Jackson and Neto off

Incredible block Tosin

Tosin Adarabioyo:

"It was very difficult. Everton are one of the best teams at keeping clean sheets and we are one of the best at scoring. The first half was very difficult with the weather but we showed fighting spirit..."

[via premierleague]

Tosin Adarabioyo:

"It was very difficult. Everton are one of the best teams at keeping clean sheets and we are one of the best at scoring. The first half was very difficult with the weather but we showed fighting spirit..."

[via premierleague]

Tosin Adarabioyo:

"We are having a good run and are full of confidence. We will keep on pushing."

[via premierleague]

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

✍️ by franstanic

STARTING XI:

Sanchez - 9: Got us a point with some incredible saves, and didn’t put a foot wrong.

Gusto - 6: Had some sloppy passes but did okay despite being played in his unnatural position.

Tosin - 8.5: Amazing block in the end. Extremely dominant in the air.

Colwill - 7: Played decently, his penetrating passes were accurate throughout the match.

Disasi - 6: Found it tough at times against Ndiaye in a difficult game to come into, but did well overall.

Fernandez - 7.5: Calm distribution and showed a good work rate defensively as well.

Caicedo - 7: Strong in ground duels as always. Solid.

Neto - 7: Dynamic performance. Always tried to get past his man and create something, showed a nice few skills.

Palmer - 5: Not his best performance today. Wasted a lot of nice opportunities and misplaced a few passes and crosses that could have been important.

Sancho - 6.5: Always takes his man on, but could have done better today when it comes to decision making in final third. Needs to be more direct.

Jackson - 5: Always links up with his teammates and had a nice few dribbles but not clinical enough as he wasted Chelsea’s best chances in this game.

SUBSTITUTES:

Nkunku - N/A

Madueke - N/A

Thoughts? 🔵⬇️

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC

Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 0-0 draw at Everton [A] in the Premier League:

🤝 “I’m absolutely happy.

“I just said to the players I’m more happy today than the Brentford game. The reason why is I was quite worried about this game. It’s a tricky game, a tricky stadium, a tricky team.

“They are defensively top. They are one of the five best teams in Europe in terms of clean sheets. You struggle to create chances against them. It was not an easy game.

“You have to deal with and learn to play different games: long balls, second balls, channels, set-pieces. Football is not only how good we play on the ball. It’s also how you defend and how you deal with that. I’m very proud today.

“In general, you always struggle to create chances against them. We knew it would be a tough game in terms of clear chances. For sure we could have attacked better, but there was not space for Cole [Palmer]. In the last half-hour, we tried to move Enzo [Fernandez] into an attacking midfielder, with Malo [Gusto] next to Moi [Caicedo] to change something.

“Overall in this type of game, knowing you are not going to create many chances, you have to be clinical. First half, Nico [Jackson] had a one-v-one with the keeper, hit the post, and we had another two or three chances inside the box.

“If you are able to be clinical there and score, probably the game becomes different, but until that moment you’re going to struggle.”

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞:

“Tosin [Adarabioyo] was very good, Levi [Colwill] was very good. Rob [Sanchez] was there twice when we needed him. All the players defensively were very good. I’m happy for them. Clean sheet, we don’t concede.

“The way we showed togetherness was brilliant. We arrive to Christmas second in the table with the best attack and one of the best defences, so we are happy.”

(Via chelseafc)

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC

🚨 Chelsea will pay £25m to @ManchesterUnited for Sancho, this is the final fee which now looks guaranteed. Chelsea believe he’s worth way more than this and are very happy with his training and attitude. (FabrizioRomano) #CFC

Happy Birthday to you, Eve Perisset! 🥳🎈

Enzo Maresca ahead of Fulham [H] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“Romeo [Lavia] is still recovering.

“He’s much, much better and he’s already back on the pitch. He’s already working but unfortunately he’s not ready for the next game.

“Everyone else is okay, it’s the same situation as it was before.”

⚒️ 𝐎𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐦:

“Over the last few seasons, they have been fantastic. They’ve been together for many years now, coming up from the Championship and they know each other very well.

“They have a clear identity and know what they are doing both on and off the ball. They may have a few injury issues to deal with, we are not sure yet, but they have many options to change things up and we will have to see.

“Sometimes they play with a line of four, sometimes they play with five at the back. They can do different things and we will prepare different options and try to prepare for that.

“We know it will be a tough game but I just try to be focused on how we can beat them and how we can be good on and off the ball. The result is not something we can always control but we can control the way we want
to play.”

(Via ChelseaFC)

Nico is loving life at home in the #PL. 🏡