Brentford vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
The Blues consolidated their place at the top of the table as the high-flying Bees came close to pulling off another shock
Chelsea held off a late onslaught from Brentford to achieve a narrow away victory on Saturday and consolidate their place at the top of the Premier League table.
Thomas Tuchel’s side had emerged as early frontrunners for the title, with confidence clearly flowing after their Champions League triumph in the spring, but they recently suffered back-to-back defeats against top teams in Man City and Juventus to somewhat lose momentum. The Blues have now responded with two straight wins, however, this victory over a spirited Brentford outfit earning Chelsea three invaluable points.
Left-back Ben Chilwell, making just his second league start of the season, fired the visitors ahead on the cusp of half-time, blasting a superb half-volley past David Raya for his third goal in as many games for club and country. Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was equally important here, however, making a string of superb saves late in the game to help his side survive the swarming Bees. The best of the lot was a stop with his face to deny Pontus Jansson, though the Senegal international then also crucially tipped over a Christian Norgaard overhead kick from close range to secure the win.
Follow all the fallout from the top-flight meeting:
GOAL! Aston Villa 2 - 2 Wolves (Coady, 85’)⚽️
85 mins: At Villa Park Wolves have got themselves back on level terms. First Romain Saiss scores in the 80th minute and then Conor Coady pops up in the six yard box to tap home from two-yards. Great comeback from Wolves.
Leicester 3 - 2 Man Utd
86 mins: Pogba chops down Daka and picks up a yellow card. Man Utd are scrambling now, they’re trying to push Leicester back but are getting little succes.
GOAL! Leicester 3 - 2 Man Utd (Vardy, 83’)⚽️
83 mins: What a finish! What an end to this game! It’s an immediate response from the Foxes. From the restart Leicester send the ball over to Castagne on the left wing. He’s taken out by Wan-Bissaka but not before he manages to knock the ball to Perez sprinting forward. He drives into the left side of the box, pulls it back to Vardy and watches as Vardy curls one into the far side of the goal, nestling his effort into the inside side-netting.
GOAL! Leicester 2 - 2 Man Utd (Rashford, 82’)⚽️
82 mins: Rashford makes his return with a goal! It’s shocking defending from Leicester. Lindelof fires a long ball up the pitch as Rashford makes a run behind the lines. The ball drops for him and he takes it into the box before blasting it past Schmeichel to level things for Manchester United.
Leicester 2 - 1 Man Utd
80 mins: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer goes to the bench. Scott McTominay and Jesse Lingard are brought on in place of Mason Greenwood and Nemanja Matic. They face a difficult task to get back in this game now.
GOAL! Leicester 2 - 1 Man Utd (Soyuncu, 78’)⚽️
78 mins: Turnaround! Leicester lead! A Leicester corner is swung into the box and comes to substitute Patson Daka. He lets the ball bounce and hits one on the turn. De Gea gets low and blocks the shot with his left leg but the ball rebounds to Caglar Soyuncu who smashes it into the back of the net from six yards out.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
75 mins: Ayoze Perez is on for Leicester and he plays a nice through ball to send Vardy in behind the lines. He squares it towards Iheanacho but the offside flag goes up.
Off the post!
Tielemans takes the ball off Pogba in the middle of the pitch and flies up the pitch. He drills one from the edge of the box and focres De Gea in to a sharp save to his right. He gets a solid hand to the ball and pushes it onto the right hand post!
GOAL! Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wolves (McGinn, 68’)
68 mins: John McGinn you beauty. It’s a lovely strike from the Aston Villa midfielder who gets a lucky deflection to beat Jose Sa and give Villa a second.
GOAL! Man City 2 - 0 Burnley (De Bruyne, 70’)⚽️
70 mins: Kevin De Bruyne has double City’s lead at the Etihad. That should be enough to give them all three points.
Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd
69 mins: Wan-Bissaka brings the ball down the right wing and sends a square pass into the box for Ronaldo but it’s behind the striker and Ricardo clears it.
United recover possession and work it over to Shaw on the left side. His cross into the box is aimed at Ronaldo again but Soyuncu gets a glancing touch on the ball and it hits Ronaldo and bounces out for a goalkick.
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