For the sake of the mountain nine, the merit is a failure.
Since being forced to draw at Stamford Bridge by Manchester United, Chelsea have lost their souls, and have only achieved a bad record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 Premier League games, losing 11 points. To make matters worse, the Blues have always been a solid backline, conceding 10 goals in 8 games, and in the first 11 premier league games, the Blues have conceded a total of 4 goals.
With Lukaku's brave play after coming off the bench, Chelsea finally brought back a long-lost victory from Villa Park, stopping a two-game tie and maintaining the point difference with Manchester City at 6 points. After a breath of obscurity, the Blues general rekindled his ambition to win the title.
However, the Blues' equaliser and win-winning goals were penalties, in the same way they won 3-2 against Leeds United – two penalties + Jorginho scored twice. As the fans joked, without penalties, the Blues didn't know how to win.
In the 20th round of the Premier League, the second game of the Premier League Christmas schedule this season, Chelsea returned to Stamford Bridge to meet the dark horse Brighton at the beginning of the season, and given that liverpool who played first were defeated by Leicester City at the King's Court, Chelsea could return to the second position in the table as long as they defeated Brighton and continue to bite the leader Manchester City.
Occupying the right time and place, the Blues pressed hard after the opening, suppressing the Seagull Legion in the half. Unfortunately, the opening attack was fierce, and the indiscriminate bombardment had not yet seen the results, and Reese James fell on the lawn.
The leak came in the rain overnight, and with Chilwell already reimbursed for the season, James' injury left Tucherton feeling loveless, and the wing-back tactics he had become famous for were completely finished, even if Lukaku broke the deadlock with a header immediately after James came off the field, Tuchel was not in the mood to celebrate.
Lukaku's goal became a watershed in the state of the two teams, and after conceding the ball, Brighton frantically counterattacked, forcing Chelsea to scramble, and for 40 minutes, Chelsea did not have a decent shot. On the contrary, Brighton, the goal around Chelsea was a bombardment, fortunately Mendy repeatedly saved the danger, in order to save the goal.
However, as against West Ham, The Goalkeeper Washun was knocked open by Welbeck in injury time. The moment the ball rolled into the goal, Tuchel despaired.
1-1, this is Chelsea's fifth draw in the last nine rounds of the Premier League, and with as many as six points behind the leaders Manchester City, the draw is not much different from losing, and after losing 2 points, the point difference has widened by 8 points. Although the season is only halfway through, everything is possible, but for Tuchel, this season's Premier League dream can be suspended, and keeping the top four is a realistic goal.
In the next round, Chelsea will face Liverpool, not to mention the final result, but who to send as full-back is enough for Tuchel to think for a while. Subsequently, Mendy is about to go to Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations, and he will miss out for at least 2 weeks, without the patron saint in front of the goal, Chelsea's defense naturally worries fans. In addition, the Club World Cup is still waiting for Chelsea, and the consumption brought by running back and forth cannot be ignored.
The two main wing-backs are reimbursed, and the renewal of The Rudiger's contract has not yet followed, and the Blues' brakes are really too strong, and there is no difference between the car and the destruction of people. In Tuchel's own words: in this case, it is undoubtedly very stupid to think of winning the Premier League title!
He, already desperate, has given up...