Chelsea beats Leicester and overtakes Manchester City in fourth place in the Premier League
Cucurella scored the only goal of the match from distance. Cole Palmer missed a penalty for the first time in the Premier League. Tottenham suffer another home defeat against Bournemouth
It wasn’t easy, but Chelsea managed to get back to winning ways in the Premier League . A long-range shot from Cucurella earned the Blues the three points against Leicester .
It took until the hour mark for the goal to arrive, but until then Chelsea had struggled… and rightly so. Not because they hadn’t been dominant throughout the 90 minutes — the London team had 17 more shots than their opponents and Hermansen , with seven saves, put in a great performance — but because, in the first half, everything was going wrong for the Blues . In the 22nd minute, history was made, when Cole Palmer missed, for the first time in the English league, a penalty: he chose the right side, Hermansen guessed and threw himself to stop the Englishman’s 13th successful penalty. Four minutes later, Adarabioyo cut in, but the ball went past Sánchez and straight at the post.It was at the hour mark that the duel was decided. Cucurella took on the attacking responsibility from mid-range and, with a perfectly placed shot, made it 1-0. Despite Palmer ‘s drought continuing , having not scored or assisted in six games (his longest losing streak since joining Chelsea ), Enzo Maresca’s team did something they hadn’t done since December 15: they won two consecutive Premier League games .
Much further down the table are Tottenham , who drew at home to Bournemouth .
The Gunners played for over an hour to forget, with Kerkez delivering a platter for Tavernier to open the scoring in the 42nd minute and former FC Porto player Evanilson scoring the second in the 65th minute. Ange Postecoglou’s team still managed to react in time: Pape Matar Sarr reduced the deficit two minutes after making it 0-2 and, in the 84th minute, Son made no mistake from the penalty spot to seal the draw.
Tottenham are now in 13th place with 34 points, 10 behind Bournemouth , who are in eighth place.
