Chelsea blow chance to top Premier League at Brentford

Chelsea missed the accidental to spell apical of the Premier League arsenic Fabio Carvalho’s 93rd infinitesimal equaliser salvaged a 2-2 gully for Brentford successful Saturday’s westbound London derby.

The satellite champions paid for Enzo Maresca’s experimental squad enactment arsenic Kevin Schade fired Brentford into a first-half lead.

Substitute Cole Palmer led the Chelsea revival connected his instrumentality from injury to equalise earlier Moises Caicedo’s thunderous onslaught looked to person snatched each 3 points for the Blues.

But Brentford’s persistent menace from agelong throw-ins got its reward astatine the decease erstwhile Carvalho was near unmarked to pat successful from adjacent range.

Chelsea stay unbeaten this play but beryllium lone fifth, 1 constituent down the starring quartet of Arsenal, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Liverpool.

Maresca volition wonderment what mightiness person been had helium not seemingly had 1 oculus connected Wednesday’s Champions League travel to Bayern Munich.

Jorrel Hato struggled connected his afloat Premier League debut, portion Wesley Fofana lone lasted 45 minutes connected his archetypal commencement of the season.

Facundo Buonanotte and Jamie Gittens were unimpressive successful attacking areas arsenic Chelsea were made to wage for wasting 45 minutes.

Brentford saw Yoane Wissa articulation Bryan Mbeumo successful leaving the nine this week, stripping to Bees of a combined 39 Premier League goals past season.

The onus is connected Schade to measurement into void near by the departed duo. The German delivered with his archetypal of the play connected 35 minutes.

Jordan Henderson’s done shot picked retired Schade’s tally and helium chopped wrong Tosin Adarabioyo earlier firing into the bottommost corner.

Maresca wasted nary clip successful showing his dissatisfaction with a level archetypal 45 minutes.

Marc Cucurella, Reece James and Tyrique George replaced Hato, Fofana and Buonanotte astatine the break.

George forced Caoimhín Kelleher into a good save, but the crippled genuinely turned connected the instauration of Palmer connected 56 minutes.

The England planetary missed the Blues erstwhile 2 games done wounded but showed nary signs of rustiness to level 5 minutes aft his arrival.

Joao Pedro did good to caput down Enzo Fernandez’s transverse and Palmer pounced for his archetypal non-penalty Premier League extremity since January.

Schade astir restored Brentford’s pb consecutive distant arsenic Robert Sanchez got down smartly to his close to save.

Palmer should person doubled his tally erstwhile helium fired excessively adjacent to Kelleher with conscionable the goalkeeper to bushed aft an electrical burst from Pedro Neto.

But it was a much irregular root of goals who enactment Chelsea successful front.

Another Chelsea debutant Alejandro Garnacho’s transverse was cleared to the borderline of the box, wherever Caicedo was lurking and, aft steadying himself, took purpose to smash into the apical corner.

Garnacho, though, undid his bully enactment by switching disconnected heavy into stoppage clip and allowing Carvalho to crook successful Kristoffer Ajer’s flick-on.

A gully edges Brentford up to 12th with 4 points from their archetypal 4 games.

The station Chelsea stroke accidental to apical Premier League astatine Brentford appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.