Chelsea vs Watford: Player Ratings

Standard Sport assesses the individual performances from Chelsea's clash with Watford at Stamford Bridge.
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Vaishali Bhardwaj26 December 2015

Guus Hiddink was denied a win in his first game back in charge of Chelsea after the Blues were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw with Watford on Boxing Day.

The champions started the game in dominant fashion and were rewarded after Diego Costa - who appeared revived and determined - opened the scoring in superb fashion in the 32nd minute.

Chelsea, however, were forced to go into the break on level terms after Nemanja Matic inexplicably decided to protect his face with his arm in the area, which resulted in Watford being given a penalty minutes before the break - which Troy Deeney didn't hesitate to convert.

When Odion Ighalo then scored in the 56th minute with a fine strike that deflected off Gary Cahill, Chelsea looked to be heading to another defeat until Willian and Costa combined to salvage a point.

The Brazilian winger provided a superb ball past three Watford players to set up Costa, who made a run past Miguel Britos and Craig Cathcart and restored parity with another superb goal.

Chelsea could have taken all three points through Oscar, but the Brazilian blasted his late spot-kick high after appearing to slip just before he struck the ball.

With such a topsy-turvy game, who impressed and who didn't at Stamford Bridge? Standard Sport assesses the individual performances from the 2-2 Boxing-Day draw.

STARTING LINE-UPS:

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Diego Costa 

Watford XI: Gomes, Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Holebas, Abdi, Watson, Capoue, Jurado, Ighalo, Deeney.

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