Chelsea got back on the road to victory in a toxic confrontation against bottom team Sheffield United in a rivalry with extra reward for the ‘blues’ for the debut of Christopher Nkunku (2-0).
Cost to destroy equality. Pochettino found himself with a very closed opponent, although it can already be intuited just by looking at the classification, and even if the team had the ball and tried to open spaces through the mobility of the attacking it, but there is certainly a shortage of bolder ones. and imagination within their attacks.
In fact, the first half was a Chelsea monologue. A shot from Archer that hit the top corner was all the danger Sheffield had all game.
Once again, the Blues will rely on the inspiration of their best players. In this case, it was Sterling who, with a big change of pace in front, left his pair and put it on a plate for a Palmer who was accurate with the first touch (54′). A goal helped Chelsea shake off their nerves, and the situation looked so dire that Pochettino had warmed up to Nkunku, who was called up for the first time all season.
No need to pull the French. A few minutes later and in a rather strange play, Jackson accidentally scored while Sterling claimed the penalty and that’s when Sheffield finally resigned (54′). Chris Wilder’s team could not build, the rest of the minutes were struggling to not concede another. It never came, but not for lack of opportunities. Furthermore, Chelsea showed one of their big problems, effectiveness. Broja, without walking further, missed one from point-blank range and there was no goalkeeper.
Thankfully, Chelsea didn’t need more goals and a Stamford Bridge team was smiling again and eager to see Nkunku on the pitch.
match lineup
28
2
26
23
6
5
7
25
fifteen
twenty
10
18
twenty
3
twenty-one
fifteen
5
28
8
9
35
10
Stamford Bridge
Wes Foderingham18
Jayden Bogletwenty
Max Lowe3
73′
51′
Vinicius Souzatwenty-one
Anel Ahmedhodzicfifteen
Austin can be trusted5
74′
James McAtee28
41′
Gustavo Hamer8
62′
79′
60′
93′
Oliver McBurnie9
66′
53′
93′
Andrew Brooks35
57′
68′
Cameron Archer10
Replacements
Adam Davies1
George Baldock2
93′
Luke Thomas14
93′
Yasser Larouci27
Oliver Norwood16
66′
68′
Ben Osborn23
Anis Ben Slimane25
79′
74′
Benie TraoréEleven
William Osula32
57′
coach
Mauricio Pochettino
Chris Wilder
Source: La Verdad
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