Chelsea twice led at Bramall Lane through goals from Thiago Silva and Madueke. Neither proved enough, though, as Jayden Bogle and Oli McBurnie forced equalisers in each half for the home side.

The draw leaves the Blues ninth in the Premier League table and five points off Manchester United in sixth. Madueke admits our draw in Sheffield was a missed opportunity to close that gap.

'The way we drop points sometimes...it's in the palm of our hands,' he said. 'I don’t know what to say other than there are still games to go and we have to go again and stick together.

‘We still have faith we can finish in the places we want to finish in. But we have to cut that [dropping points] out sooner rather than later.’

For much of the second half, Madueke's 66th-minute strike appeared to be enough for the Blues to seal victory. That wasn't the case, which was all the more frustrating after our dramatic midweek victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

‘It was always going to be a difficult game, a different game to Manchester United at home,' Madueke explained.

'However, I feel like it’s a game we should’ve won and until the end, it looked like we would. But we couldn’t quite get over the line which is disappointing for sure.

‘Our Achilles heel this season has been cashing in after a big win. We had an amazing result the other day and needed to keep rolling.

'It’s the fashion in which we drew the game. Credit to them, they are at the bottom and they are fighting, but we really should’ve wrapped up the points.'

Mauricio Pochettino and his players have seven days to prepare for our next fixture, which comes at home against Everton next Monday. Madueke says the Blues' mindset must be on taking maximum points from that fixture and those that follow.

'Like I said, it is not about killing each other, we have to stick together. There are eight games left, that’s 24 points up for grabs and our mentality has to be to get as many of them as possible, if not all of them.’