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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 19, a match in the 24th round of the Premier League began to compete, and Chelsea came to challenge Brighton. Chelsea have had a very good start to the league season, but in recent times due to injuries and the impact of the epidemic, they have been losing points, resulting in a growing gap with the top team Manchester City. Chelsea only scored 43 points in 22 league games, and although the ranking is not bad, ranking 3rd, it is a full 13 points behind Manchester City, and the title race is only theoretically possible. For Chelsea, retaining Champions League qualification is a more practical goal. Chelsea played brighton this time, and in the 20th round the two sides met, when the two sides were tied. This time Chelsea away will be a big challenge, and the result is a draw again. Tuchel suffered consecutive blows in the league and failed to win four consecutive rounds.
Tuchel was in a 442 formation for this match. Kepa served as the starting goalkeeper. Marcos Alonso, Rudiger, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta are paired at 4 backs. Mount, Jorginho, Kante and Ziyech make up four midfielders. Lukaku and Hudson-Odoi have joined forces. Pulisic, Werner, Kovacic, Saul and Havertz sat on the bench. Chilwell and Reece James are out with injuries.
Perhaps due to the intense schedule that caused some fatigue among the players, Chelsea started with a slower start and did not show the level it should have as a Champions League winner. Still, Chelsea seized one of the few opportunities to score. It was Ziyeh who scored the goal, who scored a world wave. However, from the grim expression on his face after scoring the goal, it can be seen that he is not very happy. At the end of the half, Chelsea led by one goal. Chelsea had 56% possession in the first half, scoring 1 goal with 4 shots on target and 2 shots on target. Brighton had five shots on goal in the first half, one more than Chelsea, but the quality of the shots was poor and none of them were on target.
Chelsea also played unhurriedly after the start of the second half, only to be equalised by Brighton, with Webster's header breaking through kepa's goal. After being equalized, Chelsea tensed up and stepped up their attack. However, the shots of players such as Lukaku and Alonso did not translate into goals. Tuchel even swapped 3 people, with Wilts, Havertz and Kovacic useless. In the end, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Brighton.
Chelsea have gone four consecutive league games without winning, the first time that has happened since last January. At the same time, this is also the first time since 2016 that Tuchel has led the team to a four-game league winless game, setting a 6-year embarrassing record. After the match, Tuchel said the players were tired, physically and mentally tired and needed some time to rest. Lukaku, who chelsea had brought in heavily, did not perform well and was completely dumbfounded, he only had 2 shots on goal, 1 shot on target, and failed to score. Lukaku has only scored five goals in the league so far, which does not match his value. How to make Lukaku play higher has become an urgent problem for Tuchel to solve.