“Football, today, is entertainment, spectacle, scoring goals and feeling the passion,” acknowledged Mauricio Pochettino in the Stamford Bridge press room. The London fiefdom, when Mauricio Pochettino spoke to the media after beating Manchester United (4-3), was still standing, and Cole Palmer was about to tear it down. Perhaps the Blues fans are not having as much fun with their team’s season as the neutral fans, but the London team’s games, especially those they play at home, are a true reflection of why the Premier League is the best league in the world .
The comeback (of the comeback) that the young Chelsea midfielder staged against the Red Devils was the perfect culmination of the most unpredictable duel of the current season in England. When the Mancunian team, which won 2-3 in the 98th minute, thought they had everything they had, two goals from Cole Palmer in the 100th and 101st minutes made the Stamford Bridge stands explode with joy. “There are still two minutes left, believe that we can score the winning goal,” the Argentine coach told his team after the penalty caused by Noni Madueke. And the third and final goal of the local ’20’ was timed at minute 100:39, the last winning goal recorded in a Premier League match. Crazy.
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Chelsea players celebrate Cole Palmer’s third goal against Manchester United.GLYN KIRKAFP
This Chelsea-Manchester United, which started with Chelsea’s initial 2-0 lead 20 minutes into the match, ended with seven goals on the scoreboard, but there could have been several more. The Red Devils conceded up to 28 shots in west London. For their part, Erik ten Hag’s pupils fired 19 shots. According to Opta, “there were 88 shots in the Premier League matches between Chelsea and Manchester United this season, the most in a match since 2014-2015.” However, the common denominators to several of the most frenetic, fast-paced and entertaining matches of the season belong to Chelsea: Stamford Bridge and Cole Palmer.
Last November, Manchester City ‘flawed’ during their visit to the English capital. When everything suggested that Rodri Hernández’s goal, scored in the 86th minute, would give the three points to Pep Guardiola’s team, Chelsea’s ’20’ scored from 11 meters, in the 95th minute, the final 4-4. Eight goals, four in each half. Said match between blues and citizens, beyond the final outcome, was another ode to British football. But it is a week before, although this time in north London, Chelsea broke Tottenham’s unbeaten streak in the Premier League by beating Ange Postecoglou’s team (1-4) at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Chelsea fans have seen their team be defeated on several occasions, more than they would have liked, playing at home. But the blues have also enjoyed 4-0 and 6-1 thrashings of Preston North End and Middlesbrough in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup respectively, or qualification in both cup tournaments with goals on the horn. In December, a goal by Mykhailo Mudryk in the 92nd minute forced a penalty shootout against Newcastle, which ultimately allowed Chelsea to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. Likewise, in consecutive rounds of the FA Cup, Conor Gallagher scored 3-2 against Leeds United in the 90th minute and, against Leicester City, Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke sealed their place in the semi-finals of the English knockout tournament with two goals in 92′ and 98′. And all these matches were played, of course, at Stamford Bridge.
As also pointed out choose, “in the last nine seasons, only two Premier League games have seen more than 47 shots (taken between both teams), and both occurred in Chelsea’s last two games: 51 against Burnley and 47 tonight against Manchester United.” As Mauricio Pochettino said, “entertainment, spectacle, goals and passion.”
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Those attending the blue fiefdom have celebrated (and lamented), so far this year, a total of 85 goals spread over 25 matches (among all competitions). An average that exceeds three goals per game. Not all of them have been scored by Chelsea – the London team has scored 52 goals and averages 16.3 shots per game at home – but the neutral fan has had a great time. Stamford Bridge is, in 2023-2024, the fiefdom of heart-stopping finishes. A stadium that only seems to host games made by and for the craziest people in this sport.
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2024-04-07 02:44:07
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