Joao Felix Receives Straight Red Card On His Debut As Chelsea Lose To Fulham

Joao Felix’s life in Premier League started in a disastrous manner as the new Chelsea loanee saw red on his debut as the Blues’ plight continued with a 2-1 loss to Fulham.

Felix arrived at Stamford Bridge on a loan deal until the end of the season on Wednesday after the Blues paid Atletico Madrid a £9m fee.

Chelsea suffered their eighth Premier League defeat of the season on Thursday night.

Ex-Blues attacker Willian broke the deadlock against his former club in the first half before Kalidou Koulibaly levelled early in the second period, but Carlos Vinicius’s header 17 minutes from time sealed a well-earned success for the Cottagers.

Prior to Vinicius’s winner, Atletico Madrid loanee Felix was given his marching orders after catching Kenny Tete with a dreadful high challenge, as Fulham put more daylight between themselves and their out-of-sorts neighbours.

The Blues went down in the first half after former star Willian’s strike took a kind deflection off Trevoh Chalobah.

Graham Potter’s rudderless side equalised two minutes after half-time through Kalidou Koulibaly, but it was about to all go wrong again for the under-fire English boss.

The Blues were beaten in league play for the eighth time this season, meaning that Potter’s last win came the day after Boxing Day. It can surely only get better – just like the Cottagers’ magnificent season.