Chelsea Draw Against Burnley at the Bridge as They Miss yet Another Golden Opportunity

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It was the final game of this week’s premier league match action, as Chelsea who are in the race for the top 4 hosted a stubborn Burnley side, for a chance to capitalize on a rare opportunity to move to 3rd place. As the other top 4 contenders all lost their respective fixtures.

This was a much-anticipated fixture for the Chelsea fans, as they wanted to watch their team capitalize on a golden opportunity that was presented to them in their title race, but the final outcome at the bridge was a very frustrating and disappointing result as they have now failed to capitalize on the golden opportunities twice this season.

Chelsea has been in lots of ups and downs this season and should be in a comfortable position in their top 4 race if they had gotten the job done is most games that they should be winning and also taking advantage of the previous opportunity that came to them to overtake Spurs in 3rd place. It was a rare premier league week, as the 3 top 4 contenders all lost their matches, giving the blues the golden opportunity to take advantage on that and move to 3rd, but they fail to capitalize yet again and are currently under serious pressure of not making it into the top 4.

Burnley are currently in a good position and are not fighting for anything, and have already secured their stay in the premier league. It has not been an easy season for them in terms of results, but they will be pleased to have gotten enough points especially at the bridge to keep them in the premier league and hope for better things to come next season. For them, they will be glad for the point at the bridge coming into the game as the underdogs and will be aiming to finish as high as possible on the table.

Brief Post-Match Analyses

It was a fantastic atmosphere at the bridge, the fans all excited for another premier league action on a cool Monday night.

Chelsea lineup in their usual 4-3-3 formation, while Burnley lineup in a 4-4-2 formation. The game began and Chelsea were already looking in control of the match in most parts of the first half but ended up conceding an early goal, before reply instantly and going in front very early in the first half, but Burnley canceled the lead minutes later to deny Chelsea 3 precious points.

Hendrick scored the early goal of the match for Burnley in the 8th minute, firing on to the ball that fell to his patch.

Kante equalized for Chelsea 4 minutes later, receiving a cool pass from Hazard to roof the ball with his weaker left foot. A great instant reply.

Higuain put Chelsea in front 2 minutes later, a perfect backheel pass from the Chelsea captain to set Higuain up to release a thunderous strike to send the home fans wild and a great way to get back to scoring again after quite a long time.

Barnes canceled the lead in the 24th minute for Burnley, to deny the blues the precious 3 points at home.
It was a very frustrating and disappointing result for Chelsea and the fans, as they will be kicking their selves for not taking advantage of the golden opportunity that fell for them for the second time this season.

It was a very frustrating and disappointing result for Chelsea and the fans, as they will be kicking their selves for not taking advantage of the golden opportunity that fell for them for the second time this season.