Premier League leaders Chelsea would have won their game against Burnley 99 times out of 100, said boss Thomas Tuchel as they let the Clarets “steal a point by pure luck”.
Kai Havertz opened the scoring for Chelsea with a header from Reece James’ cross, only his second league goal this season.
The Blues could have scored a hatful with Thiago Silva’s header hitting the post, while Nick Pope saved well from Callum Hudson-Odoi in each half.
But Burnley levelled when Ashley Westwood whipped in a cross which Jay Rodriguez headed across to Vydra to stab home.
“That’s why everyone loves the game – a team can steal a point if the other team forgets to score the goals they deserve,” Tuchel.
“We played a fantastic match. Of course I’m disappointed.
“If we played this game 100 times, we’d win 99 times. Today we didn’t win it. The second goal would have decided it. It’s always possible you miss one ball, one cross, and this can happen.
“It’s our fault. We should have scored. We created so many chances.
“You have the opponent where you want to have them. You create so many chances. We let them believe it was possible to steal a point by pure luck and that’s what happened.”
Chelsea are three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table, while Burnley remain in the relegation zone.
Chelsea’s winning run comes to end
Chelsea’s run of four Premier League wins in a row – and seven consecutive victories in all competitions including penalty shootouts – comes to an end.
Tuchel’s side have coped well without the injured striker Romelu Lukaku in recent weeks, but they could have done with him here.
It was not looking that way when James whipped in a cross for Havertz to score. That is the seventh Premier League goal that right-back James has been involved in in six starts this season.
They ended with 25 shots – their most in a Premier League home game without winning since August 2015 – but only four on target.
The European champions had a host of chances in both halves – with headers from Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger, Jorginho, Havertz and Silva all going close.
Ross Barkley, on his first league start for the club since 2019-20, was wayward with several shots.
Burnley created very little until the 70th minute when they started to improve and, while Vydra’s goal was not inevitable, it was not completely against the run of play.
The visitors could have won it too. Jay Rodriguez lacked conviction in injury-time when he headed for the corner flag instead of going for goal, and Vydra hit a half-volley wide from a long Pope clearance.
“The lads worked terrifically hard,” said Clarets boss Sean Dyche. “They were all over us in the first half. We hung in there really.
“We felt the game might calm slightly and we found better moments in the second half.
“When you come to these clubs and they’re flying like they are, you might need your keeper to play well. Nick Pope was fantastic.”
Coming on the back of their first win of the Premier League season – against Brentford last weekend -Dyche will be optimistic his side can, once again, push up the table after a slow start.
“They weren’t getting a lot of rewards for decent performances,” he said. “They got the reward and they come here and the mentality was on show.”
Player of the match
VydraMatej Vydra
Chelsea
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Squad number24Player nameJamesAverage rating
7.06
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Squad number29Player nameHavertzAverage rating
6.93
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
Average rating6.73
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Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Average rating6.61
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Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
Average rating6.43
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Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
Average rating6.39
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Average rating6.36
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Squad number16Player nameMendy
Average rating6.35
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Squad number4Player nameChristensen
Average rating6.31
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Average rating6.30
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Squad number18Player nameBarkley
Average rating6.11
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Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Average rating5.29
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Squad number19Player nameMount
Average rating5.13
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
Average rating4.81
Burnley
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Squad number27Player nameVydra
Average rating7.86
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Squad number23Player namePieters
Average rating7.28
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Squad number19Player nameRodriguez
Average rating7.25
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Squad number1Player namePope
Average rating7.08
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Squad number20Player nameCornet
Average rating6.72
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Squad number11Player nameMcNeil
Average rating6.47
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Squad number6Player nameMee
Average rating6.46
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Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Average rating6.46
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Squad number18Player nameWestwood
Average rating6.44
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Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
Average rating6.42
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Squad number5Player nameTarkowski
Average rating6.42
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Squad number2Player nameLowton
Average rating6.31
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Squad number9Player nameWood
Average rating6.29
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Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson
Average rating6.27
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 16Mendy
- 4Christensen
- 6Thiago Silva
- 2Rüdiger
- 24JamesBooked at 76mins
- 7KantéSubstituted forMountat 85′minutes
- 5Jorginho
- 21Chilwell
- 18BarkleySubstituted forLoftus-Cheekat 73′minutes
- 20Hudson-OdoiSubstituted forPulisicat 85′minutes
- 29Havertz
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 10Pulisic
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 14Chalobah
- 17Saúl
- 19Mount
- 22Ziyech
- 28Azpilicueta
- 31Sarr
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Pope
- 2Lowton
- 5TarkowskiBooked at 84mins
- 6Mee
- 3Taylor
- 7GudmundssonSubstituted forVydraat 70′minutes
- 18WestwoodBooked at 68mins
- 8BrownhillBooked at 90mins
- 11McNeil
- 20CornetBooked at 76minsSubstituted forPietersat 88′minutes
- 9WoodSubstituted forRodriguezat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 10Barnes
- 13Hennessey
- 14Roberts
- 19Rodriguez
- 22Collins
- 23Pieters
- 27Vydra
- 28Long
- Referee:
- Andre Marriner
Match Stats
Live Text
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Match ends, Chelsea 1, Burnley 1.
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Burnley 1.
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Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nick Pope.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
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Foul by Dwight McNeil (Burnley).
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Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Josh Brownhill (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Josh Brownhill (Burnley).
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Offside, Burnley. Charlie Taylor tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.
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Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
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Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, Burnley. Erik Pieters replaces Maxwel Cornet.
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Attempt missed. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andreas Christensen following a corner.
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Attempt blocked. Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ashley Westwood.
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Offside, Burnley. Nick Pope tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Thiago Silva (Chelsea) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jay Rodriguez.
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