A good tackle by Jefferson Lerma inside the penalty area prevents Pedro from having a shot as Chelsea begin to stretch Bournemouth.

The Cherries beginning to hang on a bit...

Jack Stacey prevents Marcos Alonso tapping in his second of the match!

Reece James is beginning to land more of his crosses now and sends an inviting ball across the goal where Alonso was ready to knock it in had it not been for Stacey who clears teh danger.

The flag goes up against Callum Wislon as the Bournemouth striker threatened to punish Chelsea almost immediately.

A good response from Bournemouth to conceding that early chance.

How has Olivier Giroud missed!

Mateo Kovacic puts the ball on a plate for Giroud, but the France international makes a complete mess from a few yards out and sends his shot wide of the post with the goal at his mercy.

That really should be 2-0 Chelsea.

And we're off!

The players are back in the tunnel and we should be under way again shortly.

Bournemouth made an excellent start in this one, but Chelsea have dominated since.

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That's it for the first half.

Chelsea take a 1-0 lead into the break, courtesy of Marcos Alonso's 33rd-minute strike.

Jorginho almost picks out the run of Mason Mount but Mount's outstretched leg is inches away from bringing it down.

Just the one minute added on.

Callum Wilson attempts a knock-down for Joshua King but Chelsea's back three continue to do an efficient job of dealing with Bournemouth's only man up top.

Reece James decides to have a shot from range with no route through the Bournemouth defence visible.

It's a decent attempt and forces Aaron Ramsdale into a low save to his left.

Olivier Giroud goes down under a challenge but eventually gets back to his feet once he sees a Chelsea attack is building.

Pedro delivers a decent cross from the right but Giroud wasn't even reaching that with springs on his feet.

Callum Wilson does well to control a long ball over teh top, but Fikayo Tomori defends well to clear the danger.

Tomori has improved significantly since his early error that almost handed Bournemouth the lead.

Micah Richards
Former Man City defender on Final Score

When I played with Marcos Alonso at Fiorentina, he always took free-kicks and always scored a lot of goals. The one question was his defending. But in this formation, he can go forward more, and technically he's one of the best I've seen.

The pressure continues to grow ion Bournemouth.

Chelsea want a quick second and force a corner which travels across the face of goal and narrowly evades the reach of goalscorer Marcos Alonso.

Mateo Kovacic makes a strong challenge, sliding through the back of Callum Wilson, but despite the home crowd's appeals Andre Marriner keeps his cards in his pocket.

That corner is smacked out for a throwing by Phillip Billing, but Nathan Ake soon conceded another corner as the pressure on Aaron Ramsdale's goal begins to mount.

Chelsea's back four knock the ball around between them on the halfway line as the visitors set up camp in the Bournemouth half.

The Blues try to find a way through via Reece James but there's no way through for the cross.

A follow-up attempt is blocked by Adam Smith and Chelsea win another corner...

Good work again by 23-year-old Jack Stacey down the right earns Bournemouth a corner.

There's a coming together of bodies in the box and the home support are claiming a penalty - but a goal kick is awarded after the corner appeared to curl out of play before reaching the box.