The London side emerged as underdogs but let three vital points slip away after conceding a second-half equalizer. With this result, the capitalists missed the opportunity to fully engage in the conflict to qualify for an international competition.
Chelsea got a disappointing draw this Sunday after drawing 1-1 on their visit to Nottingham Forest match played at the City Ground Stadium and corresponding to day 18 of the English Premier League.
The match started favorably for the blue box, which managed the course of the match from the first minutes, which led to recurring arrivals on the local goal.
However, it was the owner of the house who had the first chance of danger thanks to the attempt to brennan johnson whose shot was contained by the goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga .
However, Chelsea were the ones to open the scoring in the 16th minute after Raheem Sterling enjoyed a rebound off the crossbar after Christian Pulisic’s cross. thus decreeing 1-0 in their favor.
From then on, the foreigner retained possession of the ball, although without more clarity when it came to approaching the opposing goal, so both teams rested with the advantage for the pupils of Graham Potter .
The local response
in plugin Nottingham Forest He came out to look for the tie, which resulted in constant approaches to his opponent’s zone. A) Yes, Taiwo Awoniyi (47′), Brenan Johnson (50′), Morgan Gibbs-White (55′) They could have scored parity, but they failed to break the defensive fence of those in London.
However, in the 63rd minute, Serge Aurier volleys a pass from Willy Boly and manages to equalize the actions at the City Ground Stadium . From then on, with the momentum of the goal, the hosts maintained their lead in search of leaving all three points at home.
However, in the last minutes chelsea started to take the reins of the match, but it was not clear in the last meters to get a final victory.
with this result the blue team has added 25 points and is in eighth position in the table , five units from Tottenham (5th) which is now in place for qualifying for the next Europa League. In the meantime, on the next date, he will receive the sous chef Manchester City match scheduled for Thursday January 5 at Stamford Bridge.
For its part Nottingham Forest are 18th with 14 positives in the relegation zone with Wolverhampton (19th with 13 points) and Southampton (20th with 12 points). The next day, he will visit precisely the bottom of the contest on Wednesday 4 of this month.
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Source: Latercera
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