PL round-up: Chelsea's winless run continues as Mark Travers enjoys easy day at the office
Jean-Philippe Mateta salvaged a late point for Crystal Palace as Chelsea's winless streak in the Premier League extended to four contests with a 1-1 draw.
Cole Palmer’s 13th goal of the season opened the scoring at Selhurst Park, where the visitors dominated in the first half.
They were unable to find the finishing touch on a number of chances, however, and came to regret it when the Frenchman levelled in the 82nd minute.
Once-relegation-threatened Palace have now picked up 14 points from their last 10 top-flight contests.
The last two editions of this fixture had gone Chelsea's way, decided by last-gasp winners from former Palace loanee Conor Gallagher.
But with the former Blues midfielder now departed for Atletico Madrid the story unfolded differently – Dean Henderson nullifying Chelsea’s late threat when he punched away a corner to preserve the point.
Everton's goalscoring woes continued in a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Sean Dyche’s team look increasingly like being drawn into a relegation fight as they failed to produce a shot on target in 90 minutes, as their poor run extended to one goal scored in their last five Premier League games.
Their inability to trouble their hosts was made to look almost comical by the ease with which Bournemouth cut through them again and again, and another assured display made it five wins in eight for Andoni Iraola’s side.
The winning goal 13 minutes from time encapsulated everything Everton were not. Milos Kerkez sent a finely-calibrated cross into the box where it arrived at the perfect height for David Brooks to skip into the air and, with the kind of confidence that his team’s brilliant season so far imbues, volleyed beyond Jordan Pickford into the far corner.
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