Chelsea’s winless Premier League run stretched to four matches on Tuesday, when their slender title hopes suffered yet more damage. In Premier League football results, Chelsea drew 1-1 away at Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday.
Chelsea’s last win in the Premier League came in a 3-1 victory against Aston Villa on Boxing Day, since gaining three points from the last 12 available.
But with this most recent draw, Chelsea now remain in third place with 44 points. Indeed, they are 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, even though they have played a game more.
Liverpool are second with 45 points, having played two games fewer than Chelsea, at that.
On the other hand, Brighton, who are in ninth place, have now drawn 11 games this season.
Winger Hakim Ziyech’s opportunist strike gave Thomas Tuchel’s side the lead against the run of play in the 28th minute.
But Brighton their endeavour when defender Adam Webster thundered a header past goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga on the hour mark. Webster scored this equalizer after some intense home pressure.
Chelsea began to dominate possession late on but didn’t find a winner as Brighton dug deep to preserve their point.
Premier League Football Results – Chelsea Drew 1-1 Away at Brighton
For all of Brighton’s bright approach and plays early on, they struggled to land a telling blow.
Instead, Chelsea stunned them first when Ziyech took aim from 25 yards and rifled a low shot. The strike went in, and we can admit that the home keeper, Robert Sanchez, could have done better with.
Brighton then began the second half on the front foot. Pascal Gross played Danny Welbeck in but the striker got his angles wrong and blazed wide.
Just before the hour mark Alexis Mac Allister was picked out by the lively Marc Cucurella. Arrizabalaga, however, deftly clawed away Cucurella’s deflected shot.
From the resulting corner Webster thundered a header into the net after finding space in the area.
Striker Romelu Lukaku had a chance to restore Chelsea’s lead from a clever lobbed pass by Antonio Rudiger. In the end, though, he could not beat Sanchez and the Belgian left the pitch for a substitute soon after.
Tuchel sent on Kai Havertz and Timo Werner from the bench, and Brighton were hanging on at the end. This was a fair result because a Chelsea victory would have been undeserved after another frustrating display.
