Chelsea stuns PSG to claim Club World Cup glory
Cole Palmer scored twice and provided an assist as Chelsea claimed a stunning 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium.
Luis Enrique's PSG was looking to add the world title to its UEFA Champions League, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France treble, but it was blown away in a remarkable first half for the Blues.
Two near-identical Palmer finishes found the far corner inside the first 30 minutes, then his pass released Joao Pedro to make it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time.
Robert Sanchez was forced into several saves after the break, but PSG was unable to find a way through and finished a bad-tempered contest with 10 men, with Joao Neves dismissed for pulling Marc Cucurella's hair.
Chelsea, which won the UEFA Conference League, started brightly and thought it had an eighth-minute opener when Joao Pedro's clever backheel teed up a Palmer curler from the edge of the area.
However, his shot curled past the top-left corner and struck the stanchion behind the goal.
Only a brilliant Cucurella interception stopped Desire Doue from finding Fabian Ruiz for a tap-in, and the young forward was thwarted by Sanchez from PSG's next attack.
Palmer's first goal arrived in the 22nd minute. Malo Gusto's shot was blocked by Lucas Beraldo, but he seized on the loose ball to find Palmer, who picked out the bottom-left corner.
The England international got his second from a similar position on the half-hour mark, having dropped Beraldo to the ground with a terrific dummy, then he turned provider for Joao Pedro, with the Brazilian dinking over Gianluigi Donnarumma.
A glitzy half-time show featured appearances from US president Donald Trump and Coldplay, but there was no paradise to be found for PSG after the restart.
Sanchez brilliantly clawed Ousmane Dembele's close-range effort away, then the Spaniard dived to the opposite corner to push Vitinha's 30-yard curler past the post.
Chelsea substitute Liam Delap missed two opportunities to add a fourth goal, but PSG's woes were compounded five minutes from time, when referee Alireza Faghani dismissed Neves after a review by the video assistant referee.
The final whistle saw tempers flare, with Luis Enrique appearing to hit Joao Pedro in the throat before Donnarumma shoved Chelsea's Brazilian forward to the ground.
