Chapter 323: Two Consecutive Draws

In the end, Costa's header went wide of the net and the game ended in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea, with Jones not playing as he went off injured in the previous game against Stoke City, and Jones sat home and watched the game with Stella.

Although Chelsea did not win this game, at least they drew with Arsenal to continue to take the lead, and this game was also a testament to Jones' ability, without Jones' 49 goals in 21 games, Chelsea would have been a bit ahead of Manchester City, who have exploded this season.

Chelsea then have three games in a week, and despite moving away from December's busy schedule, Chelsea's January schedule has not been easy, starting with this weekend's trip to Norwich, with Chelsea set to play three games in a row.

After playing Norwich, Chelsea will return to home next week for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal and host Leicester City at the weekend, after which Chelsea will have a valuable week of rest.

Jones is injured and the intensity of the game has meant that Kodic has to rotate his squad significantly, and due to the frequency of the past week, Chelsea will not only play three games in a week, but also play Arsenal twice in a week, so Kodic will rotate his starting line-up heavily against Championship side Norwich City in the FA Cup at the weekend.

Costa, who has missed a number of solo chances in the last two games, will be rested, as will the core players of Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kante, Thibaut Courtois and Marcos Alonso.

Can Michy Batshuayi shine in the FA Cup? With Costa missing a number of back-to-back goals against Stoke City and Arsenal, and with this weekend's FA Cup third round, Michy Batshuayi will start in place of Costa.

For the Belgian centre-forward, it will still be difficult for him to get a chance in the league this season, but he has scored seven goals in all competitions, including two in the league, two in the Champions League and three in the League Cup.

However, there is good news for Ivy Kodic, as Chelsea will also welcome back a long-lost player for the game against Norwich, Brazilian centre-back David Luiz, who has been recovering from an injury since the Champions League group game against Qarabag on 22 November last year, but will return to the starting line-up against Norwich this weekend.

Kordic said: 'Luiz is ready to make a lot of rotation when you have to play a game every two days and I trust my players and we are very hungry to get to the next round of the FA Cup. ”

In the third round of the English FA Cup, a key match in the third round of the 2017-2018 English FA Cup, Chelsea played Norwich away from home, the two teams have met 49 times in history, 36 of which were Premier League matches, Norwich won 10, drew 12 and lost 14, scored 40 goals and conceded 49 goals.

The last time the two teams met was in the 28th round of the Premier League in 2015/16, when Chelsea beat their opponents 2-1.

Chelsea were on the defensive for a while at the start of the game, and in the ninth minute, Kenedy knocked down Pinto in a duel for the top, and the latter was in great pain and the game was suspended for a short time.

In the 13th minute, Norwich City crossed from the left, and the Chelsea defenders pushed the ball out, in the 18th minute, Maddison crossed from the side, Caballero got the ball directly, and in the 27th minute, Chelsea attacked, Bakayoko passed, and the ball went directly out of the bottom line.

In the 29th minute, Trybull crossed the low ball diagonally to Murphy on the left, Murphy volleyed high from the left side of the penalty area, and in the 31st minute, Kennedy's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked.

Then, Kennedy took a corner kick and the ball went straight out of the bottom line, and in the 35th minute, Murphy got a chance on a counter-attack, and a powerful shot from inside the box went wide, and in the 40th minute, David Luiz recklessly missed the ball and received a yellow card.

In the 47th minute, Kenedy's cross from the left was cleared by the opposing defender, and in the 49th minute, Willian fired a left-footed shot from outside the box that went over the crossbar.

One minute later, Chelsea had a chance to shoot when Michy Batshuayi's long-range shot was met by goalkeeper Gunn, and in the 52nd minute, Willian broke through to the right side of the box and knocked it back, and Drinkwater hit a left-footed shot that went wide of the left-hand post.

In the 55th minute, Chelsea organized an attack, Bakayoko shot wide from outside the penalty area, in the 56th minute, Willian drove a corner kick to the top of the penalty area, Pedro shot wide, and in the 89th minute, Drinkwater picked up a cross in the penalty area on the left, but unfortunately Bakayoko who received the ball was in an offside position, and in the end, the two teams drew 0-0.

Chelsea have suffered two draws in a row, and everyone is starting to miss Jones, who reluctantly came to the team's training ground from his home and Stella's side when he felt that there was no major problem with his leg.

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"We didn't win the match, but we have to win the next round, and after this year's hard training, this year is the time for us to get the results." Kodic cheered the players up.

As if he had suddenly noticed something, Kodic's eyes were fixed on the inside of the group.

"Jones! Didn't I tell you to have a good rest, why did you come here too? Cordic spotted Jones in the group.

"Coach my leg is healed, you see!" Jones walked back and forth twice in front of the coach.

Seeing Jones like a normal person, Jones's performance was a little incredible, because the doctor told Cordic at the time that Jones's leg should rest for at least half a month, but although Jones said that it was okay, Cordich still looked incredible, Koudic immediately asked the physical therapist Fern to show Jones, and Vaughn was also surprised after reading it, Jones's leg was really fine.

Segura also came over: "With you, don't tell me if your leg is good, I've been worried about you, whether I can participate in the next game against Arsenal, but now it seems that I don't need to." He clenched his fist and lightly hammered Jones in the chest a few times, joking with Jones.

"Oh, but thank you for your concern."

In fact, Jones also knew that Segura was worried about him, and he wanted to tell Segura, but Jones, who had been with Stella all the time, forgot to tell Segura for a while, and men are all heavy on sex and light on friends!

"Count you kid lucky, although I don't know how you managed to recover your leg injury in a short period of time, but even if you can continue to train with the team, you don't have to play in the next game, wait for the next game against Leicester City, you will play!"

"Everyone, please be quiet, let me remind you that Jones has just returned, pay more attention to him in training, and don't let his injury recur."

After Kodic had said a few precautions, Ossilai took the players to the pitch, where the training was set up and the coaches were in their positions, and when all the preparations were in place, the training began.

In order to ensure that the training is not disturbed by the outside world, except for the players and staff who come to train today, the rest of the stadium is not allowed to enter, which is also to ensure that the players are not disturbed, so today's training ground is particularly quiet.