Recently, Chelsea have faced a narrow defeat against Liverpool. After this match, everyone is making a dig at their defense. According to football pundit Johnson, Chelsea’s defense is not good enough to withstand big teams like Liverpool and Manchester City.
Although they missed the presence of Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana, they had some seriously talented individuals at the backline. With the likes of Recce James, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, and Malo Gusto, all played in the match.
Chelsea started the match with full confidence. As they conceded a goal, the backline started to panic, whereas Curtis Jones and Salah were slicing through their defense.
Chelsea backline vs. Salah
In the entire match, Liverpool winger Mohammed Salah got a few goalscoring opportunities. He grabbed them with both hands. These things are expected from a player of his caliber. On the other hand, Levi Colwill and Tosin Adarbioyo were struggling to defend against the Egyptian king. In a post-match analysis, it was seen that Liverpool utilized the right wing more, and from there they were creating goalscoring opportunities.
If Chelsea players could have marked Salah properly, the scoreline might have been different. On the other hand, Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones marked Cole Pamer properly. He didn’t let the Chelsea prodigy show his creativity. Jones was forcing Palmer to make back passes. From these things, it is clear that there is a lack of experience in the squad.
In the second half, when Nicolas Jackson equalized the scoreline, Chelsea couldn’t keep the lead for too long. After a few minutes, Salah provided a beautiful assist to Jones that beat the entire Chelsea defense. Everyone is blaming Robert Sanchez for not saving the goal. But the defense was also involved in conceding this goal.
According to Chelseanews, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital invested £185 million in their defense and bought some big names, which include Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto, and Renato Veiga. Still, they lack a dominant leader at the back. After the departure of Brazilian legend Thiago Silva, Chelsea are understanding the importance of his presence.
Although Colwill and Tosin are young defenders, both of them have a lot of potential in them. Every Chelsea fan is hoping that soon they will start to deliver clean sheets against big teams. Then the Blues will be inevitable because they have an electrifying attacking system.
Overall performance
This Chelsea team is performing differently from the previous seasons. After conceding one goal, they don’t sit still and defend. Instead, they quickly equalize the scoreline. From the Wolves match, we have seen this happening again and again. This time, Chelsea did it against one of the best defenses in the English Premier League.
Chelsea delivered a decent overall performance against Liverpool. On the other hand, Enzo Maresca left one gem at the bench during the entire 90 minutes. He could have brought on Joao Flix in the second half to replace Cole Palmer. We all know the qualities of Joao Felix, and he is a gem of a number ten. Liverpool players would have found it difficult to mark a skillful player like Felix. In an interview, West Ham number nine Michael Antonio said that he was amazed by watching the qualities of Joao Felix because every single move was passing through him. On top of that, the Portuguese was causing all sorts of problems to the Hammers.
Joao Felix has the ability to get out of tight spaces and make something creative out of every single situation. These things make him such a dangerous player for the opponents.
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