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Late Pedro goal helps Chelsea avoid historic worst-ever Premier League run
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Late Pedro goal helps Chelsea avoid historic worst-ever Premier League run

The Independent·Flo Clifford·29 days ago
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Chelsea’s dismal second half to the season sunk to new lows as they lost six league matches in a row for the first time in over three decades. Their 3-1 home defeat to a second-string Nottingham Forest side - who have embarked on a brilliant winning run under Vitor Pereira to take them to the brink of safety - was their sixth in succession, marking the first time they have lost six league games in a row since November 1993. They were already on the club’s worst run since 1912 - but they at least avoided going six games without scoring for the first time in the club’s history, thanks to Joao Pedro’s stoppage-time goal. Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring inside the first two minutes before Igor Jesus scored a penalty after a thoughtless shirt-pull in the box by Malo Gusto on Awoniyi. The Nigerian added a third in the 52nd minute after Gibbs-White fired in a low cross, and although Pedro thought he had pulled one back for the hosts, VAR deemed him offside by the width of a few toes.…

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