Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea: Sanchez's saves hand Blues 1 point as Jackson hits post

Chelsea failed to score for a second consecutive Premier League match as they were held to a goalless draw at Bournemouth. They ended the game indebted to goalkeeper Robert Sanchez for two excellent saves which prevented this being a more costly trip to the south coast.

Match Report

Mauricio Pochettino's threadbare side, which featured six players on the bench who had not made a top-flight appearance, were unable to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest and played out the first goalless draw of the season.

The first half quickly slipped into a familiar pattern for Chelsea – them dominant but lacking sharpness in front of goal to benefit from all their possession and having to be wary of switching off at the other end.

Nicolas Jackson hit a post in the first-half but Chelsea had Robert Sanchez to thank for making a fine save to deny Bournemouth's Dango Ouattara.

The visitors went even closer in the second half, seeing Raheem Sterling's free-kick come back off the cross bar and Levi Colwill's follow-up ruled out for offside to leave them languishing in the bottom half with five points from five games.

Bournemouth are still waiting for their first three points under new manager Andoni Iraola but this was a better one for them than Chelsea.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

13' OFF THE POST! Jackson nearly nets

18' CLOSE! Ouattara's shot denied by Robert Sanchez

33' CHANCE! Gallagher's shot denied by Neto

50' OFFSIDE! Colwill's goal disallowed

78' CLOSE! Billing's shot wide out

83' CHANCE! Jackson's header saved

Line-ups

Bournemouth XI: Neto, Ryan Christie, Solanke, Lewis Cook, Billing, Marcus Tavernier, Aarons, Lloyd Kelly, Ilya Zabarnyi, Milos Kerkez, Dango Ouattara

Subs: Smith, Joe Rothwell, Brooks, Radu, Kluivert, Marcos Senesi, Luis Sinisterra, Hamed Junior Traorè, Antoine Semenyo

Chelsea XI: Thiago Silva, Sterling, Axel Disasi, Robert Sánchez, Conor Gallagher, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Enzo Fernández, Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto, L. Ugochukwu, Nicolas Jackson

Subs: Chilwell, Djordje Petrovic, Cole Palmer, Maatsen, Lucas Bergström, Ronnie Stutter, Alfie Gilchrist, Alex Matos, Deivid Washington·De Souza Eugenio