A spectacular performance by league leaders Chelsea saw the team net 7 past Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
With total domination, the Blues never gave Norwich City a chance to fight back. A rather expected result and a rather expected performance extended Chelsea’s lead in the Premier League.
Let’s have a look at the individual performance displayed by the players of both the teams and rate the players accordingly out of a 10 point match rating.
Chelsea player ratings against Norwich City:
Edouard Mendy(7.1): Was not tested much. Dominated his box well and made a great sweep after an error from Chilwell. Clean-sheet locked.
Trevoh Chalobah(7.0): Errorless and always held his ground well.
Thiago Silva(7.4): Leader at the back. Held the backline superbly.
Antonio Rudiger(7.3): Bombarded the opposition midfield from time to time. Held strongly and comfortably at the back.
Reece James(7.7): Dominated the right-wing causing trouble to Dimitrios Giannoulis. A superb chip over Tim Krul to put score 3-0.
Jorginho(7.4): Held the ball well with an assist to Mason Mount. Subbed after an easy day’s work.
Mateo Kovacic(9.2): Top class positioning with presence all over the potch. complimented his work with an assist to each Chilwell and mount.
Ben Chilwell(7.4): Can’t stop scoring. Back with full confidence. Made important interventions and overlaps.
Mason Mount(10)(MOTM): A hattrick and assist to Reece James. Work says it all. Absolutely superb. Man of the Match.
Callum Hudson-Odoi(7.3): Confident and dominating on the left wong. Scored a great via Kovacic’s pass. Disappointed after getting subbed off.
Kai Havertz(6.7): A little wobbly but opened up spaces for other players.
Substitutes:
Ruben Loftus Cheek(7.5): Great input off the bench. Unselfish assist for mount.
Hakim Ziyech(7.2): Dangerous from long range as he got close manytimes.
Ross Barkley(6.7): Decent input. Could have scored a goal.
Norwich player ratings:
Tim Krul(6.3): No chance with the first four goals…no idea what he was doing with the fifth. Two fantastic late saves but not his day, as evidenced by the re-taken penalty.
Ozan Kabak(5.8): Tried to go up the pitch. Rocketed away one quarter-chance.
Grant Hanley(5.9): Marked Havertz well, but thats all there is to say.
Ben Gibson(5.5): Looked shakey andgot booked twice to go off the pitch.
Max Arons(5.7): No chance to play up, sat deep to defend.
Pierre-Lees Melou(6.0): Tried to change the game dynamic. Never got the chance. A booking was enough to get him off.
Mathias Normann(5.5): Could not get close to either of the opposition’s CMs.
Kenny McLean(6.1): Really played off the ball trying to stop the CMs. Failed.
Dimitrios Giannoulis(6.2): Dominated throughout the first half by James and hauled off at half-time.
Josh Sargent(6.4): Not convinced he touched the ball in the first half. Barely involved in the second.
Teemu Pukki(6.4): Not a good day for the Canaries’ main marksman. Didn’t have a sniff.
Substitutes:
Brandon Williams(5.8): Better than Giannoulis but nothing great.
Milot Rashica(5.9): Tried changing the shape of the game. Pounced on Chilwell’s mistake, stopped by Chilwell.
Andrew Omobamidele(6.2): As a striker, did not do much.
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