Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has described their 1-1 draw with Everton a “freak result”.
Tuchel watches on as his side dropped more points in their pursuit of the Premier League title.
Jordan Pickford was called upon to make nine saves in a match where Chelsea had 23 shots on goal but only had a Mason Mount strike on 70 minutes to show for their dominance.
That lead only lasted four minutes as Jarrad Branthwaite knocked home a sublime Anthony Gordon set-piece to equalise.
“It was a freak result for this type of match,” Chelsea boss Tuchel said.
“We were strong enough today and I’m not sure right now why we get punished. We see teams concede more chances than we do but we only have a draw.
“I am concerned we have too many players out; today six or seven players. I think this in the moment is the problem, one of the key problems. In central midfield, for eight weeks. For today we had our strikers out and that was the case for four weeks with Timo (Werner) and Romelu (Lukaku) out.
“We need to find the balance, be honest, critical with each other, but accept sometimes we get punished for not a lot.
“I would be more concerned if we were totally out of form, concede the first goal and then struggle to come back. It would be easier to analyse. I don’t think it’s too easy to analyse our situation.”
