Poch’s frustration as Chelsea held to draw

CHELSEA’S capacity for chaos knows no bounds, this time losing two leads against a Burnley team consisting of 10 men and no manager on the sidelines of Stamford Bridge as Mauricio Pochettino was left perplexed at the 2-2 draw.

Pochettino is never one for burying his players in public. More than most Premier League managers, he will defend them.

So when Chelsea’s manager calmly pointed to his heart and then his head in his post-match press conference — to suggest what was missing — it was cutting by his genteel standards.

Chelsea’s fans booed at full-time, knowing this was an opportunity missed to move into the top half of the Premier League table.

Cole Palmer twice left them in a position from which they should have won yet Burnley — even after losing Lorenz Assignon and manager Vincent Kompany to red cards in the 40th minute — went on to equalise through Ireland duo Josh Cullen and then Dara O’Shea.

There was a complete reversal of fortune for another Irishman as Seamus Coleman’s 91st minute own goal condemned Everton to a 2-1 defeat away to Bournemouth.

The visitors had looked set for a valuable point when Beto’s 87thminute goal cancelled out Dominic Solanke’s opener but in the dying moments Adam Smith’s deep cross bounced up and hit Coleman on the chest before dropping into the net.

Elsewhere, Chris Wood scored his seventh goal in eight league games as Nottingham Forest moved back out of the relegation zone with a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace, while Rodrigo Muniz’s superb stoppagetime equaliser denied Sheffield United a rare Premier League win in a six-goal thriller against Fulham at Bramall Lane.