Hull City continues to surprise in the Premier League when leaving Stamford Bridge with 1 point, thereby maintaining an unbeaten record after 4 rounds. The newly promoted team even once led Chelsea and stood before the opportunity to win all 3 points.
Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea, while ending Hull City's unbeaten streak since the beginning of the season. However, Mohamed Belloumi quickly responded with a double before Joao Pedro scored in the second half, helping Chelsea avoid defeat at home.
After the match, coach Sergej Jakirovic gave special praise to Emiliano Martinez. The Argentine goalkeeper made some important saves, including Oli McBurnie's disallowed opportunity when Hull was leading 2-1.
I feel very good. We must be happy. This is a great result for us," Jakirovic said.
We led 2-1 in the first half and had a 100% chance with McBurnie but Emiliano Martinez's save was very excellent".
Martinez continued to impress in the second half when he saved Mohamed-Ali Cho's chances. These saves made Jakirovic choose the Chelsea goalkeeper as the best player of the match, even though Martinez still conceded 2 goals.
We had a great opportunity for Mohamed-Ali Cho, Martinez successfully saved again. Player of the match," Jakirovic said.
This is Martinez's 6th match since joining Chelsea for £8.5 million from Aston Villa. However, the performance of the Argentine goalkeeper is still not completely stable. He is said to be partly responsible for the second goal conceded when he could not control Hull's corner kick situation.
Chelsea have currently conceded 12 goals in 6 matches in all competitions. Notably, Xabi Alonso's team has not kept a clean sheet in 20 consecutive matches in the national championship, a streak that has lasted since January.
In the opposite direction, Hull City has reason to be satisfied with 1 point won at Stamford Bridge.
We can be very happy. We have won one point in a very difficult match. Winning 8 points against very strong opponents. We have to continue like this," Jakirovic said.
