Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri was pleased with victory at Crystal Palace.

N'Golo Kante struck the only goal of the game.

Sarri stated: "We played a very good match for 85 minutes.

"We were in full control, but we didn't kill the match. For us it's difficult to defend in the box in the last five minutes because we don't have very good physical impact so we are in trouble.

"But for 85 minutes we didn't concede anything to the opponent. The only thing I didn't like was that we were not able to kill the match.

"We were better in the second half. In the first half we did everything very well, but slowly. In the second half for 40 minutes we moved the ball at a better speed.

"We played against a dangerous opponent. They are very dangerous in short and long counter-attacks, so we had to have good positions in line with the ball in the offensive phase, otherwise we would have been in trouble."