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- Chelsea held 0-0 by Palace as Forest opens with a win in the Premier League</p>
<p>STEVE DOUGLAS August 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM</p>
<p>1 / 4Britain Soccer Premier LeagueChelsea's Cole Palmer reacts during the Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace in London, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)</p>
<p>Chelsea was held to a 0-0 draw by Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday in the team's first competitive match as the club world champion.</p>
<p>A month after stunning Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final, Chelsea toiled in its league opener at Stamford Bridge after a short preseason because of its exertions in the United States.</p>
<p>Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, hit the ground running with a 3-1 win over Brentford, with striker Chris Wood — the team's top scorer last season with 20 goals — netting twice in the first half either side of a goal on debut by Dan Ndoye.</p>
<p>Later, Manchester United hosts Arsenal in the marquee match of the opening round, which has already seen wins for likely title contenders Liverpool and Manchester City.</p>
<p>Eze's farewell?</p>
<p>Eberechi Eze has been heavily linked with a move to Tottenham so the England midfielder might have been making his final appearance for Palace.</p>
<p>He almost marked it with a goal.</p>
<p>In the 13th minute, Eze smashed a direct free kick past Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from the edge of the area but the goal was ruled out after a video review spotted an infringement by Palace captain Marc Guehi as he attempted to push aside Chelsea's Moises Caicedo in the defensive wall.</p>
<p>The Premier League confirmed Guehi was standing less than one meter (yard) from the wall as the shot was taken, which is not allowed.</p>
<p>Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer, stars for Chelsea in the Club World Cup were quiet. The hosts lacked intensity because they've only been back in training for a couple of weeks, while Palace has had a long preseason and was coming off beating Liverpool on penalties in the Community Shield last weekend.</p>
<p>Hot Wood</p>
<p>Chris Wood started quickly last season in the best goalscoring top-flight campaign of his career, and he needed just five minutes to open his account this time round, making the most of a poor clearance at a corner to give Forest the lead against Brentford.</p>
<p>Ndoye headed in a second in the 42nd minute and Wood rounded the goalkeeper in first-half stoppage time to stroke in a third.</p>
<p>Igor Thiago converted a late penalty for a consolation for Brentford, which has sold star forward Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United and didn't play Yoane Wissa — a striker linked with a move to Newcastle.</p>
<p>Jota tribute</p>
<p>All matches on Sunday featured a period of silence before kickoff as a tribute to Diogo Jota and Andre Silva, the brothers who were killed in a car crash in Spain last month. Jota was a player for Liverpool at the time.</p>
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<p>Steve Douglas is at https://twitter.com/sdouglas80</p>
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