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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-2020 MATCHDAY 29 CHELSEA FC - EVERTON FC SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2020 @ 14 : 00 STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, FULHAM ROAD, WEST LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-2020 MATCHDAY 29 FT' CHELSEA FC 4-0 EVERTON FC MASON MOUNT (14) PEDRO RODRIGUEZ (21) WILLIAN (51) OLIVIER GIROUD (54) SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2020 @ 14 : 00 STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, FULHAM ROAD, WEST LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
This was hardly the emphatic response Frank Lampard had hoped for and, as he highlighted with a whiff of exasperation, when Marcos Alonso again proved the saviour, this time to rescue a point with five minutes left on the clock at Bournemouth , there should inevitably be questions raised. Alonso ensured a Chelsea team depleted by injuries – particularly in forward areas with Tammy Abraham sent to Barcelona to see a specialist regarding his ankle injury – did not depart empty handed, heading in an equaliser to help hold on to fourth spot for at least another week after Chelsea fell behind to goals from Joshua King and Jefferson Lerma in three remarkable second-half minutes. Lampard did not attempt to sugarcoat a humbling defeat by Bayern Munich in midweek and acknowledged that his side, who host Liverpool in the FA Cup fifth round on Tuesday, were below-par in both boxes again here. “Marcos Alonso has had a big week but I don’t want my left-back top of the scori...
Marcos Alonso has scored 19 Premier League goals since joining Chelsea in August 2016, more than any other defender in that time Marcos Alonso scored twice as Chelsea came from behind to earn a point against struggling Bournemouth in an entertaining encounter at Vitality Stadium. Wing-back Alonso followed in Olivier Giroud's shot which had come back off the bar to open the scoring in the 33rd minute and struck again five minutes from time to rescue the Blues, whose top-four aspirations were dealt another blow. It could have been much worse, however, after Eddie Howe's side scored twice in three second-half minutes through Jefferson Lerma and Joshua King to leave the visitors stunned. The Cherries, who remain two points above the Premier League relegation places, had made an excellent start but midfielder Philip Billing spurned two glorious opportunities inside the opening five minutes before Chelsea took control. In a reversal of the first half, Giroud should hav...