The newly promoted and newly branded Hull City "Tigers" were the first team to face "The Special One's" Chelsea on the opening day. Joint-favorites to win the title, Chelsea were expected to win the game comfortably. The game in the end finished in an average 2-0 victory to Chelsea. Chelsea were awarded a penalty in the opening 5 minutes when Hull goalkeeper, Allan McGregor, accidentally punched Chelsea strike Fernando Torres in the face. The penalty was taken by Frank Lampard who missed. McGregor became the hero and the villan for the tigers. Couple of minutes later, Kevin De Bruyne saw Oscar and put him through and the young Brazilian scored. Later, Chelsea were awarded a free-kick from 30-yards out when Torres' path was blocked by a Hull defender. Lampard stepped up and scored in the top corner. His penalty was truly forgotten. The all-time Chelsea top scorer hadn't lost his touch. Chances came and went for Chelsea but nobody scored. By half-time Chelsea had 18 shots to Hull's none. The second half was more balanced than the first. Hull City maintained possession well and didn't allow Chelsea to score. Hull also created chances to test the ever-present Petr Cech. IN the end it was a good win for Jose Mourinho. New-signings Andre Schurrle and Marco Van Ginkel were subbed on for Oscar and De Bruyne respectively. Schurrle impressed and had a chance to score on his debut but his chip just went inches wide. Lukaku also replaced the ineffective Torres put he didn't have much chances either. A good first half in which we saw Chelsea dominate the ball and in the second half we saw that Hull City can keep the ball and pass it around. This is a good point gained by the Blues. Hopefully they can go on and win the title now.
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