In the 17th round of the Premier League, the top three teams in the table also began to "disconnect", only Liverpool and Manchester City maintained a stable winning state, Manchester City swept Leeds United 7-0 in this round, leading the table with 41 points; Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3-1 to rank second in the table with 40 points. Third-placed Champions League champions Chelsea began to fall behind, drawing 1-1 with Everton in this round, although setting a record of 15 wins and 12 draws in the Premier League's 27 unbeaten games against Everton, which is the longest unbeaten record in Chelsea's history in the Premier League against a single team; however, Chelsea only has 37 points, and is thrown off by Manchester City by 4 points, and the title is going downhill.
This round of opponents Everton is not the traditional impression of the strong team, they gradually reduced to relegation team, this season only 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, ranking 14th in the Premier League, Chelsea in front of such an opponent to lose points seems to be unexpected, in fact, it is not unexpected. Because of the recent "avalanche on the front line" in Chelsea, that is, the collapse of the back line, there is no certainty of victory in the face of anyone, the last four games began with a 2-3 loss to West Ham United, until the current round of 1-1 draw with Everton, has conceded 9 goals, the same as the number of goals conceded in the first 21 games of the season.
With a 1-1 draw with Everton, Chelsea's problems have become more numerous, and the attacking end has begun to expose serious problems, and coach Tuchel bluntly said that the team's attack is also like playing with fire, wasting a lot of opportunities. In the game, Chelsea had 80% of the ball, 23-7 and 9-4 with Everton's shot on goal, but in the end it played a 1-1 draw, and it was forced to draw while leading.
In the 69th minute of the game, Reese James directly assisted Mount to complete a small angle to break the goal, Mount broke the team's record, becoming the youngest Premier League 20-goal scorer in the history of the team, 22 years and 340 days, Chelsea took a 1-0 lead.
In the 74th minute of the game, Everton won a free kick opportunity in front of the field, Anderson took a free kick to directly assist Branswaite, who was inserted in front of him, to complete the goal, and Everton equalized the score 1-1.
Chelsea were helpless about the sudden avalanche of the team's defence and the weakness of the attack, as it was the inevitable result of a large number of injuries. Tuchel confirmed the team had serious injury problems, Lukaku, Hudson-Odoi, Werner, Chilwell were all infected with the virus, they all tested positive, resulting in them all missing the game, as well as Kante and Chaloba, who were previously injured and are now back in training, and their absence triggered Chelsea's downturn.
According to the schedule, the Premier League began to be greatly affected by the epidemic, and the infection of many players with the virus led to the postponement of many games, which may trigger more unexpected situations. According to this development trend, who can control the epidemic prevention work in the premier league team may be able to occupy more initiative in the competition this season, Chelsea is now in a passive situation, and Manchester City and Liverpool may open a two-strong competition mode.