Dara O'Shea rescues point for 10-man Burnley at Chelsea after Palmer double | first division

The anguish that grips Chelsea will not disappear until they learn to manage games. Immaturity was key to Mauricio Pochettino's team failing to make the most of Cole Palmer's brilliance and somehow managing to achieve a costly 2-2 draw with 10 men. Burnleywho still have hopes of staying on their feet after extending their unbeaten streak to three games.

Burnley, with their numbers reduced after Lorenz Assignon's red card in the first half, fought hard for a point. Chelsea led twice, Palmer scored both goals, but they remain at 11^th place after a poorer defense. Pochettino will shudder at the fact that his team has conceded twice in each of their last five games. He would not be surprised to hear boos after Burnley, who remain in the bottom three, held on thanks to goals from Josh Cullen and Dara O'Shea.

Chelsea remains a difficult team to coach. Some numbers suggest they should be higher up the table, a point not lost on Pochettino, and they look good when everything goes their way. Confidence was not an issue when Palmer put Chelsea ahead with a reckless penalty a minute before the end of a pleasant open period.

However, it was difficult to look beyond the gaps at the other end. The crowd, although mostly supportive after the recent riots in the stands, still exuded angst whenever Burnley found space in the final third. Jacob Bruun Larsen and Lyle Foster sent their shots wide when the game was scoreless. Djordje Petrovic stopped Wilson Odobert very well.

Of course, Burnley's willingness to play suited Chelsea. It wasn't long before Palmer was causing mischief. The Chelsea playmaker applied a shoot-to-shot policy for the first 20 minutes. He was unlucky not to open the scoring for Malo Gusto cut, while there were spaces for Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernández. Burnley needed their goalkeeper, Arijanet Muric, be in inspired shape.

Burnley often looked tense, especially when Chelsea counterattacked and Assignon battled Mykhailo. Mudryk. The winger, who secured Ukraine's qualification for Euro 2024, could have provided an assist when his cross reached the far post, but John Brooks, the VAR, detected that Axel Disasi had put the ball into the net with one arm .

Chelsea continued to find Mudryk, whose first thought was also to go forward. Assignon's first booking came after Mudryk got out of a jam with some delicious footwork. Mudryk had the beating on Burnley's right back. Instead of allowing his level to drop after a series of missed opportunities, Chelsea continued to press against that weak point. The key moment of the half, when Assignon fouled Mudryk to award the penalty, seemed inevitable.

Not that that stopped Burnley from seeing the injustice. Assignon was in a poor defensive position but the contact with Mudryk was light and Vincent Kompany was furious when Darren England, the referee, showed the defender a second caution after pointing to the penalty spot.

The Burnley manager, still sporting his Kendall Roy look, appeared to have lost a key boardroom vote after VAR confirmed the decision. Palmer, meanwhile, remained calm. He saw Kompany sent off from the touchline for his protests; He then tricked Muric with a cheerful Panenka.

Game over? You don't know Chelsea very well. The 10 men were level when Cullen got a knockdown in the 47th.^th minute and fired a brilliant shot past Petrovic from 20 yards. Chelsea, which was missing 10 players due to injury, began to falter. Passes went astray and could have been trailing when Benoît Badiashile lost Foster, only for Petrovic to parry the striker's header.

The response came from Mudryk, whose shot was blocked, before Muric denied Jackson. Pochettino, with his hands in his pockets, walked around his technical area. He brought on Noni Madueke in place of Conor Gallagher and waited for Chelsea to show composure against Burnley's deep defence.

Burnley fought for everything, O'Shea and Maxime Estève remained firm in central defense. Chelsea looked to Palmer to take responsibility. They were ahead when Raheem Sterling, greeted with a standing ovation when he was introduced in place of Moisés Caicedo, played a pass from Fernández to Palmer, who raised the tension with a nerveless shot past Muric.

However, Pochettino soon shook his head again. Palmer conceded a free kick on the left and Burnley won a corner, which was taken by Cullen and headed at the near post by O'Shea.

Could Petrovic, who had both hands on the ball, have done better? The same question could have been asked of the entire Chelsea team. Burnley, who endured Sterling missing a clear chance to make it 3-2, might even have won it when Jay Rodriguez headed against the crossbar with two minutes remaining.