Chelsea 1-1 Burnley: Matej Vydra salvages surprise point for Clarets

Premier League leaders Chelsea were made to regret missed chances as Matej Vydra rescued a point for Burnley.

Kai Havertz opened the scoring for Chelsea with a header from Reece James' cross, only his second league goal this season.

That is the seventh Premier League goal that right-back James has been involved in in six starts this season.

The Blues could have scored a hatful with Thiago Silva's header hitting the post, while Nick Pope saved well from Callum Hudson-Odoi in each half.

But Burnley levelled when Ashley Westwood whipped in a cross which Jay Rodriguez headed across to Vydra to stab home.

Chelsea are three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table, while Burnley remain in the relegation zone.

Chelsea's run of four Premier League wins in a row - and seven consecutive victories in all competitions including penalty shootouts - comes to an end and manager Thomas Tuchel will be wondering how.

His side have coped well without the injured striker Romelu Lukaku in recent weeks, but they could have done with him here.

It was not looking that way when James whipped in a cross for Havertz to score.

They ended with 25 shots, but only four on target.

The European champions had a host of chances in both halves - with headers from Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger, Jorginho, Havertz and Silva all going close.

Ross Barkley, on his first league start for the club since 2019-20, was wayward with several shots.

Burnley created very little until the 70th minute when they started to improve and, while Vydra's goal was not inevitable, it was not completely against the run of play.

The visitors could have won it too. Jay Rodriguez lacked conviction in injury-time when he headed for the corner flag instead of going for goal, and Vydra hit a half-volley wide from a long Pope clearance.

Coming on the back of their first win of the Premier League season - against Brentford last weekend - Clarets boss Sean Dyche will be optimistic his side can, once again, push up the table after a slow start.

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Chelsea

Squad number16Player nameMendy

Squad number4Player nameChristensen

Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

Squad number2Player nameRüdiger

Squad number24Player nameJames

Squad number7Player nameKanté

Squad number5Player nameJorginho

Squad number21Player nameChilwell

Squad number18Player nameBarkley

Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi

Squad number29Player nameHavertz

Squad number10Player namePulisic

Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek

Squad number19Player nameMount

Burnley

Squad number1Player namePope

Squad number2Player nameLowton

Squad number5Player nameTarkowski

Squad number6Player nameMee

Squad number3Player nameTaylor

Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson

Squad number18Player nameWestwood

Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

Squad number11Player nameMcNeil

Squad number20Player nameCornet

Squad number9Player nameWood

Squad number19Player nameRodriguez

Squad number23Player namePieters

Squad number27Player nameVydra

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-1-2

16Mendy

4Christensen6Thiago Silva2Rüdiger

24James7Kanté5Jorginho21Chilwell

18Barkley

20Hudson-Odoi29Havertz

Substitutes

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

1Pope

2Lowton5Tarkowski6Mee3Taylor

7Gudmundsson18Westwood8Brownhill11McNeil

20Cornet9Wood

Substitutes

Live Text

Match ends, Chelsea 1, Burnley 1.

Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Burnley 1.

Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nick Pope.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Erik Pieters.

Foul by Dwight McNeil (Burnley).

Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Josh Brownhill (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Josh Brownhill (Burnley).

Offside, Burnley. Charlie Taylor tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.

Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution, Burnley. Erik Pieters replaces Maxwel Cornet.

Attempt missed. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andreas Christensen following a corner.

Attempt blocked. Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ashley Westwood.

Offside, Burnley. Nick Pope tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.

Attempt blocked. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Attempt blocked. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jay Rodriguez.

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