DBasia.news – Chelsea’s back line is not only strong this season. Their sharpness even exceeds the Blues forward.
The trio of Antonio Ruediger, Trevor Chalobah and Thiago Silva was installed during Chelsea’s visit to Leicester City headquarters at the King Power stadium, Saturday (20/11/2021) in the 12th week of the Premier League.
In Thomas Tuchel’s favorite 3-4-2-1 formation, the three defenders at the back were often rotated but the performance can be maintained. That’s what was proven in this match.
Despite having to face Jamie Vardy, Silva, Ruediger and Chalobah played steadily throughout the 90 minutes. Vardy was turned off and Leicester only made three shots on target out of a total of 4 over 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, Chelsea was able to make 16 attempts, seven on target. Chelsea’s advantage was opened by Ruediger’s goal in the 14th minute to maximize Ben Chilwell’s bait.
N’Golo Kante increased his team’s advantage in the 28th minute before Christian Pulisic’s goal was confirmed in the 71st minute. Chelsea won 3-0 as well as marking their position at the top of the Premier League standings with 29 points, six points ahead of Manchester City in second place.
This victory also proves that the absence of Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku does not affect Chelsea’s performance. As the Blue actually has another source of goals, from the back line!
Yes, in addition to being tough because they have only conceded four goals in 12 matches, the Chelsea defenders were also sharp and have even become the team’s top scorer this season. James is the sharpest player with a score of four goals.
Meanwhile, the addition of one Antonio Ruediger in this match has made the Chelsea defenders have scored 13 goals, more than Liverpool and Manchester City (1 goal) and Manchester United (0 goals).
In fact, the total of 13 goals is more than the combined defenders in 19 other Premier League clubs, who have only made 12 goals! Even in the match against Leicester, Chilwell, who plays at left-back, was the most aggressive player with three attempts and created the most opportunities, namely three.
He even scored assists and made the most fouls, which was four. Do you think Chelsea still need a striker or not?