Chelsea started the game confidently and took the lead with barely ten minutes on the clock, as Thiago Silva, making his first appearance in six games, found a soft spot right in the middle of the defense to guide home a corner taken by Conor Gallagher.
Unfortunately, Chelsea seemed to think the job was done and started playing with the impetus of a team that had kept six straight clean sheets, rather than the one that had given up 13 during that period.
And sure enough, the home side found a decent ten-minute spell to equalize, with Bogle mis-hitting a cross and beating Petrović who had anticipated the obvious cutback towards a wide open runner in the middle.
It took a while for Chelsea to arrive to the second half, but eventually we reasserted a bit of control, though lacked the needed quality to create the required threat to beat the home side spurred on by a raucous crowd.
Thankfully, a moment of quality from Madueke put us back in front halfway through the period … but of course that would not be quite enough, and we’d concede in the final moments to settle for yet another 2-2 draw against one of the worst teams in the league.
Carefree.
- Three changes from Thursday, one enforced, with Malo Gusto dropping out due to fatigue/overload/illness. Chalobah in to play with Silva as the two center backs; Disasi at right back. Madueke also getting a rare start, with Mudryk sitting.
- Not exactly a vintage performance from Palmer, but still collects the assist on Madueke’s goal. Gallagher with the assist on Silva’s.
- Seventh straight match with at least 2 goals scored and given up
- Chelsea stay ninth, three points behind Newcastle and five behind Man Utd in sixth, with a game in-hand.
- Next up: Everton at home next Monday (April 15)
- KTBFFH
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