The Blues ended a run of six straight losses in all competitions with a second success over the Cherries this season. Two late goals got the job done after Conor Gallagher’s headed opener had been cancelled out before the midway point of an end-to-end first half.

It was a collective effort with sprinklings of individual quality which we highlight here…

Menacing Madueke a constant presence

After his bright showing and first Chelsea goal at the Emirates on Tuesday, Noni Madueke kept his place in Frank Lampard’s starting XI and rewarded his manager with another fine performance.

Again deployed on the right of a front three, Madueke saw plenty of the ball and was a constant menace with it. His six completed dribbles were twice as many as the next player on the pitch managed (N’Golo Kante) as he tormented Matias Vina time and again.

The England Under-21 star was a constant out ball for the Blues, and he spent 4.8 per cent of the game in possession, comfortably the most of any attacking player on the pitch. Sixty-eight touches for an attacking player in any game is an exceptionally high figure, and one only Enzo Fernandez bettered of those not playing in defence.

On another day Madueke might have scored, registering a game-high three shots, two of which were on target and the other fired into the side-netting from a narrow angle, but nonetheless this was yet another very encouraging performance from the winger.

Badiashile delivers on return

One player who did find the net was Benoit Badiashile, restoring our lead with eight minutes remaining courtesy of an athletic volley from Hakim Ziyech’s teasing free-kick.

This was the defender’s second appearance under Lampard, and his first for the Blues away from home since our last victory, at Leicester in mid-March. He showed why he is so highly rated.

Aside from the goal, he won a game-high four aerial duels, at a success rate that only his centre-back partner, Thiago Silva, matched. That was 67 per cent.

His two interceptions was a Chelsea-high figure, and nobody on the pitch spent more time on the ball than the Frenchman, in possession for 10.9 per cent of the game. His 104 passes, and 89 completed, were also game-high figures as he demonstrated that enviable blend of authority on the ball and dominance off it.

Engine room working in sync

Lampard’s midfield trio of Enzo Fernandez, Conor Gallagher and N’Golo Kante worked well as they all contributed heavily to our victory on the South Coast.

Kante of course supplied the assist for Gallagher’s opener, with N’Golo regularly getting high and wide to support Madueke down our right flank, and Conor looking to make his presence felt in the box.

Enzo, the deepest of the trio as the average position map below shows, set the tempo with an impressive 94 pass completion rate. The Argentinean also tried his luck on a couple of occasions.

Next to him Kante made two key passes, and Gallagher one, and the trio won four tackles between them with Conor leading the way, successful with both he went in for.

Kante meanwhile not only completed three take-ons as he helped drive us forward and create space for others, he was also not dribbled past once.

Subs pay dividends

Lampard himself played a major part in securing our first victory since his appointment. He had the Midas touch with his subs: six minutes after coming on, Ziyech set up Badiashile’s goal, and it took Joao Felix only two minutes to find the net having been brought off the bench. Another sub, Raheem Sterling, superbly set up the Portuguese who clinically rounded off an entertaining and much-needed victory at the Vitality Stadium.