An overdue three points will offer Frank Lampard no end of comfort but there is a danger the scoreline will sugarcoat a lukewarm performance in a much-needed victory. Two goals in the closing stages, from Benoît Badiashile and the substitute João Félix, earned Chelsea a first win in 10 matches to extinguish any lingering concerns of suffering another humbling.
The sarcastic chants emanating from the away end after Conor Gallagher’s opener and again at full-time said everything about a trying few weeks. “We are staying up,” the travelling supporters sang.
