This is a review of Chelsea vs Sheffield United game which went in the favour of ChelseaFc.
Honestly, that was my evaluation for this match, especially the first half. Now I'm not faulting Tuchel or anything because he's still only trying to experiment with the team and see the results of a different approach
The lack of wingers and wide attackers in the match saw us adopt a very passive and conservative type of football where there was little attack and a lot of back passing and moving the ball around without any real attack.
Most attempts at going forward were easily thwarted as Giroud struggled to find his feet and Werner kept being Werner with his poor control and sometimes questionable decisions, still, we kept on pushing it and finally got a goal for our efforts
The second half
The guys clearly seemed to have realized that the first half was poor despite their lead and stepped up their game and it got better
Now at this point, many of you may disagree with me but I really must call Werner a glorified idiot for that penalty he won because honestly speaking, he got lucky
I swear to God he got lucky
Just look at that ball!
A mistake from the defender left you wide open one on one with the keeper and look at what he did, he pushed the ball (a little too much) to the keepers side and tried to run around him to get it, if the keeper hadn't obstructed him, I guarantee that Werner would NEVER have scored that ball before the recovering defender on the other side cleared it away
If for some reason, the referee decided to ignore VAR or not give the penalty, that's how Werner would've thrown away a glorious chance and we would've had to settle for a single point
Yes, he did well today and worked hard but honestly, for a player of his ilk, it's still poor standards and he seriously needs to do better
As for Rudiger, made a very foolish costly mistake but other than that, he did really well after, blocking many crucial dangerous balls, enough to redeem himself a great deal
Kovacic needs to start playing Shot for goodness sakes, that guy sees too many good opportunities, drives the ball forward wonderfully but will just spoil everything with one stupid pass that'll later scatter the entire attacking momentum.
Now we can properly smell the top again 🥺😁
1 point behind Liverpool
God bless Tuchel
God bless Chelsea 💙
