{"id":3841,"date":"2026-05-04T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:13:05","slug":"joao-pedro-saves-chelsea-from-misery-with-overhead-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3841","title":{"rendered":"Joao Pedro saves Chelsea from misery with overhead kick"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chelsea are still about to suffer another bleak defeat \u2013 but at least they\u2019ve scored a first home Premier League goal since February. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s full time in the Chelsea against Nottingham Forest game, and the Blues have been beaten by 3-1.<\/p>\n

Their single goal came right at the death, and to be fair it was a beauty. Joao Pedro, one of the few Blues players who had performed today, pulled off a superb bicycle kick which thumped Marc Cucurella\u2019s cushioned header into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian is one of very few Blues to come out of this season with any credit whatsoever.<\/p>\n

You can see the goal in the clips embedded here:<\/p>\n

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What a finish from Joao Pedro! \ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/I5kQtllS7X<\/a><\/p>\n

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(Footage from Sky Sports)<\/p>\n

Chelsea players save themselves from some horrible records<\/h2>\n

This doesn\u2019t change anything in terms of the result or the season as a whole, but it does at least mean the Blues stop the clock on some very unpleasant records that were mounting. They hadn\u2019t scored a home goal since mid-February, for example.<\/p>\n

Without this goal, it would have been six league defeats in six games without a goal for the first time in the club\u2019s history. We could go on, but what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n

In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n

Chelsea had four of their five sporting directors in the stands at Stamford Bridge today to watch the disaster unfold.<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher, as so often, said it best. He pointed to one moment in the game which summed up Chelsea\u2019s dreadful season.<\/p>\n

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