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Chelsea suffered another disappointment on Sunday by losing 2 to 1 at Wolverhampton in the last match on the program for the 18th day of the English Championship.
After this eighth defeat of the season in the Premier League, Mauricio Pochettino’s team remains tenth with 22 points (6 wins and 4 draws), eighteen lengths behind leader Arsenal and seventeen from the podium, occupied by Liverpool (2nd). ) and Aston Villa (3rd).
Wolverhamton, on the other hand, climbs from fourteenth to eleventh place, tied on points with the Blues and Bournemouth (12th), ten points ahead of the first relegation, Luton.
The Wolves opened the scoring with Gabonese Mario Lemina’s header, receiving a corner taken on the right by Pablo Sarabia (51st).
Matt Doherty, with a flat foot in the area, thought he would definitely knock out the Londoners in added time (90th+3) but Frenchman Christopher Nkunku, who came on in the 58th minute, reignited the suspense for the final minutes (11 minutes of added time) by reducing the score with a header from a cross from Raheem Sterling (90th + 6).
Nkunku, injured after his transfer from Leipzig, was playing his second with the Blues, after a League Cup match on Tuesday.
In the first half, Chelsea had a huge scoring opportunity but Sterling, uninspired, came up against Portuguese goalkeeper Jose Sa (33rd).
The nineteenth day, the last of the first leg, will be played next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Liverpool will travel to Burnley (19th) on Tuesday, Aston Villa will be on the field of Manchester United (8th) the same day and Arsenal will host West Ham (6th) on Saturday.
Manchester City (5th), just crowned with its Club World Cup title, will battle it out in Liverpool against Everton (16th) on Wednesday.
2023-12-24 20:11:23
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