, there’s a lot of time to think ... that period helped me to know myself better."

Cucurella on Cole Palmer: “If you see him not in his kit… you would never in your life say he was a footballer!”.

“But then on the pitch he shoot’s, it doesn’t seem he’s hitting the ball that hard but he scores them all, he’s very different”.