Newly promoted Hull City drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge, coming from behind to lead before Chelsea equalised. Morgan Rogers opened the scoring, Mohamed Belloumi scored twice inside six minutes for Hull, and João Pedro levelled it — the first goals Hull have conceded all season.
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I'm curious how this run is being received outside the stadium. J1 has its own examples of promoted sides grinding out results on defence, and this match feels like it could give Japanese fans of newly promoted clubs a reason to believe it's possible elsewhere too. I'd love to hear from locals there directly.
Honestly, this felt like Chelsea running into the first opponent this season that could really punish them. Hull's front line kept them on the back foot for most of the ninety minutes, so the result was more believable than shocking. The title race clearly isn't settling down any time soon.
A lot of people probably didn't know Belloumi's name before this game. Nothing's confirmed, but a player who scores twice in six minutes gets talked about come the winter window. It's not about the fee yet, but he's on the radar of bigger clubs now — in my read, some of them are already late to it.
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