Burnley 1-1 Chelsea - As it happened

Dimitris Kontos 7 years ago 9.2k
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Re-live the draw between the Premier League leaders and gutsy Burnley at Turf Moor.

Burnley 1-1 Chelsea - As it happened

Re-live the draw between the Premier League leaders and gutsy Burnley at Turf Moor.

FULL-TIME: Burnley 1-1 Chelsea

Chelsea perhaps deserved more in the second half when they had the lion's share of possession, but ultimately it is a fair result for the way the hosts reacted when they went a goal. Under the circumstances, Chelsea can also feel content with the point at one of the most challenging grounds in the Premier League.

Added time

The fourth official shows four minutes of injury time

Fabregas sees yellow card

For a foul on Barnes to halt Burnley's counter-attack

Burton is booked

For a very harsh challenge on Willian

Final substitution for Chelsea

Pedro is replaced by Batshuayi

Chance for Chelsea

A beautiful build-up culminates to a pass towards Pedro on the right but his effort flies over the bar

Burnley make a change

Vokes comes on for Gray

Lowton also goes into the book

For a foul from behind on Diego Costa

David Luiz gets booked

For dissent

Second substitution for Chelsea

Willian replaces Moses

Chelsea miss a chance

A Chelsea cross from the left is deflected but the balls falls on Hazard on the edge of the area, his effort finishes just over the bar

Westwood gets booked

For bringing down Hazard. Chelsea also earn a free-kick in a dangerous position

Substitution for Chelsea

Fabregas comes on for Matic

First change for Burnley

Brady, the scorer of Burnley's goal, is replaced by Arfield

Chelsea shot just over the bar

Azpilicueta fires from long range, it grazes the bar

Chelsea miss a chance

Diego Costa does well to dispossess a Burnley defender, he enters the area but despite his best efforts he cannot find a clear look as the defence closes in on him and his effort is deflected

Burnley miss big chance

Burnley break, David Luiz lets a weak pass slip past him and the ball reaches Gray who is all alone in front of Courtois, but his inexplicably weak shot is saved by the Belgian

Second half under way

There are no changes for either team

HALF-TIME: Burnley 1-1 Chelsea

There have been but a handful of chances but we did see two beautiful goals, each in their own right. There is the sense that anything can happen in the second half and Chelsea will have to work really hard to get the three points here.

Courtois saves Chelsea

Lowton finds the ball in his path as he enters Chelsea's area, he fires it low but Courtois saves brilliantly at his near post

Half-chance for Burnley

Gray makes a run down the left, he sends in a clever low cross which rolls across Chelsea's goal but no one is there to connect with it

GOAL: Burnley 1-1 Chelsea (Brady, 24 mins)

Brady also though the free-kick was in a dangerous position and was eager to take it... he sends it in Courtois's top-right corner, there was absolutely nothing the Chelsea goalkeeper could have done

Dangerous free-kick to Burnley

Matic gives away a free-kick on the edge of the area

Burnley miss a chance

The hosts dispossess the Chelsea defence dangerously close to the area, the ball falls on Brady on the edge of the box but his effort goes wide off Courtois's post

GOAL: Burnley 0-1 Chelsea (Pedro, 7 mins)

Chelsea break, Moses squares it for Pedro just outside the box and the Spaniard slots it into the bottom right-hand corner.

First chance for Chelsea

Great through ball by Diego Costa to Hazard who fires from a wide angle, the Burnley keeper saves

Kick-off

Burnley get us under way

The teams are coming out of the tunnel

Three minutes to kick-off

 

This is an especially tricky fixture for the Blues as Burnely might stand in 13th place, but have won 28 of their 29 points so far this season at home. 

So what is there anything terrifying about Turf Moor that affects the performance of visiting teams? Look at the photo and judge for yourselves...

Here are the starting line-ups for both teams, with Chelsea fielding a full-strength team:

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boyd, Barton, Westwood, Brady, Gray, Barnes

Subs: Robinson, Flanagan, Arfield, Vokes, Darikwa, Gudmundsson, Tarkowski

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard

Subs: Begovic, Zouma, Ake, Chalobah, Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi.

 

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