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Joao Felix (left) became the 22nd player to be sent off on their Premier League debutJoao Felix was sent off on his Chelsea debut as his new side lost a west London derby at Fulham to increase the pressure on Blues boss Graham Potter.
Joao Felix, who only joined Chelsea on Wednesday in a £9.7m loan deal until the end of the season from Atletico Madrid, was shown a straight red card for a horrible lunge on defender Kenny Tete after 58 minutes.
It was 1-1 at the time, with Willian putting the hosts ahead against his former side in the first half, before Kalidou Koulibaly equalised early in the second.
But the 10 men of Chelsea could not hang on to a point as Carlos Vinicius headed in a 72nd-minute winner.
Potter's Blues side started brightly, but the hosts nearly took the lead when Chelsea lost possession and Carlos Vinicius played a pass through to Bobby de Cordova-Reid, who fired against the crossbar with Kepa Arrizabalaga beaten.
But Chelsea fell behind two minutes later in the 25th minute.
It was poor defending from the visitors as teenage left-back Lewis Hall failed to clear, before Trevoh Chalobah should have done better with his clearance.
The ball fell to Willian and the Brazil midfielder, a two-time Premier League winner during a seven-year spell at Chelsea, saw his strike take a big deflection off Chalobah to give Arrizabalaga no chance. Willian did not celebrate against his former team.
But Chelsea equalised within two minutes of the second half as Koulibaly reacted quickest to force the ball over the line from close range after Mason Mount's free-kick had bounced off the left-hand post.
Joao Felix had been the visitors' best player before his dismissal left his side on the back foot, with Vinicius scoring the winner.
Chelsea have now only won twice in 10 matches in all competitions.
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Fulham
Squad number17Player nameLeno
Squad number2Player nameTete
Squad number4Player nameTosin
Squad number13Player nameReam
Squad number33Player nameRobinson
Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid
Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira
Squad number20Player nameWillian
Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number11Player nameSolomon
Squad number12Player nameChalobah
Squad number21Player nameJames
Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number20Player nameZakaria
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number67Player nameHall
Squad number11Player nameJoão Félix
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number30Player nameChukwuemeka
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Line-ups
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17LenoBooked at 90mins
- 2Tete
- 4TosinBooked at 84mins
- 13Ream
- 33RobinsonBooked at 9mins
- 26João Palhinha
- 6ReedSubstituted forCairneyat 68'minutes
- 14De Cordova-ReidSubstituted forWilsonat 68'minutes
- 18PereiraBooked at 14minsSubstituted forJamesat 90+3'minutes
- 20WillianSubstituted forSolomonat 83'minutes
- 30Alves MoraisSubstituted forChalobahat 90+4'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Rodák
- 3Kurzawa
- 8Wilson
- 10Cairney
- 11Solomon
- 12Chalobah
- 21James
- 31Diop
- 38Harris
Chelsea
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 14ChalobahBooked at 36minsSubstituted forCucurellaat 79'minutes
- 6Thiago Silva
- 26Koulibaly
- 28Azpilicueta
- 19MountBooked at 76minsSubstituted forZiyechat 80'minutes
- 20ZakariaSubstituted forJorginhoat 56'minutes
- 8KovacicSubstituted forGallagherat 79'minutes
- 67HallBooked at 62minsSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 79'minutes
- 11João FélixBooked at 58mins
- 29Havertz
Substitutes
- 4Badiashile
- 5Jorginho
- 9Aubameyang
- 13Bettinelli
- 22Ziyech
- 23Gallagher
- 27Fofana
- 30Chukwuemeka
- 32Cucurella
Live Text
Match ends, Fulham 2, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Fulham 2, Chelsea 1.
Bernd Leno (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea).
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Fulham. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Carlos Vinícius.
Substitution, Fulham. Dan James replaces Andreas Pereira.
Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
Tim Ream (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Kai Havertz (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly.
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carlos Vinícius (Fulham).
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Tosin Adarabioyo.
Offside, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella tries a through ball, but Kai Havertz is caught offside.
Tosin Adarabioyo (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Fulham. Manor Solomon replaces Willian.
Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea).
Carlos Vinícius (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.
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