Chelsea went back to their old ways despite Sterling’s double

Raheem Sterling’s double prevented another defeat for Chelsea this Saturday, in this case against Nottingham Forest, who went ahead on the scoreboard after an error by Édouard Mendy, who started in place of Kepa Arrizabalaga who, between physical problem and regained possession For the Basque goalkeeper, he played his first game since December 4 (when in the Qatar 2022 World Cup with Senegal, his team, faced England in the round of 16, beating the African champions 3-0). The match ended 2-2.

The truth is that, after his long absence, Édouard Mendy’s error in an outing allowed Taiwo Awoniyi to put Nottingham Forest (who were fighting for safety) ahead in the 13th minute. The Senegalese goalkeeper made a mistake.

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Chelsea made merits to win, as many mistakes as they made. Since his return to lead the ‘blues’, Lampard has won just one of his eight games. He is eleventh in the standings.

He Nottingham Forest They stopped a streak of eight consecutive defeats between all competitions and finally saved a point that, at this point, has value in the tight struggle to avoid relegation. Forest have 3 rental points with 2 games to go. Everton and Leicester, behind him, have 3 games left.

As if the evil of those Chelsea, the London team lost Kovacic before the break due to injury. Joao Félix goes on and on, often in vain. A header from him seems more than ever. Keylor Navas caught him. It’s true that was the London team’s only occasion in the entire first half.

Sterling didn’t work either, until Chalobah’s irruption down the right wing enabled Chelsea’s second chance and 1-1. Between the striker’s pass and shot are two competing rebounds. Between a shot with the right, inside the area, after a pass behind his teammate, and the net has another rebound. The strap. At minute 50.

A boost for Chelsea and Sterling, which caused a slight return on the brink of time, with an action and an individual meaning facilitated by Felipe. He went to the ground so quickly, unnecessarily, that everything was easier for the local attacker: he settled on the right and crossed it out of the reach of Keylor Navas.

But all this was not right with the London team that, in three minutes, they received 2-2. Awoniyi marked it with a header, completing his double. Chelsea’s late offensive has changed nothing. Manchester City awaits him tomorrow.