Maresca should now drop 4/10 Chelsea star who acquired ‘bullied’

Chelsea suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat away from residence by the hands of Manchester Metropolis on Saturday night.

Though the Blues took the lead on the Etihad Stadium, they may not capitalise on their early benefit, permitting Metropolis to get again into the sport earlier than the Premier League champions killed them off within the second half.

It was a weird approach for Chelsea to take the lead, which they did so within the third minute of the sport. New Residents signing Abdukodir Khusanov misplaced a poor header aimed in direction of Metropolis goalkeeper Ederson. Nicolas Jackson pounced on the unfastened ball and promptly squared it to Noni Madueke who made it 1-0.

Metropolis equalised simply three minutes earlier than half-time, with Josko Gvardiol pouncing on a unfastened ball after a one-vs-one within the penalty field. They took the lead in a calamitous approach from a Chelsea perspective, with Erling Haaland getting in behind and lobbing goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, who was horribly caught off his line.

Simply as they did earlier than half-time, Metropolis scored three minutes earlier than full-time, this time by means of Phil Foden. The Englishman acquired on the tip of a layoff from Haaland, earlier than operating by means of and slotting residence comparatively unchallenged.

It was a disappointing day’s work for the West Londoners, who did not capitalise on the early benefit. Sanchez had a very poor afternoon.

Sanchez’s stats vs. Man Metropolis

It has been a extremely poor season to this point for Spanish goalkeeper Sanchez, however his outing on the Etihad Stadium was maybe his most disappointing of the lot. He appeared all at sea towards a Metropolis assault who may have scored 4 or 5 on one other day.

Sanchez had an in depth name towards new Metropolis man Omar Marmoush, however his strike was dominated out for offside. Undoubtedly his worst mistake was for Haaland’s purpose, the place he was caught in no man’s land off his line, that means all of the Norwegian striker needed to do was lob him from 15 yards.

He obtained a 3/10 for his efficiency from Malik Ouzia, a journalist for The Normal. He described Sanchez’s place for the Haaland strike as ‘baffling’, earlier than explaining that it’s a ‘miracle that he retains his shirt’ within the Chelsea purpose.

Certainly, his Sofascore stats from full-time present simply how poor the Blues primary carried out. He prevented -0.68 objectives and made one error that led to a purpose. On the ball, he accomplished simply eight from 26 tried lengthy balls.

With Filip Jorgensen additionally an possibility for Enzo Maresca between the posts, it stays to be seen if Sanchez shall be dropped for Chelsa’s subsequent outing. Somebody in an identical boat is defender Levi Colwill.

Colwill’s stats vs. Man Metropolis

Colwill was maybe simply as dangerous, if not arguably worse, than Sanchez towards the Residents. Soccer content material creator Rory steered Haaland “bullied” the Englishman, a nice instance being the very fact the Metropolis star held Colwill up earlier than taking part in Foden in for Metropolis’s third.

His ranking from Ouzia was solely barely higher than Sanchez’s, with the Chelsea defender earring himself a 4/10. The Normal journalist additionally agreed with the very fact he was ‘bullied’, and criticised him for a mistake that nearly gifted Haaland one other purpose.

Colwill’s stats from the sport had been a disappointing abstract of his night’s work in East Manchester. The England worldwide received only one out of three aerial duels, made one error resulting in a shot and misplaced the ball eight occasions.

Colwill stats vs. Man Metropolis
Stat	Quantity
Touches	74
Go accuracy	90%
Passes accomplished	63/70
Lengthy balls accomplished	3/7
Aerial duels received	1/3
Variety of occasions possession misplaced	8
Errors resulting in shot	1
Stats from Sofascore

Simply as he does in purpose, Maresca has choices in defence if he needs to drop Colwill. The Italian may usher in younger Josh Acheampong, Frenchman Axel Disasi or former Metropolis academy man Tosin Adarabioyo.

He definitely has an enormous determination to make forward of the following recreation, with choices out there to him, and it will be exhausting to argue towards a call to drop Colwill. No matter Maresca chooses to do, he’ll hope his aspect can bounce again with a win subsequent trip.