Chelsea recorded their first win of the season in the Premier League with a dominant 3-0 victory over Luton Town on Friday evening.
Moses Caicedo made his first start for the Blues and replaced the injured Carney Chukwuemeka, while Mykhailo Mudryk also missed out through injury as the Blues looked for their first win of the season.
Former Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling had the host ahead in the 17th minute when he darted in from the right before maintaining calmness to arrow into the bottom-corner.
The Blues should've gone two up minutes later through a first-time shot from the edge of the area by Enzo Fernandez from good work by Nicolas Jackson, but he went over.
Luton were keen to go back on level terms soon after falling behind, but weren't able to unlock the Blues and continued to chase the game.
The host pressed relentlessly soon after halftime and opened a clear chance at the near post for Fernandez before the Argentine FIFA World Cup winner slammed off the upright.
Luton got a golden chance to draw level a little later when a flowing move from the right rolled through for Ryan Giles to pounce from the far post, but Blues goalkeeper Robert Sanchez made the save.
The missed opportunity didn't go unpunished as Sterling got his brace when he charged in the area to turn in a cross from Malo Gusto.
Chelsea added a third goal in the last 15 minutes after Sterling this time drilled in a first-time ball from the right and saw an unmarked Jackson stab in from lose-range.
New signing Lesley Ugochukwu was brought on for his debut following his arrival from Rennes, as he replaced Jackson with seven minutes to go.
The Blues encountered no danger around full-time and ended with their first win of the campaign, with Luton winless and at the bottom.
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