Chelsea 3-0 AC Milan: Joao Pedro nets double as much-improved Blues bounce back to beat Ruben Amorim's side

08.08.2026, 18:29 skysports.com

Chelsea bounced back from back-to-back pre-season defeats with their best performance under Xabi Alonso so far as Joao Pedro's double helped them to a convincing 3-0 win over AC Milan in Jakarta.

The Blues' previous hybrid between 4-2-3-1 and Alonso's patented 3-4-3 was ditched in favour of the latter and paid off against the Serie A heavyweights, with Marco Palestra shining at left wing-back and the impact of new set-piece coach Austin McPhee already evident.

Chelsea scored 10 goals from corners across the whole Premier League season in 2025/26 but managed two in 90 minutes here, with Joao Pedro peeling off Milan goalkeeper Lorenzo Torriani to glance Moises Caicedo's delivery home unmarked, moments before the break.

He doubled his and Chelsea's lead within a minute of the restart by pouncing at the back post to turn home Pedro Neto's in-swinging cross, before Caicedo turned provider to scorer by latching onto a volley from another corner from the edge of the box three minutes later.

Chelsea could have had more with substitutes Geovany Quenda and Nicolas Jackson both lively and denied by the woodwork, but they could settle for a morale-boosting victory and more than an hour in the legs for most of a strong starting line-up in Indonesia.

Sky Sports' Ron Walker:

It hasn't always been the case for Chelsea this pre-season but there's no arguing the virtues of their victory today.

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A number of players impressed, and we perhaps saw the first knockings of the Austin McPhee era of set pieces - a much-needed improvement if this is anything to go by.

Here's a summary of what the Blues might take away from this afternoon:

July 28: Chelsea 6-4 Western Sydney Wanderers - SydneyAugust 1: Chelsea 1-2 Tottenham - SydneyAugust 5: Chelsea 0-1 Juventus - Hong KongAugust 8: Chelsea 3-0 AC Milan - JakartaAugust 9: Johor Darul Ta'zim vs Chelsea - Johor, 1pmAugust 15: Chelsea vs Real Sociedad - Stamford Bridge, 2pm