Sheffield Utd 2-2 Chelsea | Blades burst Blue balloon | Highlights - EXTENDED | PL 23/24

Nine games to play for Chelsea. Realistically, something like six wins required to sneak into Europe. It's a tall order, but it's not insurmountable. The buzz of disbelief continues following that 4-3 against Man U. Let's hope the players are focused. The latest, greatest finish down south on Thursday night is followed seemingly very quickly here by Sunday evening up north. The Blades line-up alters by two. Out go Vinny Souza and James McAtee. In come Ben Osborne and the big striker Oli McBurnie. He's their top scorer and has caused us problems before. And next to him is a new issue to deal with in Ben Brereton-Diaz. He's scored four and six since joining. As for Chelsea, the man of the moment, Cole Palmer, needs one more for 20 Blues goals this season. By early April, that's incredible. Diego Costa, the last, in case you're wondering. Thiago Silva is back for Badia Scheel. His first start for a little while. Chaleber is back as well. So Desasi goes to right-back. The third change sees Madiweke replace Modric. As animated as I've seen. Poch comes from second minute at the bridge on Thursday night. If there was ever going to be a time. Planet Football pretty much exploded, never mind the Chelsea coach. Here's Madiweke who helped make it happen. Making a similar run as well. Gürbüch just pulls it out at his near post. Corner. Yeah, really good. Direct running again. He's really good at that. Everyone's anticipating him coming in field. But equally adept at going down the outside to the byline. Good delivery. And in! Welcome back to the team. Calmly stroked home Thiago Silva. On a landmark appearance. An opening goal. Well, it's a run that we're so familiar with. Thiago Silva's timing is impeccable from those outswingers. The only difference here is it lands at his foot. But the outcome is the same. They work a block there. Desasi actually blocking two Sheppard United players. And that enables that space to be freed up. For Thiago Silva to stride into. Then it's just whether he can control it. Not the cleanest, but the direction. Sublime actually. It's a really cultured finish. From the right foot of Silva. Welcome back. Armour eased out of it by Thiago Silva. Oh, hello. He's given it straight to Ole McBurnie. Empty goal. Doesn't matter. Thank goodness for that. Caicedo in the way of the shot from Ben Brereton-Diaz. And it's a let off. And that has been maybe the story of Chelsea's recent season. They're in command of games. And presenting opponents with an opportunity on their goal. Scored here in the 3-0 win over Frank Lampard's Blues in the Covid year. Ole McBurnie. Now, Cole Palmer. His first touch was good. And his second. The block. Equally good from Jack Robinson. Chances at both ends. The quarter of this game gone. There's the shimmy. There's the shot. Petrovic has something to do. Yeah, he's got good quality in that right boot. Palmer, no question of that. Very capable of scoring from range. He's always going to try and fashion this onto his right foot. He should probably know better than to commit himself there. Or just let him run past him. It does feel like Sheffield United coming into this contest more at the moment. McBurnie. Oh, what a clever ball that is for Pogol. 1-1. Tight angled finish. Again, Chelsea let a lead slip. That is all about the quality of the pass though. It's a hell of a ball from Palmer. Outstanding pass. Just started to come into the game the last five minutes. The noise has upped. That's for sure. Best fella of the game. By a considerable distance. And I think Pogol just... Everyone's anticipating this going square. It has to. If it's a goalkeeping mistake. Pereira doesn't see the movement of Pogol. Yeah, he just does the goalkeeper, doesn't he? Everyone is expecting that to go square to Brereton. He's making a dart at a near post. Petrovic gets done by it. Not sure this should go in. Brereton Diaz. Onside. Only McBurnie in the middle, but he's a big strong boy. And he was almost too big and too strong for Trevor Chaleber there. Apparently that's wide off his head. He's asking for the corner, but you would as a centre forward. That's too close for comfort. Yeah, it probably encapsulates what these two can give aside. Robinson. Trusty will leave it. Here's the layoff. And the shot is a rip. It had Petrovic moving. Palmer had a little sighter in the first half. And as Sir Parkin warns you, he can hit them. And he really hit that one. Yeah, that's a really good strike. Trusty did well to get hold of that. Intelligent ball back. He's trying to cut across it. It's missed the near post by a couple of yards. Palmer wins it and then he loses it. Jackson. That's the pass, alright. Palmer into Madueke. And still Nani Madueke! Chelsea back in front. Now hold on to it. Cracking finish. Nani Madueke gets himself a start and he's scored. Just like Thiago Silva in the first half. Right. Half an hour or so to keep it this way. They've just started the last five minutes to find that little bit of space in the middle of the pitch. And Jackson finds a really good pass here. Just manipulates the ball well initially. Gets turned. And the pass is good. Palmer releases it quickly and immediately trusts he's on the back foot. He's got to show him on the outside. Just seen already what can happen when he comes infield. He can get strikes away. Robinson gets attracted as well. Comes across and they both get done when he shifts it infield. Geoff Robinson is saying to the goalkeeper that he's got to stay. He's got to stay bigger than that. That he's beaten too easily. But I think Madueke gets so much pace on it. It's a really good strike. Another corner via the pushover. As Palmer goes on the drive again. I'm sure he's kneeling for this to go towards the far post. Just a little bit too straight. Comfortable save in the end. Over the bridge once. Free header. Free header and Petrovic is able to punch it away. Come on Chelsea. That's too easy. It's unlikely that Robinson is going to score from that. I think he's actually just helping that towards teammates. Right. Three minutes. Heads on following the restart. Here's Vinny Souza. Here's McAtee. Hard blaster. Fernandes got a piece of it. Look out. They're in. McBurnie. You can't believe this. It's just too easy. It's a flick on. He looked onside. I don't think VAR is going to bail us out here Sam. 2-2. Deep in stoppage time. It looked like there was a number of Sheffield United players queuing up there in the middle. Well. Well it's Di Zassi. Badia Shiel is in the right position to make him offside. It's all about Di Zassi. It looked like he came from a deeper position. Did he not? Oli McBurnie. It looked like possibly there was two Sheffield United players in an offside position. McAtee. Armin Hodzic. I don't think McBurnie was. 99. We've had a fair bit going on during stoppage time. Surely that'll be it. It is it. Stoppage time giveth and stoppage time taketh away. An extraordinary week of late drama involving Chelsea. Boot on the other foot here with Oli McBurnie. The Blades late hero. A lead. Let slip. Twice over against the league's bottom club. Seven games in a row. Chelsea have conceded at least two goals. You can't win football matches doing this every week. Oh, it's a painful one. It is eight unbeaten, which sounds pretty good. But it's a point that feels like none at all. When it should have been ground gained on the United's of West Ham, Newcastle and Manchester. Full time at Bramall Lane. A hugely disappointing Sheffield United 2 Chelsea 2.