Everton 2-1 Chelsea: Blues Premiership Lead Cut to One Point

You saw it coming, didn’t you? A night of premier league fixtures involving Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool, and Arsenal could have been lot different and better. What we saw a horrible night of football, with us losing while Man Utd gaining a point and Liverpool letting Arsenal win. I couldn’t watch the Chelsea match as it was not telecast live. I did see the goals though.

Until yesterday I thought that the 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge against Everton was our worst performance of the season (worse than the 3-1 defeat to Wigan). This defeat could just surpass that especially considering the time at which this has come. While I cannot make a comment about how we played I can tell you this much that John Terry was at fault for both goals.

The first one, he allowed Saha to get forward and place a powerful header. The second one was terrible. At the edge of the box, Terry mistimed a jump while Saha collected the ball and punished us. He is always a thorn, Louis Saha. He is such a quality striker when he is on his feet. I remember this goal that he scored against us at Old Trafford. That was a gem. He’s come back to help his ex-club.

So where does this leave us? We’re just one point clear of Man Utd and 6 points clear of Arsenal. Basically the luxury of points is gone and so is the game-on-hand. So from now on the result of every match counts. There is no lead in points that we can afford to drop. This league has been very unpredictable and the trend continues. Fergie must be thinking that he missed a great opportunity but well Carletto must be thinking the same.

It could have been lot better but we are where we are. One thing’s for sure. Leading the table doesn’t matter any more. The teams are so close that positions of the table can keep changing in the next 12 matches. Let’s hope that we go on winning run. That’s all I can say at this moment.