#Chelsea 2-2 #WestBrom Eden #Hazards 96th-minute penalty enabled Chelsea to rescue a 2-2 draw against #WestBromwichAlbion and preserve Jose #Mourinhos unbeaten home record. Referee Andre Marriner awarded the spot-kick in the fourth minute of stoppage time for a foul by Steven Reid on Ramires. Hazard converted for his fourth goal of the season. Stephane #Sessegnon thought he had won the game for the visitors with his 68th-minute strike, but the three points were snatched away from them by the late equaliser. Sessegnons strike followed Shane Longs leveller as former Chelsea player and assistant manager Steve Clarke looked set to end Mourinhos unbeaten run at home in the Barclays Premier League, which has now been extended to 66 games. Samuel Etoo opened the scoring for Chelsea on the stroke of half-time as he robbed Liam Ridgewell at the back post. Long hauled the sides level just after the hour as the striker netted his first goal of the season from close range. Sessegnon then put the visitors ahead with his second goal of the campaign after some sloppy defending from the hosts, but Hazard rescued a point. Mourinho, taking charge of his 100th home game in all competitions as Chelsea manager, recalled Hazard. Frank Lampard was the only other change from Wednesdays victory, the England international replacing John Obi Mikel. The visitors welcomed Reid back for the injured Billy Jones and Claudio Yacob for James Morrison, but there was no starting spot for Saido Berahino despite his goal in the 2-0 win over Crystal Palace last weekend. Chelsea began the stronger of the two sides and created good openings for Etoo, but the striker was unable to convert any of the four chances he had. Oscar went closest to breaking the deadlock after half an hour from a long-range free-kick, but Boaz Myhill reached up to his left to tip the ball over the crossbar. In the last minute of the first half, Etoo finally found the net. Hazard saw a low shot parried by Myhill, the loose ball fell to Ridgewell, but he dallied in possession and the Chelsea striker wrapped his leg around the West Brom defender to fire into an empty net. West Brom came out for the second half with renewed vigour and levelled just after the hour. Long grabbed the equaliser from close range minutes after he and Jonas Olsson had missed chances. The Republic of Ireland forward made no mistake with his second opportunity in as many minutes as he reacted quickest to head home from three yards. Gareth McAuley saw his bullet header saved by Petr Cech, but Long rose highest at the back post to head home. Sessegnon put the visitors ahead seven minutes later after receiving a pass from Ridgewell as he side-stepped the challenge of John Terry and slotted the ball under Cech. There was late drama, however, as Reid was adjudged to have bundled Ramires to the floor, with Hazard making no mistake from 12 yards. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: Im satisfied, the attitude in the first half was the correct one, be patient, wait for a mistake, wait for space. In the second half the first goal was our mistake, the second one was a referee mistake, which is part of football as well, and after that our reaction was either die or fight for life. We fought for life, threw everything into attack, it was no problem to take risks or lose 3-1 or 4-1 if they caught us on the counter-attack, which they had a couple of opportunities to do, so the attitude was good from a team that played in the Champions League on Wednesday and is playing in the Premier League on Saturday. In the first half, West Brom didnt cross the midfield line, we didnt create a lot because they defended very well, but the fact is we were the only team who tried to score and win in the first half. When the attitude to the game is this one, there is always one team who deserves to win more than the other. West Bromwich Albion head coach Steve Clarke: We were good, we didnt pass the ball well enough in the first half. We defended well, kept a good shape and frustrated Chelsea which is what we set out to do. We were disappointed to lose a goal just before half-time, but we responded really well, created a number of chances and had a great chance to make it 3-1 before the non-penalty. If we carry that form into the rest of the season well be good.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 21:13:59 +0000