Burnley 0-2 Chelsea LIVE – Neto and Fernandez move Chelsea up to second

Maresca also said Reece James’s substitution was pre-planned and is not down to an injury.

Enzo Maresca was full of praise for his side’s defending today, saying Burnley “did not have one important chance in the second half” and was delighted with the way his team handled a “tricky” game.

It was far from a vintage performance from Chelsea, but they got the job done and a 2-0 away win in the Premier League is never to be sniffed at. Importantly, Caicedo was able to rest for the whole day ahead of a big upcoming week for the Blues.

Burnley started great but they failed to find the breakthrough and never quite did enough to score. It was still a good performance against strong opposition, but on another day the Clarets would have got something from that game.

Chelsea have their second and they put the game to bed.

The visitors break forward, Neto plays to Guiu who intern pulls it back to Fernandez who has a simple finish. Game over.

Parker makes his final change of the afternoon as he sends on Laurent.

Florentino is the man that makes way.

Burnley have a corner and Badiashile pushes Esteve off the pitch.

He is booked for the foul and the hosts want a penalty but the corner will be retaken.

A chance for Chelsea to seal it but it is not taken.

Gusto is picked out just inside the box but he cannot beat Dubravka.

Burnley also make a change as Bruun Larsen replaces Tchaouna.

The Clarets can smell an opportunity.

Pedro makes way for Guiu.

Chelsea need to be careful here or Burnley could knick something from this game.

Broja comes on against his former club, alongside Foster and Hannibal.

Flemming, Anthony and Ugochukwu are withdrawn by Parker.

Burnley’s free-kick is brought down by Flemming in a great position inside the area.

It’s the Clarets’ best chance of the game but the striker blasts over.

Pedro is the next man to be shown a yellow card.

The Brazilian fouls Ugochukwu and is booked.

Gusto comes on to replace Delap.

Likely a change of shape from Maresca here.

Neto comes so close to scoring his second of the day.

He strikes from inside the area at the near post and looks to have Dubravka beat, but his effort flies into the post and out.

Gittens skips away from Walker and tries his luck from the edge of the box.

He strikes well but it’s deflected wide for a corner.

Chelsea have started the second half much better than the first.

The Blues are firmly on top, as they search for a second goal.

Gittens gets away from Walker and the veteran right-back brings him down.

Walker is booked for the challenge.

Flemming takes the kick off for the hosts.

We are underway in the second half here.

It is James who is taken off for Badiashile.

The Chelsea captain must have an injury problem – bad news for Maresca.

Badiashile is stripped and ready to come on.

The defender is out on the pitch warming up ahead of the second half.

Burnley will certainly feel hard done by the half-time scoreline. The Clarets were terrific up until the opening goal, and Parker will certainly feel that his side could be leading this game.

Chelsea have not been amazing but they have the lead and that is the most important thing. Their confidence seemed to grow after they found the opener and Maresca will hope to see his side add to their lead after the break.

After a turnover in possession, Chelsea tear forward again.

Pedro carries the ball forward before sliding it to Delap. Neto is again waiting at the back post but the Englishman gets his cross wrong and it’s collected by Dubravka.

After running the ball out of play for a goal kick, Neto dribbles back up the field as he gets into position.

The referee feels he is time wasting and shows the first yellow card of the game to the opening goalscorer.

Cucurella is picked out in an advanced position and the left-back plays it back to Gittens on the edge of the area. With a bit of time, the Englishman rolls the ball out of his feet and delivers a cross to Neto who is unmarked at the back post.

The Portuguese international’s diving header flies past Dubravka and gives Chelsea the lead.