{"id":82624,"date":"2026-02-11T06:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82624"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:02:29","slug":"late-drama-hits-epl-as-chelsea-man-united-drop-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/11\/late-drama-hits-epl-as-chelsea-man-united-drop-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Drama Hits EPL as Chelsea, Man United Drop Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matchday 26 of the English Premier League delivered late drama on Tuesday, with Chelsea and Manchester United both forced to settle for draws.<\/p>\n<p>At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea surrendered a two-goal lead as Leeds United fought back to earn a 2-2 draw, leaving the home fans frustrated after the Blues dominated early proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United also needed a late lifeline in London, with Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko scoring in stoppage time to rescue a 1-1 draw against West Ham United and extend United\u2019s unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Bournemouth came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park after the hosts went down to 10 men late in the game, allowing the visitors to snatch all three points.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s struggles continued with a 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle United, deepening pressure on Spurs as their poor run in 2026 drags on.<\/p>\n<p>The results have tightened the race for European places and raised the stakes at both ends of the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Matchday 26 of the English Premier League delivered late drama on Tuesday, with Chelsea and Manchester United both forced to settle for draws. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea surrendered a two-goal lead as Leeds United fought back to earn a 2-2 draw, leaving the home fans frustrated after the Blues dominated early proceedings. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82626,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82624\/revisions\/82626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}