The Blues won 2-1 against Watford but it wasn’t a good performance from Thomas Tuchel’s team. A worrying medical scare in the Vicarage Road stands interrupted the match but eventually, it did go ahead – and presented us with the revelation that even Chelsea could be shaken.The Hornets have been playing well since the appointment of the experienced manager Claudio Ranieri and they gave the reigning European champions a stern test tonight. FULL-TIME Watford 1-2 ChelseaThomas Tuchel’s side retain top spot with a hard-fought win #WATCHE pic.twitter.com/BcfBPxZztu— Premier League (@premierleague) December 1, 2021 The opening 10 minutes were certainly not without incident, and not just on the pitch either. As Adam Masina lay stricken on the floor, Chelsea players alerted officials to a fan who had taken ill in the stands. The quick-thinking medical professionals were on the scene almost immediately as both sets of players were asked to leave the pitch whilst emergency responders treated the member of the crowd.Chelsea did take the lead against the run of play through Mason Mount but there wasn’t going to be an easy surrender by the yellow-blacks. Watford got their deserved equaliser just before the break when Reuben Loftus-Cheek was caught in possession and Dennis fired in to sent the home fans to heaven.But Hakim Ziyech’s winner killed the hosts just when they started to believe that they could really upset the much-fancied visitors. Two good team goals have won it in the end for a below-par Chelsea – and they say champions can find a way to win when they’re not playing well. That was a very lucky win for them.FULL-TIME Southampton 2-2 LeicesterSouthampton went ahead twice but James Maddison’s solo goal means it finishes level#SOULEI pic.twitter.com/5mBYQVuPwY— Premier League (@premierleague) December 1, 2021 Southampton and Leicester City shared four goals at St. Mary in an entertaining match in which the Saints led twice and twice they allowed the Foxes to get back on level terms. Jan Bednarek gave the red and whites the lead when goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel dropped the ball. Former Manchester United defender Johnny Evans levelled for Leicester following another goalkeeping blunder, this time from Alex McCarthy. Scottish international Che Adams made it 2-1 with a header just before the break, but Brendan Rodgers’ team found a way to claw back once more thanks to James Maddison’s magic footwork. All square on the south coast of England.West Ham were held at home by Brighton and Hove Albion despite getting in front early on through a Thomas Soucek strike. They’ve also had a goal disallowed but were looking good enough to scrape a win. But then along came Neil Maupay who slammed a great goal in to make it 1-1.
