Chelsea face a huge few weeks ahead of them in the race to finish in the top four, coming up against rivals in the opening stages of the new year. They would have hoped to go into that run with a much-needed win over struggling Nottingham Forest on the first day of January.
They made an ideal start to that plan too as Willy Boly's attempt to stop a cross saw the ball ricochet off the crossbar, with Raheem Sterling taking advantage of that by scoring the rebound. The second half wasn't quite as kind to the Blues though as former Tottenham full-back Serge Aurier equalised.
Forest continued to look on top, but neither side were able to find the breakthrough, meaning the points were shared between them. It leaves Chelsea in eighth, seven points off of the top four, meaning there's plenty of work for Graham Potter to do to get his side challenging for a Champions League place.
