Gullit, Lineker and more: Twitter reacts as Chelsea lose to Crystal Palace

Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as the defending champions fell eight points behind leaders Manchester City.

After a goalless first half at Stamford Bridge, the visitors took the lead in the 60th minute when Bakary Sako fired home after Yannick Bolasie’s low cross.

Summer signing Radamel Falcao headed in his first goal for the club to equalise in the 79th minute, but the Eagles regained the lead immediately as Joel Ward netted a late winner.

The loss was Jose Mourinho’s second home defeat in the Premier League during his spells at Chelsea, and it prompted plenty of activity on Twitter.

Gary Linker reacts to Falcao’s equaliser at Stamford Bridge as he gets the home side back into it:

What the Falcao! Radamel has scored his first goal for Chelsea.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 29, 2015

Former Chelsea man Mario Melchiot is a happy man:

Falcaoooooo #mmlove #cfc

— Mario Melchiot (@MarioMelchiot) August 29, 2015

Ruud Gullit shares in their joy:

Fantastic goal by #radamalfalcao and his first for #chelseafc. Omg and now scores #crystalpalace again. It's t… http://t.co/4GCD1Te3g1

— Ruud Gullit (@GullitR) August 29, 2015

But their joy is short-lived, as Lord Sugar is quick to point out:

Chelsea equalise with Palace and 2 mins later Palace score again 1-2 .The very special one. Jose , Roman will see you now !

— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) August 29, 2015

Lineker points out a cruel stat after the final whistle:

In Mourinho's 100th @premierleague home game in charge of Chelsea he has suffered his 2nd defeat. Well played Crystal Palace.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 29, 2015

Arsenal legend Ian Wright delights in the result:

Well done @CPFC brilliant result 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) August 29, 2015

And that just leaves celebrity Arsenal fan Piers Morgan to have the final say:

Sacked in the morning? #mourinho

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 29, 2015