2023-02-03
On the night that their new Argentine player Enzo Fernández made his debut, Chelsea did not go beyond a 0-0 draw at home against Fulham, this Friday in the opening of the 22nd day of the Premier League.
With this point, the ‘Blues’ provisionally snatch ninth place from Liverpool, but with 30 points they are still nine units away from qualifying for the next Champions League and two away from their rival of the night, who is sixth.
Chelsea started their starting XI with their two most expensive recent signings, Enzo Fernández and Mykhailo Mudryk, who had a completely different first half.
The Argentine world champion, who arrived at the London club this week from Benfica in a €121.3 million ($131.6 million) deal, was very active in that first half, but the Ukrainian player was traded in the rest, after having been much less present.
Enzo Fernández showed his enormous quality and what he can contribute to Chelsea, both in defense and attack.
In offensive work, he served a great ball to Mason Mount, whose center could not be finished off well by Kai Havertz (32). In minute 79, Fernández tried with a long shot.
The Moroccan Hakim Ziyech, who was about to go on loan to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday on the last day of the market, was also a starter.
Chelsea was also saved from defeat by the role of Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was especially attentive to a shot by Andreas Pereira (25) and a long-range lob attempt by Aleksander Mitrovic (70).
