Chelsea vs Aston Villa ( Date

Chelsea vs Aston Villa ( Date - 26/12/2021 )

Chelsea won 3-1 vs a Gerrard-less Aston Villa thanks to a Jorginho double on boxing day. As entertaining the match was,here are my thoughts on both team's performance:-

CHELSEA

● Chelsea started with a 3-4-3 and looked threatening from the onset. The wing backs,especially Alonso kept running up and down the flanks providing the width. The 3 man defense with Silva in the middle played wide but were quick to squeeze in the spaces to block the shots from the likes of Ings and Watkins.

● The midfield 3 in Chelsea, especially Kante impressed me a lot. His ball carrying prowess is criminally underrated. Whenever the wing backs put in the crosses,3 men were already waiting in the box with Kante running in for the rebound from outside. His long range shooting is very good and Tuchel looked to capitalize that.

●Jorginho was essential,not only from the spot,but his ability to break plays and spread the ball outwards is so good. Chelsea had more passes in the opposition half,more touches and more shots too.

●Tuchel's geggenpressing is also a treat to watch,with collective pressing,squeezing the spaces a key being off the ball.

●The back 3 maintained the backline well and played high,the midfield plays way too centrally and that for me can cause a few problems incase they play teams with fast wingers.

● With Lukaku's introduction they switched to a 5-4-1 with his pace and physicality earning them the second penalty.

My Overall Rating : 7

ASTON VILLA

●Villa were without their manager but they will have to blame themselves for not capitalizing on their lead.

● Villa didn't press as a unit,and had more men behind the ball,than infront of it. The full backs Cash and Targett were poor from crossing positions, the forwards Ings and Watkins had way too many shots blocked.

● Villa played with a 4-3-3 which transformed into a 4-4-2 diamond as the match progressed with the CDM dropping down as a 3rd CB when the side had possession.

●Villa were beaten physically as well as tactically, they could have counter attacked being 1-2 down,but chose to play safe.

● Villa on the counter really impressed me,but poor finishing upfront is a concern.

My Overall Rating- 6

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