Even the more than 300 million spent on the winter market seems to have been able to change the dynamics in Chelseawhich collected its third consecutive draw, this time against another rival from the bottom as Westham (1-1).
It may be because the pieces were not finished soon enough, but the fact is that Graham Potter came out of his eleven with the Enzo Fernández, Benoit Badiashille, Noni Madueke, Joao Félix and Mykhailo Mudryk and it seemed only the Portuguese was up to the task in the first half, where he managed to score his first goal as a ‘blue’.
The excuse of a few meters left of Westham so he can think Chelsea It’s not worth it when you’ve spent what you spent. The ‘blue’ box had the ball in excess, which could only clean the plays when joao felix He participates between the lines, where he harms the ‘hammers’. And that’s enough. Both for him and for his colleagues. So, after seeing how an initial goal was canceled due to an advanced position, the Portuguese finished a good cross from Enzo Fernández (16′).
He promises they are happy Chelsea. And it is the appearance that at this time the thing must be bent in order not to leave the London Stadium with three points because West Ham, who bowed down and saw how Paquetá was injured at the beginning, could only work with those flash. of Jarrod Bowen, which cleverly exploits Cucurella’s weakness. On one of those plays, the winger centered precisely and, after a small detour, entered Emerson opposite to beat a sold Kepa.
The rest was a want and I can’t. Mudryk and Madueke were very inoffensive and hit very little, leaving no room for the individual play that the game needed. The development of superiority will destroy West Ham, who, however, lived comfortably positioned just in front of their front of the area.
This strategy continued throughout the match. And it took effect at that moment, already in the second half, at Chelsea he began to rush to find the gaps and that led to more thefts and, therefore, that the Westham He got used to playing less and less in the rival field, although there were no notable merits to extend his advantage as Kepa lived a quiet game.
Graham Potter He chose to react with a triple change giving entry to Ziyech, Mount and Chilwellbut that attempt didn’t work either as they didn’t change the rhythm of the game.
The worst part is that he almost took it Westham. On a side foul Soucek ended up converting to a goal after saving kep, but it was annulled because Declan Rice was just offside in the first shot. And it is that the Czech became the main character because a very clear hand of his was not interpreted by VAR in that way and, despite Chelsea’s protests asking for a penalty, the cheap game ended at the beginning, which there is a draw.
westham
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Chelsea
West Ham: Fabianski; Kehrer, Ogbonna, Aguerd (Ben Johnson, 80′); Coufal, Paquetá (Soucek, 14′), Rice, Emerson, Bowen, Antonio (Ings, 67′), Benrahma (Downes, 67′)
Chelsea: Kepa; James, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella (Chilwell, 67′); Loftus-Cheek (Gallagher, 79′), Enzo Fernández; Madueke (Mount, 67′), Joao Felix, Mudryk (Ziyech, 67′); Havertz
Goals: 0-1, Joao Félix (16′); 1-1, Emerson (28′)
Referee: Craig Pawson
Stadium: London Stadium
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Source: La Verdad
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