Celebration: Former Tottenham full-back Serge Aurier scored a deserved equaliser for Nottingham Forest against Chelsea
(Picture: PA)Chelsea were denied back-to-back victories after the World Cup break after being held to a feisty 1-1 draw at struggling Nottingham Forest as their away day problems continued to kick off 2023.
Looking to continue their momentum after a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Tuesday night that ended a dire run of three consecutive league defeats suffered before the mid-season interval, Graham Potter’s side looked well-placed to further cut that sizable gap to the top four after a somewhat freak early goal from Raheem Sterling gave them a half-time advantage at the City Ground following Willy Bolly’s inexplicable deflection of a Christian Pulisic centre onto his own crossbar.
