The rock behind Chelsea's entertainers: Midfield duo key for Blues

The performances of Jordan Henderson and Moises Caicedo underpinned Chelsea's 5-1 victory at home to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. Henderson scored twice and delivered an assist in his second appearance for Chelsea Moises Caicedo and Jordan Henderson were paired in midfield for the first time as Chelsea produced their most complete performance of the season. In a 5-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday, manager Xabi Alonso finally found the control and stability required behind his free-scoring attacking trio of Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers. The Blues have had no problems scoring goals this campaign, with 15 goals from six matches, but no team has conceded more than their total of 13.

Against the Cherries though, Caicedo and Henderson provided the balance to suggest Alonso could finally have found an answer – despite still having to wait for their first clean sheet of the league campaign. Henderson stole the show by scoring his first two goals for the club. He opened the scoring with a curling effort after 66 seconds before adding a 25-yard free-kick to complete the victory. Having also set up Rogers for the second goal after just two minutes and 30 seconds, the 36-year-old became the third-oldest player to score and provide an assist in the same match for Chelsea, behind only Didier Drogba and Gianfranco