Tammy Abraham scored a stoppage-time equaliser to complete an incredible comeback and rescue a point for Chelsea at West Bromwich Albion after they had trailed 3-0 at half-time.
Match Reports
In a thrilling match, West Brom looked to be heading for their first win back in the Premier League after racing into a commanding lead inside the opening 30 minutes at The Hawthorns.
A mistake by Marcos Alonso led to the hosts' first, Matheus Pereira feeding Callum Robinson to produce a classy finish past Willy Caballero, who was starting in place of dropped £71m keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Thiago Silva, who was making his Premier League debut for Chelsea, was then too casual in possession, allowing Robinson to pounce and run at goal before doubling the lead with another impressive finish.
Remarkably, it was quickly 3-0 as Kyle Bartley was left unmarked to tap home inside the six-yard box after the visitors failed to deal with a corner.
But Frank Lampard's side rallied after the break and Mason Mount reducing the deficit from 20 yards.
Substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi set up a tense finale with a stylish finish, before Abraham, making his first top-flight start of the season, tapped home the equaliser in the 93rd minute after Mount's shot had been saved.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Chelsea (Robinson)
12' CLOSE! Abraham's shot over the bar
15' CLOSE! Werner hits the beam
25' GOAL! West Brom 2-0 Chelsea (Robinson)
28' GOAL! West Brom 3-0 Chelsea (Bartley)
36' James' shot stopped
55' GOAL! West Brom 3-1 Chelsea (Mount)
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57' Havertz's shot stopped by Johnstone
70' GOAL! West Brom 3-2 Chelsea (Hudson-Odoi)
89' Werner's long shot too straight
93' GOAL! West Brom 3-3 Chelsea (Abraham)
Line-ups
West Brom XI: Livermore, R. Sawyers, Bartley, S. Johnstone, C. Townsend, Robinson, S. Ajayi, Matheus Pereira, D. Furlong, G. Diangana, O'Shea
Subs: R.Kanu, Button, Phillips, C. Kipre, K. Edwards, S.Field, R. Harper
Chelsea XI: Thiago Silva, Caballero, Alonso, Kovacic, Christensen, Kante, Werner, Abraham, Mount, Havertz, Reece James
Subs: Azpilicueta, Giroud, Barkley, Jorginho, Kepa, Tomori, Hudson-Odoi
SH3012
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LESSON OF THE MATCH:- "Never Give Up until the last minute"
Cityzen18
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Now they can't forget the first half. Frank made mistakes in team selection . He needs to select more players who are well settled and have played a season . Honestly havertz needs to be better but he will improve and do not start alonso .
Johnny11
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When Mason Mount scored, Chelsea had a mountain to climb and then Hudson odoi came on and scored they had one more hurdle to equalize the game and then Tammy Abraham tapped it into the net for both teams to settle for a point..
Rock70
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Everything is 3 or more than 3 with Chelsea
xtremeCR7
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life is teaching Chelsea that money can't buy everything
lasbdelpy
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this match is officially sponsored by Chelsea's kit
JuniorGunner•••
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MOUNT started the comeback to show, no MOUNTain is too high to climb
Johnny11
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Too bad that Chelsea fans WILL not CHILLWELL and DRINKWATER in the first half because they have a MOUNT ain to climb and they didn't HAVE IT go their way today because the HURDLE was too huge to climb and grab a WERN..
Greenwood11
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Same story in the prem[Crylaugh]
sufyrumu
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Chelsea Haters at half-time vs Chelsea Haters at full-time 😂
FootballChief
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Chelsea fans after realizing top 4 will be difficult this season
Urfa
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The third kits debut also of to a sloppy start
oz_nuestro
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Thiago Silva in PSG vs Thiago Silva in Chelsea😂
Holuwhapamilerin
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Official - WEST BROM try to used their BROOM to sweep away CHELSEA in their home but CHELSEA stand firm and drew the game
Olatunde29ice
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1. Lampard still has issue with first team selection 2. Hudson Odoi needs playing time 3. Haverts is a great asset if used in his right position 4. Lampard underrated Westbrom with the team selection. 5. There was no team play. 6. Mount is a machine, he's everywhere 7. Werner always mark from the back. 8. What is christensen still doing in that team. 9. Kante needs a backup. He's getting tayad. 10. Alonso is a Flop
Bandura
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GIF GIF GIF!: https://bit.ly/3cFNdh9
Keddon21
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LESSON OF THE MATCH:- "Never Give Up until the last minute"
Or after the last minute. @manu
Cityzen18
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Now they can't forget the first half. Frank made mistakes in team selection . He needs to select more players who are well settled and have played a season . Honestly havertz needs to be better but he will improve and do not start alonso .
city signed a lot of players in pep's first window but the core of the team consisting of aguero , kompany , silva , fernandinho , kevin remained the same and look city made history . New signings don't win PL alone. Period.