- Chelsea lost 0-2 to Man City at Stamford Bridge in their first Premier League match.
- The difference is the sharpness between Haaland and Jackson.
- Pedro Neto was handed his Chelsea debut off the bench.
Jackson vs Haaland: The difference that decides the outcome
In addition to being a test of two coaches, teacher-student, Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca. This match is also a duel between two strikers whose goal-scoring form is extremely different, Erling Haaland and Nicolas Jackson. One is ready to send the ball into the back of the net just for a chance. While the other is so diligent that fans are fed up.
Even though he scored 17 goals last season, to be honest, Nicolas Jackson is one of the strikers who wastes the most chances. And it was reflected again in the last game. Where Jackson could not turn the important ball in the final area into a goal. Unlike Haaland, who uses every part of his body to his advantage and asks for only one chance to make a difference for the สมัคร ufabet team. If we count the pre-season. Today’s goal that Haaland scored is the 4th that the Norwegian star has scored against Chelsea this season.
It may not be fair to judge the form of Jackson, who moved for only 30 million pounds, with Haaland, who costs almost twice as much. But one thing that Chelsea need to re-examine is whether Jackson is good enough to lead the team to compete for the Premier League title or if they need to invest a little to end their lingering problems in the forward area.
Chelsea still have almost 2 weeks to strengthen the team to eliminate their weaknesses. At the moment there are news about Victor Osimhen and Joao Felix who are in tense negotiations. Making Chelsea fans hope that they will get a striker before the transfer window closes.
Maresca loves her brother but feels sorry for her younger brother..
Chelsea today announced their 4-2-3-1 formation, with Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo playing as a pair in the central midfield position. While Enzo Fernandez was moved up to play as an attacking midfielder again. To be honest, the upfield is not Enzo’s best position, and in the era of Mauricio Pochettino, it has been proven that this position does not work very well for Enzo. The reason why Enzo Maresca has arranged the midfield like this is not hard to guess.
One is that the three players have the same level of skill and form at the moment. Both Enzo and Caicedo were used to playing together last season. So they should be able to play as regular players when the team’s system is not yet set up. As for Lavia, he is a talented player who played very well in the pre-season. So there is no reason for him to be dropped to the bench. Another reason is that we must not forget that the three players have a combined value of almost 300 million pounds!!!
As a result, Maresca probably couldn’t bear to drop a player with a huge price tag who didn’t get any worse in form to the bench. Karma therefore fell on the team’s overall performance, especially the midfield which was ‘expensive’ but couldn’t play well together. This extended to the form of Christopher Nkunku, who also had a very good pre-season in the attacking midfielder position. But was moved to play on the left wing and had almost no important role in today’s game.
Cole Palmer’s Bad Day
One of the reasons for the dismal result for Chelsea was that Cole Palmer failed to work his magic today, not due to bad luck, but rather Pep Guardiola’s clever planning, who had prepared himself well to deal with the playmaker. Cole Palmer’s role
in the game against Man City was moved to play closer to the right wing to allow Malo Gusto to run inside. However, Man City players marked him very tightly today, so much so that Palmer had to drop back to receive the ball low in many situations because he could not find space for himself in the upper half. As a result, it was already more difficult to create a game from deep, and if he moved up to receive the ball in front of the penalty area, the 3-4 Man City players would not be able to control the area easily for Palmer at all times.
When the team’s best players could not play, Chelsea’s offensive game was reduced quite a bit. Coupled with the game plan where Enzo Maresca still couldn’t measure up to Pep Guardiola, the Blues were ultimately defeated.
Pedro Neto makes his debut
Pedro Neto joined Chelsea for a fee of around £54 million towards the end of pre-season, so the Portuguese star has not had much chance to adapt to his new team. However, Enzo Maresca chose to replace him with another player in the same position, Mykhailo Mudryk, so Neto has had the chance to start over his new club.
Neto’s performance today was quite satisfactory. When he first entered the field, he almost scored a goal when he ran into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Rico Lewis followed up to clear the ball away before it reached him. When he had the ball, Neto showed his ability to dribble past defenders. Which another star player, Mykhailo Mudryk, still has problems with. Raheem Sterling, who is starting to fade, was also not in the team today. Pedro Neto
‘s debut statistics for Chelsea:
1 shot,
2 chances created,
23 touches,
16 passes,
100% pass completion.