Hull holds Chelsea
by MAX on Feb.04, 2010, under Uncategorized
Football
Chelsea missed the chance to go four points clear at the top of the English Premier League with a 1-1 draw at Hull on Tuesday. Defender Steven Mouyokolo gave Hull a surprise lead in the 30th minute and, although Didier Drogba equalised 12 minutes later with his 20th goal of the season, Chelsea was unable to convert concerted pressure into more goals.
The draw left Chelsea on 55 points, two clear of defending champion Manchester United. Both teams have played 24 games, the same as third place Arsenal, which was another four points back and playing Chelsea on Sunday. Chelsea had already missed a couple of chances when Mouyokolo got his first goal for Hull. The central defender out-jumped a cluster of Chelsea defenders including John Terry to head in a corner by Stephen Hunt.
But Chelsea continued to press and Drogba, playing his first Chelsea game in a month following his stint at the African Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast, scored direct from a free kick just outside the area. Jozy Altidore missed with a header for Hull and teammate Amr Zaki troubled the visiting defence, but Drogba missed at the other end as the home team held on for a valuable point in its fight against relegation. Hull was still in the relegation zone but was level on 21 points with the three teams immediately above it.
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