Zian Flemming\u2019s stoppage-time header earned Burnley a 1-1 draw with Chelsea after Wesley Fofana was dismissed in the second half for two yellow cards. Chelsea had taken an early lead through Jo\u00e3o Pedro, who has now scored seven goals in 10 appearances under Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n
Fofana\u2019s second booking followed two mistimed challenges that cost Chelsea their numerical advantage and altered the pattern of the game. The dismissal punished an overly aggressive approach and handed Burnley a clear route back into the match from a corner. The red card will also rule Fofana out of next week\u2019s clash with Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Robert S\u00e1nchez \u201ccommanded his area effectively and was helpless to deny Flemming in the 93rd minute.\u201d Despite that late goal, Chelsea still moved temporarily into fourth, although Manchester United can leapfrog them on Monday.<\/p>\n
Jo\u00e3o Pedro was the standout attacker, finishing from close range to open the scoring and linking play thereafter. Pedro Neto used his searing speed to assist the striker and proved a handful for Burnley\u2019s defence. Cole Palmer was the liveliest of the forwards, while Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez struggled to make a decisive impact.<\/p>\n
Trevoh Chalobah produced an otherwise impressive display but saw his clean sheet end because of his centre-back partner\u2019s red card. Reece James was characteristically solid defensively but found the lack of natural width down the right-hand side limited his attacking influence. Mois\u00e9s Caicedo supplied the through ball that created the opener, while Andrey Santos offered another composed midfield performance.<\/p>\n
The match stats underline Chelsea\u2019s control of possession and territory: possession 66% to 34%, expected goals 1.88 to 0.78, total shots 12 each and shots on target 2 to 4. Chelsea created more big chances yet paid for a lapse in discipline and a late defensive error that cost two points against promoted opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fofana red and a late Flemming header leave Chelsea with a 1-1 draw despite Pedro’s opener. tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[795,190,969],"tags":[944,1012,1089],"class_list":["post-7008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burnley","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","tag-andrey-santos","tag-burnley-style","tag-chelsea-struggles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}