In the early morning of January 19, Beijing time, the 24th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season took the lead in a game of contention, Brighton & Hove sat at the American Express Community Stadium against the strong opponent Chelsea. After 90 minutes of fighting, Brighton hove drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea.
20 days ago the two sides in Stamford Bridge Stadium began to compete, the result of Chelsea in the stoppage time stage by Brighton, and then Chelsea even won the war against Liverpool, Manchester City 1 draw 1 loss, 3 rounds only 2 points they basically difficult to catch up with Manchester City, today away to Brighton & Hove, Chelsea if they want to win today's game is almost inevitable. After the opening, the two sides began to attack, in the 15th minute Chelsea quickly counter-attacked on the right side, Lukaku entered the box at high speed and returned, Azpilicueta followed up with the ball directly and powerfully shot, goalkeeper Sanchez struggled to save the ball.
In the 28th minute, Chelsea played a series of exquisite combinations on the right side of the front, Kante took the ball in the corner of the penalty area and shook off the 2-man bag and then passed the ball back, Ziyech followed up with a stop to adjust a step and suddenly shot with his feet, the ball hit the ground and went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal, Chelsea scored first 1:0. Chelsea had another chance four minutes later, the Brighton & Hove defence was not far away, Jorginho got the ball at the top of the arc of the penalty area, but he fired a powerful shot directly into the plane. In the 45th minute, Chelsea once again had a good chance, with Hudson-Odoi and Lukaku hitting the wall to join in on the right side of the penalty area and firing a half-knife shot from close range.
In the 59th minute, Brighton & Hove took advantage of a corner kick on the left side of the penalty area, bypassed the defensive point and flicked his head into the goal, the ball was in the net, and Brighton Hove equalized 1-1. The lead was tied again, this time Chelsea still had time to fight for another lead, in the 73rd minute, Lukaku inserted into the box to unload the ball, but his ultra-close single knife was saved by the goalkeeper Sanchez. In stoppage time, with Mateo Kovacic's powerful world wave, Chelsea finally won first and then drew 1:1 with Brighton hove, suffering a four-round winless win.
In terms of standings, Chelsea drew twice with Brighton & Hove in 3 weeks, and 3 draws and 1 loss in 4 rounds without winning, so they are still unable to surpass Liverpool in the case of more than two rounds, the 1-point difference is still ranked 3rd, and at the same time, they are 12 points behind manchester City, and it is really difficult to compete for the title. Brighton & Hove's side has drawn chelsea twice in a row, and the last 5 rounds of 2 wins and 3 draws have maintained a good unbeaten record, and they are still in 9th place after Manchester United by 3 points.
In terms of the top ten, there is no change at all, or Salah leads with 16 goals, Jota is 2nd with 10 goals, and Ronaldo and others are tied for 4th with 8 goals. Mo Pai failed to score on the bench today, he is still one goal away from reaching the top ten, chelsea side Mount also did not score, is also a goal away from the top ten.