Chelsea managed to keep the lead until the final whistle was blown, poor goal scoring but all that matters is staying home with 3 points taken from the away side. Chelsea are not comfortable where they are above the table, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle still have outstanding games to play and if both teams win, Chelsea will be moved backwards to 5th place.
Currently, Chelsea has dropped to fifth place in the standings because Newcastle has won by one goal even though there is still time for the second half, but I am not sure Ipswich can equalize with the condition of the players who are no longer complete. And if Nottingham Forest wins again in the 34th match, Chelsea will drop back to sixth place because at this time the competition in the Champions League zone is getting tighter so that teams like Chelsea still have to fight hard to be able to achieve a much better position in the rest of this season.
They won't stop at fifth place because Nottingham hasn't completed week 34 match against Brentford, Chelsea has 1 week to remain in position among the top 5 teams in the Premier League. Ipswich lost 3 goals to zero, nothing would have stopped Newcastle from winning when the table is only getting stronger, no team among the top 6 lost this week's game, not being an exception Ipswich had to suffer against Newcastle. Nottingham will be playing semi final against Manchester City tomorrow reason why they haven't played along others.