Chelsea missed the chance to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League as Victor Anichebe's late equaliser earned West Brom a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw at The Hawthorns on Tuesday.Branislav
Ivanovic put Jose Mourinho's side ahead in first-half stoppage time
when smashing the ball home from close range following David Luiz's
flick on from a Chelsea corner.
Oscar went close to doubling the lead shortly after the restart, before
Foster denied both Samuel Eto'o and Willian with a two solid saves.
Eto'o fired wide following a smart pass from Eden Hazard and Ivanovic
was booked for squaring up to the linesman, but Chelsea were made to rue
their missed chances as Anichebe levelled proceedings three minutes
from time.
Saido Berahino sent in a cross and Anichebe beat Petr Cech and Luiz to
head the ball against the base of the post and into the net.
With all the momentum and six minutes of stoppage time, West Brom
pushed for a winner to ease their relegation fears but Anichebe wasted a
chance to ease their relegation fears before Willian failed to claim
all three points for Chelsea at the death.
Fear gripped the other three games of the evening, with five of the six
teams in action fighting against relegation, and it showed on the
scoresheet with just three goals in total.
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