Football Latest – Bournemouth Vs Chelsea ends 2-2 as Alonso doubles.
Chelsea left it late to secure a point at Bournemouth as the race for a top-four spot in the Premier League continues to tighten. The blues were on another style in the last few games for this seasons premier league campaign as they faced hosts Bournemouth on Saturday 29th February.
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Marcos Alonso scored twice as Chelsea were made to work hard for a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.
The full-back had given the visitors, reeling from a 3-0 midweek loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, a first-half lead at the Vitality Stadium.
Chelsea are now faces with a Struggling task to maintain the points as Manchester united are just a point from them if they play their next game as well as Tottenham hotspurs who look fired up after the chelsea defeat.
Alonso’s goals where melted with second-half goals from Jefferson Lerma and Joshua King as it looked set to pile the misery on Blues boss Frank Lampard.
Although goal stopper, Willy Caballero produced an instinctive save to repel a first-time effort from the Dane, who then nicked the ball away from a sleeping Fikayo Tomori before drilling hurriedly into the side netting.
It was not all one-way traffic, though, and Mateo Kovacic’s dipping shot called Ramsdale into action, before Callum Wilson’s strike brought another stop from Caballero.
Alonso broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute when he fired into an empty net after Olivier Giroud had flicked Reece James’ cross onto the crossbar, with Ramsdale having already committed to the first attempt.
Giroud fluffed his lines badly from eight yards out early in the second half and was made to pay as the hosts struck twice in three minutes.
Lerma’s header from Ryan Fraser’s delivery was too hot for Caballero to handle and the turnaround was complete when King tapped home from Jack Stacey’s cross.
A hail storm arrived in the final 25 minutes and Lampard had a face like thunder when substitute Michy Batshuayi had a goal ruled out for offside, only for Alonso’s late intervention to ease his worries.