In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, the 17th round of the Premier League had two focus battles, the top two Champions Chelsea and Liverpool were both at home, and Chelsea welcomed Everton's challenge at Stamford Bridge Stadium. Chelsea have been in a very unstable state for more than a month, with no consecutive wins in the Premier League, and the Champions League has been snatched from the top spot by Juve (although their second-place signing in the group was good). Last weekend's whistle-beating 3:2 narrow victory over Z United, today Chelsea is also extremely eager to impact the winning streak, after all, Manchester City has won 7 consecutive wins, and it is difficult for Chelsea to catch up.
Chelsea created a killing opportunity in just 5 minutes of the opening game, Jorginho sent a scalpel-style direct plug from the right side of the penalty area, james inserted into the box to get a perfect close-range one-knife opportunity, but did not expect him to push the shot off the goalpost. Two minutes later, James ran wildly to the front of the penalty area with the ball and sent a wonderful pass, but the follow-up Mount half-knife push was still deflected off the goalpost. In the 16th minute, Chelsea had a good free-kick opportunity in front of the arc of the penalty area, James took a strong shot, the ball crossed the wall and went straight to the far corner of the goal, and goalkeeper Pickford bravely saved the ball.
Mount then had a few good chances, and in the 36th minute, Rudiger carried a defensive half-turn pass inside the penalty area, Mount inserted a super close-range one-handed shot that was once again blocked by Pickford, and Chelsea, who wasted N chances in the first half, drew 0-0 with Everton. Yi Bian's second game against Chelsea still occupies the initiative on the pitch, but it is difficult to turn the advantage into goals. Until the 70th minute, Chelsea broke the ball at the back and launched a quick counterattack, continuously passing to the front court, James, Mount, who had wasted opportunities many times before, connected, Mount entered the penalty area from a small angle, the ball was in the net, and Chelsea broke the deadlock 1:0.
Chelsea, who had managed to take the lead, were not happy for long, and their defence was lost just four minutes later. Everton had a free-kick opportunity at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the field, Gordon carried the penalty and hoisted it into the box, Bransvetter inserted a volley at the back of the post, the ball went straight into the net, and Everton quickly equalized 1-1.
After being equalized, Chelsea also have a chance to win the game, but this year Pickford is really brave, in the 80th minute Chelsea right corner opportunity, Thiago penalty point at the strong head hammer attack, seeing the ball is about to fly into the bottom right corner of the goal, Pickford bravely saved the ball. In the end, Chelsea could not score again, the home draw was 1-1 with Everton, a win-in-a-row, they could not win in the last 7 rounds, and their title rival Manchester City won 7 consecutive games, Liverpool won 6 consecutive games, Chelsea Is going to fall behind?