Chelsea 1-1 Burnley: Shock Vydra leveller denies leaders victory

The
Blues
were
looking
to
win
five
successive
league
games
for
the
first
time
under
Thomas
Tuchel
and
looked
to
be
on
course
to
do
so
and
at
least
temporarily
move
five
points
clear
at
the
summit
when
Kai
Havertz
scored
12
minutes
before
half-time.

But
Chelsea
remain
without
Romelu
Lukaku
and
Timo
Werner
in
attack
and
conspired
to
miss
a
host
of
chances
to
extend
their
lead,
opening
the
door
for
Burnley
to
respond.

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Matej
Vydra
finished
from
close
range
nine
minutes
after
arriving
from
the
bench
as
Sean
Dyche
was
rewarded
for
a
late
show
of
ambition,
having
previously
looked
content
to
keep
the
score
down.

Struggling
Burnley
had
been
on
the
back
foot
from
the
outset
and
Callum
Hudson-Odoi
drew
a
sharp
first
stop
from
Nick
Pope
before
crossing
for
Andreas
Christensen
to
nod
narrowly
wide,
the
best
of
six
Chelsea
attempts
in
the
opening
10
minutes.

Although
the
pace
slowed
a
little,
the
home
threat
continued
to
come
from
the
right
flank
and
Reece
James,
as
at
Newcastle
United
last
week,
forged
the
breakthrough.

The
right-back
was
not
the
scorer
this
time,
but
his
second
sublime
centre
–
the
first
touched
on
by
Charlie
Taylor
and
turned
away
by
Pope
–
landed
on
Havertz’s
head
for
the
opener.

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James
and
Hudson-Odoi
were
at
it
again
after
half-time,
teeing
up
presentable
opportunities
for
Thiago
Silva
and
Havertz
respectively.
Silva
could
only
make
contact
with
his
shoulder
and
was
denied
by
the
post.

Pope
stood
up
long
enough
to
block
from
Hudson-Odoi
in
the
box,
before
Ross
Barkley
blazed
over,
setting
up
a
nervy
finish.

Jay
Rodriguez
headed
wide
with
Burnley’s
first
effort
of
note
but
showed
composure
to
nod
across
goal
for
Vydra
when
he
found
himself
in
the
same
position
again,
with
Chelsea
unable
to
respond
in
the
final
11
minutes.

What
does
it
mean?
Chelsea
feel
absence
of
attacking
options

Chelsea
had
won
their
previous
home
league
match
7-0
against
Norwich
City,
and
much
of
this
contest
followed
the
same
pattern,
with
Burnley
struggling
to
find
a
way
out
against
their
dominant
hosts.

But
Mason
Mount,
the
hat-trick
hero
against
the
Canaries,
only
made
the
bench
on
his
return
from
a
tooth
problem,
while
Lukaku
and
Werner
remain
out.
Although
Havertz
scored,
that
was
Chelsea’s
only
goal
from
25
attempts
worth
2.3
expected
goals
as
they
too
often
lacked
the
final
touch.

James
on
top
of
his
game

No
player
created
more
chances
on
Saturday
than
James’ five,
including
an
assist
that
took
him
to
seven
goal
involvements
for
the
season
–
now
trailing
only
Mohamed
Salah
(16),
Michael
Antonio
(nine)
and
Jamie
Vardy
(eight).

The
England
man
also
attempted
two
shots
but
could
not
add
to
his
tally
of
four
goals,
making
this
the
first
league
game
this
term
in
which
he
has
played
for
more
than
45
minutes
and
failed
to
score.

Front
men
miss
the
mark

Chelsea’s
front
three
each
enjoyed
moments,
with
Havertz
scoring
while
Hudson-Odoi
and
Barkley
joined
James
with
five
key
passes
apiece.
But
the
trio
also
passed
up
their
side’s
best
opportunities
to
add
a
second.

Havertz
blasted
high
into
the
stands
when
picked
out
by
Hudson-Odoi
early
in
the
second
half;
Barkley
failed
to
hit
the
target
with
any
of
his
four
efforts;
Hudson-Odoi
twice
found
the
excellent
Pope
his
equal
but
might
have
done
better
with
the
rebound
from
his
first
shot.

What’s
next?

After
the
international
break,
Chelsea
return
at
Leicester
City
on
November
20,
the
first
match
in
a
tricky
run
that
then
sees
the
Blues
play
Juventus
and
Manchester
United.
Burnley
host
Crystal
Palace.

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