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London (AFP) – In the race for the title, Chelsea (3rd) seem to run out of steam week after week and this Tuesday they dropped two points again, drawing with Brighton (9th) in the early game of matchday 24 of the English championship.
With 44 points, the Blues are one point behind Liverpool despite having played two more games and 12 behind leaders Manchester City, who also have one game in hand.
Advance to allow Chelsea to participate in the Club World Cup in February, Thomas Tuchel’s team showed that they had not recovered from the defeat against City last weekend (1-0).
The Moroccan Hakim Ziyech put the Blues ahead in the first half (28), with a dry and tight shot that the Red goalkeeper Robert Sánchez was not able to take out.
However, in a clear marking error, the giant Adam Webster (1.91 m) equalized for those from the south of the country with a shot from 7 meters against which the also international for Spain Kepa (60) could do nothing.
“You have been able to see that mentally and physically, the players are tired,” admitted Tuchel after the 15th game played by his team since the beginning of December.
“The boys need a break, there is no other solution,” added the German, whose team will play the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Lille in just over a month.
Burnley-Watford, matchday 17, was also to be played this Tuesday, but it was postponed again because the venues did not have the minimum number of players, as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and injuries.
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On Wednesday, Tottenham (6th), which plays in Leicester (7:30 p.m. GMT), and Manchester United (7th), in Brentford (8:00 p.m. GMT), will try to reduce their deficit of 4 and 5 points compared to West Ham, which is fourth, the last qualifying place for the next Champions League.
On Thursday, the championship will give way to the League Cup and the semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Liverpool (first leg 0-0).
— Program of the matches played between Tuesday and Wednesday of the Premier League (in GMT hours):
– Tuesday:
matchday 17
Burnley – Watford Postponed
24th day
Brighton 1 Webster (60)
Chelsea 1 Ziyech (28)
– Wednesday:
matchday 17
(19h30 Leicester – Tottenham
(20h00) Brentford – Manchester United
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Manchester City 56 22 18 2 2 54 13 41
2. Liverpool 45 21 13 6 2 55 18 37
3. Chelsea 44 23 12 8 3 46 18 28
4.West Ham 37 22 11 4 7 41 30 11
5. Arsenal 35 20 11 2 7 33 25 8
6. Tottenham 33 18 10 3 5 23 20 3
7. Manchester United 32 20 9 5 6 32 29 3
8. Wolverhampton 31 20 9 4 7 17 15 2
9. Brighton 29 21 6 11 4 22 22 0
10. Leicester 25 18 7 4 7 31 33 -2
11. Crystal Palace 24 21 5 9 7 30 31 -1
12. Southampton 24 21 5 9 7 25 33 -8
13. Aston Villa 23 20 7 2 11 27 32 -5
14. Brentford 23 21 6 5 10 24 33 -9
15. Leeds 22 20 5 7 8 24 39 -15
16. Everton 19 19 5 4 10 24 34 -10
17. Watford 14 19 4 2 13 23 37 -14
18. Norwich City 13 21 3 4 14 10 45 -35
19. Newcastle 12 20 1 9 10 20 43 -23
20. Burnley 11 17 1 8 8 16 27 -11
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