Chelsea began winning, Fernández gave an exquisite assist to the Portuguese Joao Félix who filtered into the area between the defenders and beat the Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, establishing the 1-0.
However, after 27 minutes the local tie arrived. The Czech Vladiir Coufal sent a cross from the right, the Chelsea defense failed and did not clear, a situation that the Brazilian Emerson took advantage of to enter from behind everyone and beat the Spanish Kepa.
After the draw, the development of the clash between London teams was equated and faced with the need to go looking for the result, Chelsea was repetitive, without variations or surprise.
Nine minutes from the end, Chelsea suffered a scare when the Czech Tomas Soucek scored 2-1 but the play was annulled due to a teammate’s advanced position by VAR.
There was a bitter taste for Chelsea, at the dawn of the game everything was conducive to a victory, but then the team played badly and did not make a difference against a lesser rival, resulting in fair equality. At West Ham Manuel Lanzini was a substitute.
In other games played today, the Argentine midfielder Carlos Alcaraz achieved his first conquest in Southampton, which he lost to Wolverhampton 2-1, at home, while his compatriot Marcos Senesi scored the goal for Bournemouth that equalized with Newcastle 1-1 , locally
Alcaraz, a 20-year-old former Racing Club, was part of his team’s starting lineup for the first time in the tournament, scoring after 24 minutes of the first half and then was replaced after 28 minutes of the second stage.
Senesi, for his part, started and scored the goal for Bournemouth thirty minutes into the initial stage and was replaced -due to injury- at 7 minutes into the match.
The other results of the matches played this Saturday are these: Arsenal 1-Brentford 1; Crystal Palace 1-Brighton (Alexis MacAllister) 1; Fulham 2-Nottingham Forest 0; Leicester 4-Tottenham Hotspur 1; Southampton 1-Wolverhampton 2 and Bournemouth 1-Newcastle United 1.
Domingo: a las 11: Leeds-Manchester United; a las 13.30: Manchester City-Aston Villa.
Lunes: a las 17: Liverpool-Everton.
POSITIONS: Arsenal 51 puntos; Manchester City 45; Manchester United 43; Newcastle United 41; Tottenham 39; Brighton And Hove y Fulham 35; Brentford 34; Chelsea 31; Liverpool 29; Aston Villa 28; Crystal Palace 25; Nottingham Forest y Leicester City 24; Wolverhampton 23; West Ham 20; Leeds United 19; Everton y Bournemouth 18 y Southampton 15.
