Chelsea fight back from 3-0 to draw
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham struck a 93rd-minute equaliser as they battled back from three goals right down to draw 3-3 at West Bromwich Albion within their Premier League clash on Saturday.
One by Marcos Alonso led to Callum Robinson opening the scoring for West Brom in the fourth minute and the Irish striker made it two when Chelsea's new signing Thiago Silva, who was simply given the captain's armband, miscontrolled the ball.
Kyle Bartley was left unmarked to add a third in the 27th minute with a close-range finish to send Chelsea in three down at the break, but Mason Mount threw the Blues a lifeline with a goal 10 minutes in to the second half.
Callum Hudson-Odoi managed to get 3-2 in the 70th minute and it took until stoppage time for Chelsea to find an equaliser when Abraham pounced on a loose ball in the box and slammed it home to snatch a spot for Frank Lampard's side.
"We'd a few chances in the first half, plus they scored from every shot. We knew we'd to turn out in the next half and keep going, not drop our heads, and that's what we've done," Abraham told Sky Sports.
The 22-year-old striker described his side as a work happening and said they would continue to improve.
"We must cut out the mistakes as a team -- not simply defensively... so we don't concede. We must be strong together and keep encouraging each other," Abraham added.
Chelsea coach Lampard was disappointed his side left themselves with a mountain to climb.
"You can't legislate for pure mistakes, which they were today. Then it gives you an extremely difficult game to return back to," Lampard told Sky Sports.
"I could laud character, because we showed character and persistence, but we didn't need to if we did things properly in the overall game," he added.
