In Possession: Chelsea continued to build in their 3-2-5 shape and were taking advantage of Atleticos narrow press by keeping Azpilicueta and Rudiger wide, so they have space to progress the ball. Havertz would often come wide left to drag one of Koke or Saul wide to open up space in the central areas. This... Continue Reading →
Newcastle starting the game pressing high up the pitch, trying to cut Chelsea’s passing lanes into Jorginho and Kovacic while putting pressure onto the CB’s. From goal-kicks Newcastle were setting traps for the opposite CB and the midfielders while cutting the passing lane into the outside CB. Below we see Saint-Maximan cutting the passing lane... Continue Reading →
Chelsea used a 3-2-5 to build up from the back, with Azpilicueta often stepping up in line with Kovacic and Jorginho to carry the ball and progress Chelsea up the pitch. However, Sheffield United tried to combat this by using Fleck to press Azpilicueta and stop him from doing so, with the two strikers focused... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, Silva (C), Rudiger, James; Mount, Kovacic, Havertz (Out 67’); Pulisic, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi (67’) Subs: Kepa, Christensen, Emerson, Zouma, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Gilmour, Werner (In 67’), Ziyech (In 67’) First Half Leicester came into the game with the chance of going top of the league and they showed this in their intent to... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, Rudiger, Silva, Azpilicueta (C); Mount, Jorginho (Out 65’), Kovacic; Pulisic, Giroud (Out 75’), Ziyech (Out 75’) Subs: Kepa, Emerson, Zouma, James, Gilmour, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi (In 75’), Werner (In 75’), Abraham (In 65’) First Half Chelsea started the game off on the front foot and were able to win a corner within... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, Silva (C), Zouma, James; Mount, Kante (Out 74’), Kovacic (Out 45’); Werner (Out 45’), Abraham, Pulisic Subs: Arrizabalaga, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Emerson, Jorginho (In 46’), Havertz (In 74’), Gilmour, Hudson-Odoi (In 46’) Giroud First Half Chelsea came to the Emirates as clear favourites due to Arsenals horrible form in recent weeks which... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, (C) Silva, Zouma, James; Mount, Kanté, Kovačić (Out 71’); Werner (Out 87’), Abraham, Ziyech Subs: Caballero, Rüdiger, Emerson, Azpilicueta, Jorginho (In 71’), Hudson-Odoi, Giroud (In 87’) First Half Chelsea came into the game in good form, unbeaten in their last 7 games in all competitions and keeping 6 clean sheets in... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Zouma, Silva, Azpilicueta (C); Chilwell, Jorginho, Kanté, James; Pulišić (Out 81’), Werner (Out 71’), Havertz (Out 71’) Subs: Caballero, Rüdiger, Ziyech (In 81’), Mount (In 71’), Kovačić, Abraham (In 71’), Giroud First Half Chelsea came into this game with a different formation to the one they used against Sevilla, Lampard switched to... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, Zouma, Silva, James; Kanté, (C) Jorginho (Out 65’); Mount (Out 62’), Havertz, Pulišić (Out 90+1’); Werner (Out 90+1’) Subs: Caballero, Arrizabalaga, Emerson, Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, Christensen, Tomori, Kovačić (In 65’), Ziyech (In 62’), Abraham (In 90+1’), Giroud, Hudson-Odoi (In 90+1’) First Half Chelsea started their first Champions League game of the season... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell, Zouma, Silva, Azpilicueta; Jorginho, Kante (83’); Werner, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi (83’); Abraham Subs: Arrizabalaga, Tomori, James, Pulisic (83’), Kovacic (83’), Mount, Giroud First Half Lampards men started the game off in a similar fashion to some of their previous games, with lots of possession up against a team sitting deep and not... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Mendy; Chilwell (66’), Zouma, Tomori, Azpilicueta; Kovacic (70’), Jorginho; Werner, Mount, Hudson-Odoi; Giroud (76’) Subs: Arrizabalaga, James, Emerson (66’), Kante (70’), Havertz, Barkley, Abraham (76’) First Half Chelsea had a brilliant start to the game, dominating possession in Tottenhams’ half and the hosts found it very difficult to string consistent passes together. Frank... Continue Reading →
Starting Line-up: Caballero; Alonso (46’), Silva (73’), Christensen, James; Kovacic (46’), Kante; Werner, Havertz, Mount; Abraham Subs: Kepa, Tomori, Azpilicueta (46’), Barkley, Jorginho, Giroud (73’), Hudson-Odoi (46’) First Half The first half was one which Lampard would like to forget. Packed with missed opportunities most notably from Timo Werner who hit the bar and Tammy... Continue Reading →
Chelsea FC- Match Report vs Liverpool FC 20/09/2020 Starting Line-up: Kepa; Alonso, Zouma, Christensen, James; Kovacic (79’), Jorginho (79’), Kante; Werner, Havertz (46’), Mount Subs: Caballero, Tomori (46’), Azpilicueta, Barkley (79’), Giroud, Abraham (79’), Hudson-Odoi First Half Chelsea welcomed Liverpool for the first home game of the season, and although there weren’t any goals in... Continue Reading →
Chelsea FC- Match Report vs Brighton & Hove Albion 14/09/2020 Starting Line-up: Kepa; Alonso, Zouma, Christensen, James; Jorginho (85’), Kante; Mount, Loftus-Cheek (61’), Havertz (80’); Werner Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Azpilicueta (85’), Barkley (61’), Giroud, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi (80’) First Half The first half started off fairly slow for Chelsea, they moved the ball around the midfield... Continue Reading →
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