Relive the action after Chelsea beat Bayer Leverkusen and Newcastle draw 2-2 against Espanyol in pre-season friendlies.

Newly-crowned world champions Chelsea opened their truncated pre-season campaign with a win on Friday night, downing Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have very little time to get in gear before the 2025-26 Premier League campaign kicks off next weekend,

In their first pre-season outing since their Club World Cup triumph in the U.S. last month, Enzo Maresca’s side ran out 2-0 winners over Erik ten Hag’s Bayer Leverkusen, with teenager Estevao scoring on his first appearance in Chelsea blue before his Brazilian countryman Joao Pedro rounded things off late on.