Chelsea extended their unbeaten run to seven games under Graham Potter as they were held to a goalless draw by a battling Brentford side.
In a hard-fought west London derby, the hosts had three good chances, but Blues goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga twice kept out headers from Ivan Toney and another one from Bryan Mbeumo.
Chelsea saw Cesar Azpilicueta and Kai Havertz both denied by Brentford’s David Raya.
Substitutes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic nearly won it late on for the visitors, but Raya again did well to make vital saves to keep it level.
The point keeps Potter’s side fourth, seven points behind leaders Arsenal, while ninth-placed Brentford have now drawn five of 11 Premier League matches this season.
Bees boss Thomas Frank will be delighted with the performance from his side, who were the better team for large parts of a tight match at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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Brentford
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Squad number1Player nameRaya
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Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen
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Squad number16Player nameMee
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Squad number5Player namePinnock
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Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
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Squad number15Player nameLook
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Squad number27Player nameJanet
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Squad number8Player nameJensen
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Squad number3Player nameHenry
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Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
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Squad number17Player nameToney
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Squad number10Player nameDasilva
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Squad number11Player nameHe warned
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Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
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Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Chelsea
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Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
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Squad number14Player nameChalobah
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Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
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Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
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Squad number5Player namejorginho
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Squad number32Player namecucurella
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
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Squad number19Player nameMount
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Squad number18Player nameNumbers
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Squad number8Player nameKovacic
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Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number17Player nameSterling
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Squad number30Player nameChukwuemeka
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Raya
- 13M Jorgensen
- 16Mee
- 5Pinnock
- 30Roerslev
- 15LookSubstituted forBaptisteat 60′minutes
- 27JanetSubstituted forGhoddosat 90+2′minutes
- 8JensenSubstituted forDasilvaat 73′minutes
- 3Henry
- 19MbeumoSubstituted forHe warnedat 72′minutes
- 17Toney
Substitutes
- 7gray-haired
- 10Dasilva
- 11He warned
- 14Ghoddos
- 20Ajer
- 23Lewis-Potter
- 24Damsgaard
- 26Baptiste
- 34Cox
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28Azpilicueta
- 14Chalobah
- 26Koulibaly
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 23GallagherSubstituted forKovacicat 15′minutes
- 5jorginho
- 32cucurellaSubstituted forPulisicat 61′minutes
- 29HavertzSubstituted forAubameyangat 81′minutes
- 19MountSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 62′minutes
- 18NumbersSubstituted forSterlingat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Thiago Silva
- 8Kovacic
- 9Aubameyang
- 10Pulisic
- 16Mendy
- 17Sterling
- 20Zakaria
- 22Ziyech
- 30Chukwuemeka
Live Text
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Match ends, Brentford 0, Chelsea 0.
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Second Half ends, Brentford 0, Chelsea 0.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David Raya.
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Attempt saved. Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
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Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vitaly Janelt.
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Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Yoane Wissa (Brentford).
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Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
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Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
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Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
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Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shandon Baptiste.
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Attempt missed. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Kai Havertz.
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Offside, Brentford. David Raya tries a through ball, but Yoane Wissa is caught offside.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vitaly Janelt.
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Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
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Attempt missed. Rico Henry (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yoane Wissa.
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