Chelsea finally found the net again, after three games drought, during the southwest London derby against Fulham (2-0), obtaining a long-awaited second victory in the league on Monday, where the Blues are now in eleventh place. after seven days.
Difficult to speak of a founding victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s team, as the opposition seemed weak at Craven Cottage. But it brings a little serenity to the Argentine coach and a renewed confidence to his Blues, whose quest for success had until then been thwarted by almost sickly inefficiency.
In the space of 82 seconds, Mykhailo Mudryk (18th, 1-0) and Armando Broja (20th, 2-0) broke the defensive lock, blocking their team’s series of matches without scoring in the league to three .
Chelsea do not have a European Cup to play this season and will be able to concentrate their efforts on the next trip, Saturday to Burnley, the current penultimate with a porous defense (15 goals conceded before their late match, Tuesday at Luton), to try to start a virtuous cycle.
Virtues, the young attackers sent to the front, Monday in the derby, did not lack them, from Mudryk to Broja via Cole Palmer, a trident with an average age of 21 and a half.
Mudryk finally scores
If the Ukrainian has his starting stripes, this is not the case for the Albanian international center forward, thrust into the starting lineup for only the third time with Chelsea in the league in the absence of Nicolas Jackson, suspended.
Ditto for Palmer, who arrived this summer from Manchester City. The English hope, so confusing and elegant with his left paw, perfectly took the place of Raheem Sterling, weakened this weekend by a virus and only entered in the second half.
Jackson and Sterling, however, were precisely Chelsea’s last two scorers in the Premier League, during the only previous victory against promoted Luton (3-0), on August 25.
Mudryk took over by receiving a delicious cross from Levi Colwill with his chest, before quietly crucifying Bernd Leno with his left (18th).
The former Shakhtar striker’s first goal, on the evening of his 21st appearance with Chelsea in the Premier League, was immediately followed by Broja’s second with the Blues, a year after the first.
Another reason for satisfaction for Pochettino, his defense led by Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi remained impervious to the admittedly timid attacks of Fulham. The Blues have the second best defense, tied with Arsenal (5 goals conceded) and just behind leader Manchester City.
After seven days, Chelsea are eleventh with eight points, the same total as Nottingham Forest and Fulham who are close behind in the standings.
2023-10-03 05:01:58
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