The 25th day of the English championship started with a sacred poster. Leicester, third, welcomed Chelsea, fourth. Two teams, however, have experienced a slight slack in recent weeks. With eight points ahead of their rival of the day, the Foxes had a large margin of error, as did the Blues by six points ahead of Manchester United. And for this shock, Frank Lampard deprived himself, once again, of Olivier Giroud, and even more surprisingly, preferred Willy Caballero to Kepa in the cages! A punishment for the Spanish porter, not at its best lately. Otherwise, it was classic, with the presence of Pedro all the same. Brendan Rodgers was also releasing heavy artillery.
And the start of the meeting was fairly balanced. If Chelsea gave the impression of wanting to take control, with a slightly more attacking game than their opponent, it is the locals who have offered themselves the first opportunity of the game. A double opportunity for Tielemans and Maddison, whose shots were blocked in the area (23rd). Caballero then intervened well in front of Jamie Vardy (25th). The Blues finally replied via Pedro, but Schmeichel pulled out a nice tap against this dangerous dive ball from the former Barça (30th). The situations were linked, and Barnes saw his shot spinning just above the bar (33).
A double for Rüdiger
Chilwell still warned the Argentine goalkeeper (37th), while Mason Mount’s attempt was frustrated by the defense (41st). Choudhury’s head grazed the left upright (45th + 3). As you can see, the two teams will have had clear chances, with a Chelsea team who had possession against Foxes who even had the hottest situations. And upon returning from the locker room, the nets were finally going to tremble … On a corner kicked by Mount from the left side, Antonio Rüdiger placed a perfect helmet hit at the far post to propel the leather into the back of the net (0-1, 46th). What discourage Rodgers’ troops? Clearly not.
Launched by James Maddison, Harvey Barnes continued on a cross strike – countered by Christensen – which therefore cheated the goalkeeper of the Blues (1-1, 54th). The third row match in which the English winger manages to find his way to the goal. And ten minutes later, taking advantage of the passivity of the London defense, Ben Chilwell signed 2-1 with a kicking strike after a cross from Tielemans who had passed through Chelsea’s defense. The meeting was crazy, so much so that Rüdiger, who had not yet scored in PL before this match, even offered himself a double! The German defender headed there again, on a new Mount service, but on a free kick this time (2-2, 71st). It continued to grow among the residents of King Power Stadium met Evans (77th) and Barnes (80th) were close to putting their team in front. But the score ended there, and the two teams are standing still in the standings!
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