Ben Mee’s late header earned Burnley a point as they came from a goal behind to draw 1-1 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday
The Blues took a 1-0 lead and looked to be on course for their 13th home victory of the season until Nemanja Matic was shown a straight red card in the 70th minute and Burnley capitalised with 10 minutes remaining.
Juan Cuadrado forced Tom Heaton to tip his header over the bar after five minutes, while Ashley Barnes thumped a volley down the throat of Thibaut Courtois in a lively opening 10 minutes.
Chelsea went ahead after 14 minutes when Eden Hazard drove past four Burnley challenges inside the box and cut the ball back for Branislav Ivanovic, who slotted the ball inside the near post from six yards out.
A few moments later, Costa came within inches of connecting with Ivanovic’s curling cross from the right wing, but the ball rolled harmlessly to safety.
Burnley continued to dig in though and were handed a lifeline with 20 minutes remaining as Matic was shown a straight red card for his aggressive reaction to a raking challenge by Barnes.
Ramires then lashed a powerful effort wide before Courtois produced a fine save to push Barnes’s low strike behind, but from the resulting corner Mee nodded home at the far post.
With the last kick of the game, Danny Ings raced away from the Chelsea defence and cut inside on his left foot, but sliced his effort high and wide.
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