Monday 18 January 2016






It was a crazy 2nd half at the Bridge on Saturday and there's no denying it Chelsea were fortunate to come away with a draw.
Manager Guus Hiddink said "I cannot deny it, I saw it, to be honest it was off-side. Sometimes decisions go in your favour, sometimes it's damaging." This of course refers to John Terry's, 8th minute of time added on, equaliser in a 3-3 match verses Everton. On the other talking point of why so much added time, the facts were the additional minutes were because Everton had celebrated their 3rd goal for something like 1 minute and 30 seconds. So the extra extra-time was their own fault.
In fact the whole game would have had a sense of deja vu for Everton and their fans, as going 2 goals up, drawing back to 2-2, then over celebrating a goal before conceding in the very last minute, was exactly what happened against Bournemouth in another 3-3 scoreline back in November. 
No real prizes then for the 'Lucky Strike' award of the weekend, except that all three Chelsea goals had something about them to qualify. Jagielka and Howard confusing each other to allow Diego Costa to score the first goal, Cesc Fabregas' shot deflected off a defender for the 2nd and finally John Terry's late late off-side back heel, for the lucky hat-trick. 
There were many other deflected shots this weekend that ended up in the net, but I think a clean sweep at the Bridge is only fair.

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