At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on December 17, the 17th round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle: Chelsea vs Everton.
One is the Premier League era from a local tycoon to a big club to win the championship, one is an old giant but has long been lost in the Premier League era is determined to restore the glory of the past.
In the 15th round of the Premier League, Chelsea was reversed 3:2 by West Ham United, which can be regarded as a watershed in the recent championship competition pattern of the Premier League, before that, Chelsea ranked first in the Premier League table with a one-point advantage, after which Chelsea fell to third.
In the first 16 rounds, Manchester City ranked first with 38 points, Liverpool ranked second with 37 points, Chelsea ranked third with 36 points, and West Ham United ranked fourth with 28 points.
In the first two games of this round, Manchester City bloodied Leeds United 7-0 at home, accumulating 41 points to continue to lead. Arsenal beat West Ham 2-0 at home to score 29 points, surpassing West Ham by 1 point to rise to fourth.
This time at home against rival Everton, Chelsea must win if they want to fight for the title without losing the chain.
Chelsea started at 3421, with Pulisic playing centre-forwards, two full-backs Ziyech and Mount, midfielders Alonso, Jorginho, Cheek and Rees James, three centre-backs Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Azpilicueta and goalkeeper 'Mendy'. There are no two major gods in the big list, Werner and Lukaku, who are sick and infected with the new crown.
Everton started 541, with 20-year-old England striker E. Sens playing as a centre-forward with England international Pickford in the position of goalkeeper.
In this game, the final result is a 1:1 draw, Chelsea has accumulated 37 points after 17 rounds, trailing the top manchester City has reached 4 points, in the other game of this round, Liverpool beat Newcastle 3:1 at home, the points reached 40 points, Chelsea is also 3 points behind the second place, the prospect of the title is not optimistic. But failing to take all 3 points is, for Chelsea, it is "the death of heaven, not the crime of war".
The first is the non-combat attrition, Lukaku, Werner and other fierce men infected with the new crown can not play.
The second is that there is no point on the pitch. Chelsea shot 9 of 23 shots on goal, Everton had only 7 shots and 4 shots on target, and the possession rate of Chelsea was as high as 80%, and Everton was only 20%.
Throughout the first half, Everton did not have a few decent attacks, and Chelsea suppressed Everton's onslaught, relying on Pickford's many heroic saves, Everton tried to keep the goal.
In the 36th minute, Rudiger went straight in, Mount took the ball to form a single knife, and the close-range shot was blocked by Pickford's leg.
In the second half, Chelsea continued to attack and Pickford continued to play at the goal of god.
In the 70th minute, Chelsea finally broke the deadlock on the pitch, with Reece James assisting and Mount completing the goal.
But four minutes later, Everton equalised, taking advantage of a free-kick opportunity in front of the field, Anthony Gordon took the penalty and Bransvetter scored.