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Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth (EPL)

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Chelsea have won five consecutive Premier League games for the first time since March 2022 under Tomas Tuchel – they last enjoyed a longer such run in the competition in November 2020 (run of six under Frank Lampard).

Moises Caicedo’s goal for Chelsea was the furthest scored in a Premier League game since Wayne Rooney for Everton in November 2017 (57.7 yards v West Ham).

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Highlights.

MOTM: Cole Palmer.

Aged 22 years and 13 days on the date of the final game of the 2023-24 Premier League, Cole Palmer is the youngest player in the competition’s history to finish a season as the outright leading player for combined goals and assists (33 – 22 goals, 11 assists).

Chelsea scored 51 goals via players under the age of 23 in the Premier League this season; no team has ever scored more in a single campaign in the competition.

Raheem Sterling has now scored the same amount of goals for Chelsea as Arjen Robben and Damien Duff (19).

Despite losing three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since October 2023, Bournemouth finished in 12th place on 48 points, their best points tally in a top-flight campaign. Meanwhile, only in 2016-17 have the Cherries ever finished higher in the competition (9th).

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino won his 150th match in the Premier League (19 with Southampton, 113 with Tottenham and 18 with Chelsea). It is the seventh fastest that a manager has reached this milestone in the competition (294 games).

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