London England.
Chelsea did not shoot on goal in the entire first half, who then barely shot between the three sticks twice in 21 attempts, one of them incredibly outside Nicolas Jackson, during their defeat against Nottingham Forest, the second in four days of the project by Mauricio Pochettino, arose from a mistake by Moisés Caicedo and the success of Anthony Elanga at the start of the second half (0-1).
In the 48th minute, the most expensive footballer in the entire summer market, for the 133 million paid by Chelsea to Brighton, missed a control in midfield, too long, which Gallagher did not reach and activated the counterattack. Awoniyi took the ball, who waited just long enough for Elanga to uncheck, only before the goalkeeper to score the 0-1 calmly, subtly, with an accurate shot out of the reach of the Spanish goalkeeper.
That was the main difference between the winner and the loser. A punctual play. One of the only two shots between the three posts in more than an hour and a half of duel at Stamford Bridge. But that was not only the beginning of the end for Chelsea, which is a predictable team, for which possession is enough to believe it is the dominator, without depth in the last meters.
He never found the formula to avoid the withdrawal of his adversary. Neither with Nicolas Jackson nor with the speed of Raheem Sterling nor with the position behind the striker of Enzo Fernández, who loses presence in the distribution -his specialty- nor with Gallagher nor with the missing Malo Gusto nor with Caicedo nor with anyone of the that the technician used.
At such levels of possession, Chelsea should have tallied quite a few chances. He did not have one in the first act, beyond two shots from outside the area by Gallagher and Enzo Fernández, both outside, or a shot by Chilwell, also far from the frame. Yes some more in the second half. One above all, already 0-1 against, in the 82nd minute, when Nicolas Jackson missed a resounding option, after the gift that Sterling gave him.
The striker’s frustration was a reflection of the Chelsea game, for which the presence of Cole Palmer, his latest signing from Manchester City, had not been enough either since the 62nd minute of the match. Later, Thiago Silva did have another chance, repelled by Matt Turner, between the final offensive of the ‘blue’ team, without a goal, eight points behind City.
– Datasheet:
0 – Chelsea: Robert Sanchez; Gusto (Mudryk, m. 77), Shots, Thiago Silva, Colwillm, Chilwell (Madueke, m. 62); Gallagher (Palmer, m. 62), Caicedo (Matsen, m,. 77); Sterling, Enzo; Nicholas Jackson.
1 – Nottingham Forest: Turner; Aurier (Montiel, m. 72), Boly, Worrall, McKenna, Aina (Kouyate, m. 72); Yates, Mangala (Tavares, m. 72), Danilo (Field, m. 47+), Gibbs-White; Avoidance (Wood, m. 66).Referee: Tim Robinson. Admonished locals Chilwell (m. 31), Jackson (m. 37) and Gallagher (m. 43) and visitor Yates (m. 60).
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourth day of the Premier League played at the Stamford Bridge stadium before some 40,000 spectators.
2023-09-02 21:32:28
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