After a weak start to the season, Chelsea seems to be finding, little by little, the line that allows him to get excited about fighting for the vanguard positions of the Premier League, his only big objective this campaign. The group led by Mauricio Pochettino They defeated Burnley 4-1 as a visitor for the eighth round of the competition and thus added their third consecutive victory. Enzo Fernandez He was a starter and had a good performance, although again the goal was denied.
The afternoon at Turf Moor looked adverse for the Blues, who began losing due to a goal from Frenchman Wilson Odobert 15 minutes into the first half. The visit was becoming up hill the duel against an opponent who had only won one of their seven matches in the tournament. However, three minutes before the break they found a fortuitous tie thanks to a rebound off the right knee of Belgian defender Ameen Al Dakhil, after a cross from Raheem Sterling, which ended with the ball inside the goal defended by James Trafford.
At the start of the complement, Chelsea hit quickly with a penalty converted by Cole Palmer, after an infringement by the Brazilian Victor da Silva on Sterling. With an advantage, Pochettino’s team was able to show the best of their repertoire and turned their victory into a rout with a left-footed cross from Sterling and with a cry from the Senegalese Nicolas Jacksonwho had replaced the Albanian Armando Broja.
The victory was a good reason for Enzo Fernández to celebrate, who had a good performance, especially in the second period, when he was seen solid on the brand and safe in the distribution of the ball. In any case, the midfielder of the Argentine national team once again squandered a good chance to score and continues to live with an unusual difficulty in converting, something that has already become a topic of debate for many supporters of his team.
Since arriving in London on February 1 of this year, Fernández played 32 matches (all as a starter) and was only able to score once: on August 30 in the 2-1 victory over Wimbledon in the second round of the Cup. League. This record is much lower than what he had achieved at River (12 goals in 53 games) and at Benfica (4 goals in 29 games). With the national team’s shirt he celebrated 3 times in 15 appearances.
Beyond this drought, the player born 22 years ago in San Martín made a good contribution to his team’s second consecutive victory in the Premier League (they had beaten Fulham 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Monday) and the third in all competitions, since last week they had beaten Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 in the third round of the League Cup. With these three points, the Blues They reached 11 and although they are still out of the qualifying positions for European competitions, they are beginning to look at the season with different eyes.
In that table in which Chelsea is beginning to climb, the top belongs, at least for a few hours, to Tottenham. With Cristian Romero as the starter and Alejo Véliz on the field for the last five minutes of added time, Greek Ange Postecoglou’s team beat Luton Town 1-0 as a visitor with a goal from the Dutch Micky van de Ven, adding 20 points and leading by two to Manchester City, who will face Arsenal (17) on Sunday.
On the verge of another tough setback was Manchester United, who finished an incredible comeback match and beat Brentford 2-1 at Old Trafford. The Bees They took the lead in the first half with a goal from the Dane Mathias Jensen and seemed to have the win in their pocket. But United, which had Alejandro Garnacho for the last 27 minutes, turned it around in added time with two goals from Scotsman Scott McTominay, who had entered at 42 of the second half and ended up being the hero of the movie.
In other matches corresponding to the eighth date, Everton beat Bournemouth 3-0 (Marcos Senesi started) and Fulham beat Sheffield United 3-1. On Sunday, in addition to Arsenal-Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion-Liverpool, West Ham United-Newcastle and Wolverhampton-Aston Villa will also play.
2023-10-08 06:41:46
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