Chelsea dropped two potentially crucial points in their hunt for Champions League football as a 2-2 home draw with relegation-threatened Ipswich Town left them fifth in the Premier League.
Ipswich went into the break 2-0 up after goals from Julio Enciso and Ben Johnson.
The Blues responded immediately with Axel Tuanzebe turning into his own net just 17 seconds after the restart, but they scored just once more through Jadon Sancho’s stunning leveller from distance.
The dropped points could be significant for the Blues.
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Poor distribution in which he played the ball too quickly and Chelsea often lost it. Conceded two pretty poor goals.
Trevoh Chalobah 5
George Hirst cut inside him too easily in the second half for a shot. Tackled well at times.
Levi Colwill 7
Won a huge number of challenges and was not at fault for what went wrong at Stamford Bridge.
Tosin Adarabioyo 4
Played one very poor early pass into midfield and was substituted at half-time.
Marc Cucurella 6
Stepped into midfield well and forced the own goal that got Chelsea back into the game.
Enzo Fernandez 6
Got in his team-mates’ way a couple of times in the first half but had a greater impact after the interval. Missed a glorious late chance to win it.
Moises Caicedo 7
As ever, made some exceptional tackles which stopped Ipswich attacks at source. Passed well.
Noni Madueke 6
Ran at Ipswich whenever he could and assisted the Tuanzebe own goal with an inviting ball into the six-yard box.
Picked up an assist but looked really off it again, far from at his electric best, often choosing not to shoot from presentable positions.
Pedro Neto 6
At times moved the ball too slowly. Nearly scored a screamer and kept at it.
Nicolas Jackson 5
Missed a sitter in the first half but didn’t stop running all afternoon. Booked.
Subs:
Malo Gusto (Adarabioyo, 46’) 5
Mucked up a free-kick with a terrible pass to Madueke. Was otherwise quite composed on the ball.
Jadon Sancho (Madueke, 68’) 7
Scored his best goal for Chelsea with a peach into the top corner, displaying real impact off the bench.
Christopher Nkunku (Jackson, 87’) N/A
Not used: Badiashile, Jorgensen, Dewsbury-Hall, James,George, Acheampong
