Crystal Palace hunger too much for Chelsea, says Damien Delaney

Chelsea 1 Crystal Palace 2: It might not be a fully-blown crisis at Stamford Bridge, but there are clearly problems for Jose Mourinho to address after Chelsea’s worst start in over a decade, and Crystal Palace skipper Damien Delaney agrees with the Portuguese that it is all about one thing — hunger.

Crystal Palace hunger too much for Chelsea, says Damien Delaney

Palace fully deserved their victory, which arrived courtesy of goals from Bakary Sako and Joel Ward either side of Radamel Falcao’s first goal for Chelsea.

Palace’s victory should have come as no surprise, given they have won 10 of their 12 away games since Alan Pardew took over in January.

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