Burnley secured a late goal to punish Chelsea for wasting several goal scoring opportunities, but The Blues are still top of the league
Norwich beat Brentford 2-1 at Brentford Community Stadium to earn first win of the season
By Kehinde Okeowo
Chelsea rued missing several scoring opportunities after they were pegged back by hard fighting Burnley to end the encounter at the Stamford Bridge 1-1.
The home side opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Reece James found German striker Kai Havertz with a nice pass which he brilliantly tucked away to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead.
The home side continued to dominate ball possession and goalmouth actions but were unable to add to their tally before the end of the first half, as Burnley’s rearguard remained resolute.
Burnley made Chelsea pay for all the chances wasted, when Matej Vydra, scored from an assist from Jay Rodriguez to level the score 1-1 in the 79th minute.
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The game became frantic thereafter, but neither of the two sides could score the decisive goal before the match referee, Andre Marriner, brought the game to an end.
Meanwhile, Norwich City won for the first time this season when they held on to beat Brentford City 2-1 at the Brentford Community Stadium.
The away side scored the first goal of the game as early as the 6th minute when Ivan Toney’s weak attempt at clearing the ball in his box was punished by Mathias Normann to give Norwich 1-0 lead.
The visitors doubled their advantage in the 29th minute after Charlie Goode tripped Teemu Pukki in his penalty box and Pukki converted the resultant penalty to give Norwich a 2-0 advantage.
Brentford showed more urgency in the second half and after one of their goals was ruled offside, Rico Henry, converted an assist from Saman Ghoddos in the 60th minute to reduce the deficit to 2-1.
Norwich held on to earn a precious win away from home and moved out of the bottom of the league for the first time after eleven games.
Palace picked up their third win of the season, after Wilfred Zaha and Conor Gallagher, scored in the 71st and 78th minutes respectively, to beat in-form Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0.
The result takes Patrick Viera’s team to 9th position and within a point of Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are 8th on the Premier League table.
