Callum Hudson-Odoi 8, Marcos Alonso 7; Chris Wood one of six 4s - Chelsea v Burnley player ratings

Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso on target in 2-0 Chelsea win

CHELSEA RATINGS: Edouard Mendy - 5. The low mark is no reflection of the Senegalese's performance and more to do with him touching the ball only a handful of times due to Burnley's toothless attacks. Reuters

Cesar Azpilicueta - 8. Showed he still has a superb engine to overlap Hudson-Odoi for the goal and the finish was one Chelsea's strikers can only dream of at present. AFP

Thiago Silva - 7. Whatever slivers of attacking threat Burnley did have was snuffed out instantly by Silva's expert positioning. Reuters

Antonio Rudiger - 7. Kept his concentration well and looked to bring the ball out from the back every chance he got. Reuters

Callum Hudson-Odoi - 8. Chelsea's biggest attacking threat. Showed excellent awareness to feed Azpilicueta for the first goal and always had the beating of Pieters whether running at or behind the Dutchman. Subbed on 71 minutes after a job well done. Reuters

Jorginho - 7. Picked ahead of N'Golo Kante and was his usual composed self on the ball. Picked out Alonso with an inch-perfect cross in the first half that the Spanish wing-back should have done better with. Reuters

Mateo Kovacic - 7. Sprayed some lovely diagonal passes out to Hudson-Odoi in the first half. After that became a case of screening the back three to make sure Chelsea did not get caught on the counter. Reuters

Marcos Alonso - 7. Recalled to the starting XI for the first time since being hooked at half time against West Brom on September 26. The Spanish wing-back was wasteful with a first-half header but showed he still has an eye for goal with a superb control and volley into the roof of the net to seal a 2-0 win. Reuters

Mason Mount - 7. The less said about his two first-half efforts that ended up in Row Z the better. That's not to say he didn't affect the game and the England international was by the far the most creative of Chelsea's front three. Subbed with 10 minutes remaining. Reuters

Timo Werner - 6. The hope is that Tuchel can unlock the German's undoubted potential. But Werner again failed to spark, with three efforts tamely hit at Pope and another kicked against his own leg. Reuters

Tammy Abraham 4: Abysmal hold-up play and was lucky to avoid a booking after confronting Tarkowski after fouling the Burnley defender. Subbed at half time with Tuchel confirming after the decision was purely tactical. Abraham can have few complaints. Reuters

SUB: Christian Pulisic (45') - 6. Asked to help get the front-line firing after an all-too chaotic first half. The American made his mark by providing the assist for Alonso's goal. AFP

SUB: Reece James (73') - 6. Not as direct as Hudson-Odoi but continued the supply of dangerous crosses from Chelsea's right. Reuters

SUB: Kai Havertz (80') - N/A. Given little time to affect the game. EPA

BURNLEY RATINGS: Nick Pope - 6. While not overworked, the Burnley goalkeeper made some important saves in the second half to keep the score respectable. AFP

Matthew Lowton - 7. Enjoyed his tussle with Alonso and was one of Burnley's best performers. Reuters

James Tarkowski - 7. Ruffled Abraham early on by stealing the ball off him. Overworked as Burnley's defence were offered few breathers over the 90 minutes Reuters

Ben Mee - 7. Like his centre-back partner will question teammates in front of him for gaining little territory during Burnley's rare foray forwards. Reuters

Erik Pieters - 6. Had the task of keeping tabs on Mount and Hudson-Odoi operating down his left channel. Though the Dutchman can hardly claim to have come out on top, he stuck to his task manfully and even tried to get forward with minutes remaining. Reuters

Robbie Brady - 4. Never got on the ball to give his strikers a supply line. AFP

Ashley Westwood - 4. Didn't come close to disrupting Chelsea's midfield dominance and was booked for a foul on Jorginho. Reuters

Jack Cork - 4. A game in which you could easily have forgotten that Cork was on the pitch. Reuters

Dwight McNeil - 4. Like the rest of Burnley's midfield spent most of it too tight to his defenders instead of offering an out ball. AFP

Chris Wood - 4. Was a non factor in the game but that was largely down to the poor service into him. Was replaced in the second half with what looked like a hamstring injury. Reuters

Matej Vydra - 4. Another low mark and again largely down to the fact he saw very little of the ball. Subbed on 57 minutes. Reuters

SUBS: Jay Rodriguez (on for Vydra, 57'); Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (on for Wood, 62'); Joel Mumbongo (on for Brady 76') - N/A. Not one of Burnley's substitutes had an effect on the match. Reuters

Cesar Azpilicueta scored the first goal of the Thomas Tuchel era and forgotten man Marcos Alonso produced a stunning finish as dominant Chelsea earned a 2-0 win against toothless Burnley on Sunday.

The former Paris Saint-German boss was brought in to replace Frank Lampard last week with a brief to haul stuttering Chelsea back into the race for Champions League spots.

He endured a frustrating goalless stalemate against Wolves at Stamford Bridge in midweek and Burnley also promised to be awkward opponents before fading as the match wore on.

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