Chelsea have been the architects of their very own downfall in opposition to relegation battling West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Leading 1-0 following wonderful reactions from Christian Pulisic to modify his ft and faucet house the opening purpose Chelsea’s afternoon went downhill from then on.
Thiago Silva had already picked up an early reserving for a cynical foul inside 5 minutes pulling again Matheus Pereira earlier than getting his marching order earlier than the half-hour mark.
The skilled Brazilian defender launched himself in entrance of an Okay Yokuslu shot however clattered into the midfielder together with his follow-through leaving David Coote with little selection however to brandish a second yellow card.
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At 1-0 up the Blues have been unable to get to the break with their lead intact and following two fast strikes from Pereira the Baggies led 2-1 at half-time.
Thomas Tuchel was unable to flip the tide ruing the break and West Brom scored two counter-attack targets in opposition to the ten males to take a 4-1 lead.
Moments earlier than Mbaye Diagne added the Baggies fourth Matteo Kovacic’s frustrations received the higher of the midfielder.
Referee Coote booked the Croatian observe a poor sort out however Kovacic made it clear for all to hear that he didn’t agree with the officers choice, shouting loudly in Coote’s route:
“Shame on you. Yeah, yeah, properly carried out. Worst ref ever,” as reported by soccer.london’s Chelsea correspondent Adam Newson.
The Blues did mount a spirited fightback from 4-1 down although. Half-time substitute Mason Mount tapped house a easy end following an unselfish little bit of play from Timo Werner to present the help to make it 4-2.
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However, it was too little too late for Tuchel’s crew as Chelsea fell to their first loss since the German took over from Frank Lampard in January, with a late Callum Robinson strike making it 5-2 by the last whistle.
With West Ham and Spurs nonetheless to play this weekend the shock defeat to Sam Allardyce’s crew might see the Blues finish the weekend down in sixth place behind each of their London rivals, in what is popping into a really tight battle for the prime 4 spots.
