BREAKING: Chelsea stage dramatic comeback to draw West Brom 3-3

September 26, 2020

Chelsea staged a superb second - half fightback from three goals down as Tammy Abraham ’ s last - gasp strike rescued a thrilling 3 - 3 draw against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday .

Frank Lampard ’ s expensively assembled side were torn apart in the first half at the Hawthorns as Callum Robinson ’ s brace and Kyle Bartley ’ s goal punished woeful defending .

Chelsea captain Thiago Silva was guilty of an woeful mistake on his Premier League debut when the former Paris Saint - Germain defender gifted the ball to Robinson for his second goal .

But Mason Mount reduced the deficit soon after the break and Callum Hudson - Odoi got Chelsea’ s second before Abraham equalised deep into stoppage - time.

It was a much - needed show of spirit from Chelsea after their defeat against Liverpool last weekend .

The prospect of a second successive loss had Lampard visibly fuming on the touchline in the first half , but Chelsea responded with a much - improved display .

While Lampard will be relieved by evidence of Chelsea’ s attacking potency, there must be questions about their shambolic defence .

Despite dropping error - prone Kepa Arrizabalaga after the goalkeeper ’ s costly mistakes against Brighton and Liverpool this season , Lampard learned that Chelsea’ s problems run deeper than who is between the posts .

Lampard ’ s £ 200 million ( $254 million ) close - season spending spree was supposed to turn Chelsea into title challengers, but on this evidence they are still way behind champions Liverpool .

Willy Caballero took over in goal, but he was hardly convincing and Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy, signed from Rennes earlier this week , looks certain to make his debut soon .

Kepa , the world ’ s most expensive keeper , could leave Chelsea on loan before the transfer window closes in October .

– Abraham to the rescue –

Despite Lampard ’ s changes , Chelsea were still creaky at the back and it took just four minutes for Albion to exploit their frailties.

Marcos Alonso is likely to lose his place at left - back when summer signing Ben Chilwell is fully fit and the Spaniard did his cause little good with a woeful header straight to Matheus Pereira.

Robinson was picked out by Pereira and he advanced to the edge of the Chelsea area before drilling a low shot through Reece James’ legs and past Caballero’ s slow dive .

Timo Werner was inches away from equalising when the Germany forward met Mount ’ s cross with a volley that hit the crossbar .

Silva made a horrendous mistake that led to Robinson’ s second goal in the 25 th minute .

Allowing Mateo Kovacic ’ s pass to slip under his foot inside his own half , Silva surrendered possession to Robinson with embarrassing ease and was left with a sheepish look on his face as the Albion striker made him pay with a clinical finish .

There was worse to come for Chelsea three minutes later when their sloppy defence failed to pick up Darnell Furlong at Pereira ’ s corner and his flick reached Bartley , who was played onside by James and slotted past Caballero from close - range .

Lampard changed the tone of the match when he sent on Cesar Azpilicueta and Hudson - Odoi at the interval.

If Lampard read the riot act to his flops at the break , he got an immediate response as Mount fired home from 20 yards in the 55 th minute .

Chelsea were more dynamic now and Hudson - Odoi gave them hope when he played a neat one - two with Kai Havertz and slotted into the far corner after 70 minutes .

With full - time just seconds away, Abraham came to Chelsea’ s rescue when the strike tapped in after Albion keeper Sam Johnstone turned Mount ’ s shot into his path .

Albion appealed for handball against Havertz in the build- up but Chelsea’ s luck was in as VAR let the goal stand