Cole Palmer scored a brace, and Noni Madueke scored as Chelsea survived a late scare from Luton City to say an essential 3-2 victory at Kenilworth Highway on Saturday, ending their four-game shedding streak away from house.

Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea side was in management. It dominated play within the first half as Palmer opened the scoring in 12 minutes of play earlier than Madueke doubled Chelsea’s lead within the thirty seventh minute.

Palmer slotted the third purpose for Chelsea within the seventieth minute, however the Hatters fought again and pulled a purpose again by means of Elijah Adebayo, however his header was dominated out for offside.

Luton mounted extra strain within the second half and pulled one purpose again as former Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley netted within the eightieth minute. Elijah Adebayo added the second purpose three minutes earlier than full time.

Pochettino expressed satisfaction along with his crew’s efficiency whereas noting that a lot work nonetheless must be carried out.

“I’m so happy as a result of we should be nice to beat Luton. It’s troublesome to play right here,” Pochettino mentioned.

“We’re a younger crew. They should work collectively to create belief and confidence.

“One of these end result whenever you want your teammates to struggle with you may be actually good.”

On Thiago Silva’s seen frustration on the remaining whistle, Pochettino added: “Thiago is like this. He’s all the time moaning and by no means comfortable, however that’s good.”

Pochettino’s first aggressive win as Chelsea boss got here within the reverse fixture in opposition to Luton in August.

However they’ve struggled poorly since then and arrived at Luton hoping to keep away from ending 2023 with a twentieth league defeat in a calendar 12 months.