Hazard strikes late to earn Chelsea draw
Eden Hazard’s injury-time strike cancelled out Raul Jimenez’s surprise opener as Chelsea drew 1-1 with Wolves at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League yesterday.
Wolves frustrated Maurizio Sarri’s men on a windy afternoon in south west London and Jimenez broke the deadlock, with the visitors’ only shot on target, in the 56th minute with a heavily-deflected strike that crept over the line.
Chelsea tried to find a way through Wolves’ resilient defence, and eventually they found an answer through Hazard’s driven shot in injury time (90+2) to steal the hosts a point.
The result means Wolves create a one-point lead over Watford in seventh place. Chelsea stay in sixth after seeing their three-game winning streak come to an end and hit a setback in the topfour race.
Wolves failed to get a shot on goal away, or even a touch in Chelsea’s box, in the first half but they did very well to limit the hosts to very few goalscoring opportunities on a blustery afternoon.
Gonzalo Higuain struck from a narrow angle in the 18th minute, but Rui Patricio was able to get his body behind it.
There were half-hearted appeals for a Chelsea penalty five minutes later when the ball appeared to strike Jimenez’s arm in the box as he made a clearance, but referee Michael Oliver waved away the protests.