Premier League: Chelsea held by Southampton; Burnley and West Brom in goalless draw

Results

• Southampton 1-1 Chelsea
• Burnley 0-0 West Brom
• Liverpool 0-2 Everton
• Fulham 1-0 Sheffield United

Southampton 1-1 Chelsea

Mason Mount’s penalty rescued off-colour Chelsea a 1-1 draw at Southampton as the Saints frustrated Thomas Tuchel’s Blues and put a halt to their six-game losing run.

Takumi Minamino’s fine finish put Southampton ahead at the break and Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men held on for a morale-boosting point.

Former RB Leipzig boss Hasenhuttl’s Saints hassled ex-Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea off their composed stride at St Mary’s Stadium.

Chelsea headed to the coast with five-straight wins in all competitions, while Saints were smarting from a record six consecutive Premier League defeats.

The draw was the least of pre-match expectations, but in the end two managers cut from the same cloth cancelled each other out.

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham was withdrawn at half-time with another ankle problem, while N’Golo Kante was perhaps lucky to escape a red card for an apparent stamp on Moussa Djenepo.

Callum Hudson-Odoi replaced Abraham at the interval for Chelsea, but was later hauled off himself, with Jorginho and Hakim Ziyech pitched into action late on.

Unless Hudson-Odoi had picked up an injury issue, this would certainly prove a bold call from Chelsea’s German manager.

Chelsea were left frustrated by the draw, especially with a demanding run of matches ahead starting with Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid.

Southampton meanwhile were relieved to end that record run of league losses, that had taken in their 9-0 mauling at Manchester United.

Liverpool 0-2 Everton

Everton ended their 22-year wait for a Merseyside derby win at Anfield with a 2-0 victory which consigned Liverpool to their worst home league run in almost a century.

There were echoes of Kevin Campbell’s early goal in 1999 when Richarlison scored in just the third minute and if there is one thing Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti knows what to do well it is setting up sides to hold onto leads.

Despite coming under mounting pressure the visitors held out and hit their hosts with an 83rd-minute sucker punch via Gylfi Sigurdsson’s penalty.

Victory, their first in 23 derbies, saw Everton draw level on 40 points with their seventh-placed hosts but with a match in hand.

The last time Liverpool lost four in a row at home was 1923 and just when they thought their season could not get any worse with defeat to their neighbours for the first time this millennium, they lost yet another centre-back option as Jordan Henderson became the fifth no longer fit for duty.

The result delivered two winners for Sporting Life readers, with Tom Carnduff backing Richarlison to score anytime at 9/2 alongside Everton or draw on the double chance at 15/8.

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Burnley 0-0 West Brom

West Brom overcame Semi Ajayi’s first-half red card but spurned several gilt-edged chances in a goalless Championship draw against Burnley as the Baggies missed the chance to boost their survival prospects at a blustery Turf Moor.

Mike Dean, refereeing his first match since asking for a break after receiving death threats on social media, gave Ajayi his marching orders as the defender’s handball denied Matej Vydra from going clean through.

That left the relegation-threatened Baggies to play with 10 men for the remaining hour but they had the clearer chances after the interval, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mbaye Diagne and Matheus Pereira all going close.

Diagne clattered the top of the crossbar from close range while Pereira’s effort was blocked on the line by James Tarkowski, with West Brom settling for a draw that leaves them 11 points adrift of Premier League safety.

Burnley, who welcomed back captain Ben Mee following concussion protocols, were unable to break down opponents who have by far the worst defensive top-flight record this season and only managed one shot on target.

They had strong claims for a penalty when Kyle Bartley appeared to handle in the area but Dean waved away Burnley’s pleas on an afternoon when the difficult conditions made life tough for both sides.

Fulham 1-0 Sheffield United

Fulham’s first home Premier League victory since November took them within three points of 17th-placed Newcastle as they held on to win 1-0 against rock-bottom Sheffield United.

Ademola Lookman broke the deadlock for the Cottagers in the 61st minute, with the home side going on to secure only their fourth win of the season.

Scott Parker’s men went into the game six points adrift of Newcastle but have closed the gap to just three, ahead of the Magpies’ trip to Manchester United on Sunday.

Sheffield United, rooted to the foot of the table, struggled to really trouble in-form Fulham.

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