Brentford 0-0 Chelsea: Entertaining draw brings Graham Potter's Premier League winning run to a halt

There were no goals, but plenty of entertainment as Brentford and Chelsea played out a goalless draw at the Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League. Brentford edged the game and should have taken advantage of chances for Ivan Toney and, especially, Bryan Mbeumo, who headed straight at Kepa Arrizabalaga in what proved the nearest the game came to a goal.

Ad Chelsea also had chances with last-ditch defending, especially from Ethan Pinnock, denying them on a number of occasions. In the final minute David Raya was called upon to make a good stop from impressive young substitute Carney Chukwuemeka who drove in a low effort from a narrow angle which the Bees keeper blocked with his legs.

World CupKante ruled out of World Cup but boost for France as Pogba returns to trainingA DAY AGO The point sees Chelsea lying seven points adrift of table-toppers Arsenal in fourth, while Brentford remain ninth. Premier League table Premier League fixtures / results Premier League top scorers TALKING POINT Potter gamble doesn't pay off — It is way too early to lead to a pile on for Graham Potter, especially given how well he has started in charge, but his starting line-up with five changes did seem to give Brentford the momentum early in the match.

The enforced introduction of Mateo Kovacic for Conor Gallagher made them more competitive after Brentford's early domination, but only when Christian Pulisic enter proceedings on the hour mark and then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the last ten minutes, the match finally began to look like a title contender against a team happy to stay up. It is only early but the seven-point gap with Arsenal, could easily turn into a chasm which will see the Blues only able to realistically challenge for one