Chelsea's £88million January signing Mykhailo Mudryk made his first start for the club on Friday evening after a short cameo against Liverpool a fortnight ago. The Ukrainian was handed a place in the Blues front three alongside Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz by Graham Potter.
On the back of back-to-back clean sheets and a fortnight on the training ground, Chelsea failed to find a breakthrough against Marco Silva's Fulham side. Potter's new-look starting XI included three new arrivals, including £105m Enzo Fernandez, but they struggled to cause much trouble for their London rivals.
Havertz had the game's best opportunity towards the end of the first half with his chip over Bernd Leno rebounding off the post. But at half-time, Mudryk was substituted off in place of fellow winter arrival Noni Madueke.
