What was the Chelsea score today? Result, highlights from AC Milan preseason friendly
Chelsea faced AC Milan at Stamford Bridge on Sunday in their final preseason fixture before the 2025/26 Premier League campaign begins.
The Blues started their preparations for the new season quite late after their exploits at the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, where they stunned Paris Saint-Germain to win 3-0 in the final.
Enzo Maresca's team beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on Friday and were back in action just 48 hours later as they welcomed the Rossoneri to South West London. Milan were in Dublin only a day prior to face Leeds United in another friendly.
Massimiliano Allegri is back in charge at the San Siro and has enjoyed some positive results in preseason. Although his team lost 1-0 to Arsenal before winning a penalty shootout, they then beat Liverpool 4-2 and thrashed A-League side Perth Glory 9-0 in Australia.
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What was the Chelsea score today?
Chelsea beat AC Milan 4-1 in their friendly match on August 10.
The Premier League side led after only five minutes thanks to an own goal from Andrei Coubis, who could do little to avoid turning the ball into his own net following a Reece James free-kick.
Joao Pedro continued his strong start to life at Chelsea by heading in his side's second and drawing the foul that saw Coubis sent off before 20 minutes had been played.
Liam Delap's emphatic penalty made it 3-0 midway through the second half, before Youssouf Fofana pulled a goal back for Milan at the end of a slick passing move.
Delap got his second with a good first-time finish from a clever pass from Andrey Santos.
Andrei Coubis scores own goal, gets sent off
Andrei Coubis is yet to play a senior competitive game for Milan and, on the basis of this performance, he might be dreading the day he finally does.
The Romania youth international's own goal after only five minutes gave Chelsea the lead, and he was shown a straight red card just 13 minutes later for bringing down Joao Pedro when he was through on goal.
It brought to mind Jonathan Woodgate's infamous debut for Real Madrid 20 years ago. The former England centre-back, who missed his whole first season with Los Blancos due to injury, scored an own goal and was shown two yellow cards in a 3-1 victory over Athletic Club.
Chelsea vs. AC Milan highlights
5': Reece James' free-kick is diverted into his own net by Coubis.
8': Joao Pedro's routine run sees Chelsea make it 2-0.
67': No mistake from the penalty spot from Liam Delap.
70': Youssouf Fofana gets a goal back for Milan at the end of a fine team move.
90': Andrey Santos stylishly sets up Delap to score his second of the game.
Chelsea next match
Chelsea's next game is their first of the 2025/26 Premier League season. They will face Crystal Palace on Sunday, August 17 at 2 p.m. BST (9 a.m. ET).
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