A Gareth McAuley own goal looked to have settled matters decisively in Chelsea’s favour but with only minutes remaining, James McClean met Saido Berahino’s flick to give the visitors a deserved point and leave them three points clear of Chelsea in the table.
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With Chelsea 12 points adrift of the top four, and Hiddink clinging only to the mathematical possibility of Champions League qualification, it is time for owner Roman Abramovich to see tangible evidence of a return on his £100 million investment in the club’s academy. That was a game we wanted to win. Under Jose Mourinho, the Blues and West Ham were fined £50,000 ($71,300) and £40,000 respectively in November 2015 after admitting misconduct during the home side’s 2-1 win at Upton Park.
“Now we need another 13 points to get to 40”, Pulis said.
After being booked for a reckless challenge on West Brom midfielder Craig Gardner, Costa was involved in a number of heated confrontations with the visiting players, including defender Jonas Olsson and goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. For the second time in four days, Roman Abramovich was brought to his feet in visible delight by a young teenage talent but, for the seventh time in this most traumatic of seasons, his team were ultimately unable to win at home. Although he also added, “We were disappointed with one or two of our players because they got wound…”
“Diego Costa controlled himself, he is very risky”.
“I think he should have been sent off”, Courtois said.
This is West Brom’s 10th PL match at Stamford Bridge, but only their fourth goal.
“Why do we pay these chelsea players they r useless”. “Every now and then if you have to control them it’s much better”. We have tremendous respect for Chelsea but we felt we might cause them problems.
The Blues have had a forgettable campaign to date, with the reigning Premier League champions falling from their perch and toiling in the lower reaches of the division.
First, Costa capitalised on Phil Jagielka’s indecision to sneak between the centre-back and Howard and the striker then returned the favour for Fabregas, producing a clever backheel to find the Spaniard, whose deflected shot from the edge of the area snuck inside the near post.
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“That’s my concern, a bit, that we create and we are not finishing it totally off”.
