Chelsea closed the preseason with a 4-1 victory over AC Milan on Stamford Bridge, who signed in style prior to the Premier League opener of next weekend.
Two early goals – a goal of Andrei Coubis and a Joao Pedro head – put the side of Enzo Maresca in control within eight minutes.
The day of Milan went from bad to worse when Coubis was sent away for denying Pedro a clear chance of goal halfway through the first half.
Liam Delap expanded the lead of the penalty place after the break, before Youssef Fofana withdrew one for the visitors.
Delap struck again in the last minutes to restore Chelsea's pillow with three goals, which closed an impressive all -round display.
As the attention now changes to Crystal Palace on Stamford Bridge next weekend, Kieran Gill collects five things we have learned from the last friendly friendly friendly.
Nunku next to Jackson on the list 'For sale'
Nicolas Jackson was not the only one who missed in the Chelsea team for the second consecutive friendly. Christopher Nunku was again an absent absentee.
That's because the blues want to sell the 27-year-old Frenchman they have signed for £ 52 million from RB Leipzig in 2023.
On Sunday morning a WhatsApp message with Daily Mail Sport from a source landed that tells us that Leipzig Nunku wants as part of the deal to sell Xavi Simons to Chelsea.
The blues prefer individual transactions instead of swaps, so the required check before reporting, and it was while waiting for verification that the news came out elsewhere.
The time of Nunku at Chelsea never started, so a clean break would be best for all parties.
Fernandez looks good despite a knee recorded
Enzo Fernandez was the only outfielder on the couch in the friendly versus Bayer Leverkusen on Friday that was not caused.
All others received minutes except him, which suggests that 24-year-old Argentinian has had to deal with an injury issue.
Fernandez was selected to start AC Milan here, but did this with his right knee.
Fortunately for Chelsea, he looked like he was moving well in midfield.
Only Moises Caicedo and Cole Palmer played more games than Fernandez in the Premier League last season, which shows how important he is for manager Enzo Maresca.
The end product of Gittens could do with work
Chelsea signed Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for £ 48.5 million plus £ 3.5 million in add-ons.
They then sold Noni Madueke to Arsenal for exactly the same – £ 48.5 million plus £ 3.5 million.
We will have to wait to see who ultimately has the feeling that they have taken the better deal from the two Premier League rivals, but Gittens has given a healthy report of themselves about the two friendly matches of Chelsea.
The 21-year-old Englishman regularly used his speed on the skin Yunus Musah.
His end product, however, seems to be able to do a bit of work, because he had several opportunities here to score a goal against Milan, but was either blazing or wide.
Maresca drops Palace Hint
Do you show a red card in a friendly? Apparently if you are Michael Salisbury.
Look, it was technically the right call from the referee to fire Andrei Coubis after 18 minutes.
The 21-year-old from the Academy of Milan denied a goal-core chance when Joao Pedro broke behind.
That was after Coubis Chelsea had given the lead with its own goal in what was a general disastrous day before the young person.
In a strange way, Maresca may have preferred that his team has 11 men here for the full 90 here to prepare for Crystal Palace in the Premier League opener of next weekend.
The fact that Maresca has not made half-time changes can suggest that this line-up is the one he will choose to face the palace.
However, it was concerned to see Trevoh Chalobah limping the field halfway through the second half, especially with Levi Colwill offside.
Chelsea longs for a larger set piece output
In a Premier League table for set pieces scored in each of the last two seasons, Chelsea is finished a lot of mid-table. In 2023-24 they scored a total of 12, excluding fines. In 2024-25 they succeeded again. They could do with increasing those figures.
Their opener here came at least one, and Chelsea's set-piece coach Bernardo Cueva was particularly proud of it. He was the only member of the coaching staff that rose on the Blues bank to celebrate. It came when the wide free kick of Reece James led to Coubis' own goal. Those balls of James are such an asset to Chelsea.