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🆚 Ipswich Town
🏆 Premier League
🕐 14:00 KO
🏟️ Stamford Bridge

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#Chelsea 0-0 Ipswich Town: We're underway at Stamford Bridge.

Goal. Ipswich Town. Enciso.

0-1.

Goal. Ipswich Town. Johnson.

0-2.

HT: #Chelsea 0-2 Ipswich Town

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A change at HT.

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The points are shared.

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𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

✍️ by vikramjajuha

STARTING XI:

Sanchez - 5: Not convincing whatsoever in the first half with misplaced passes.

Chalobah - 5: Sloppy for the second goal, poor positioning and nearly cost Chelsea late on with a silly header in their own box.

Tosin - 5: Poor for the first goal, didn’t really impose himself physically.

Colwill - 6: Gave away too many silly fouls, not convincing defensively again.

Cucurella - 6.5: Poor positioning for fhe second goal, half redeemed himself with involvement in Tuanzebe’s own goal.

Enzo - 6: Showed glimpses of quality with switches of play but still looked vulnerable defensively.

Caicedo - 7: Kept Chelasa in the game when the game became too open in the second half.

Madueke - 6.5: Lacked end product in the first half, but was direct in the lead up for Tuanzebe’s own goal.

Palmer - 7: Picked up nice positions, but needed to show more. Needed to be braver, riskier in his decision-making.

Neto - 6: Wasn’t his day after numerous attempts on goal, poor technique on show again.

Jackson - 5.5: Should’ve buried his chance early on, didn’t pose a threat from crosses at any point.

SUBSTITUTES:

Gusto - 6.5: Added some balance and threat down the right side.

Sancho - 7: Added balance and control after coming on, topped with a lovely goal.

Nkunku - N/A

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Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town [H] in the Premier League:

🤝 “I think we started quite well, creating chances, then when they scored the first goal, the dynamic of the game completely changed,’ reflected Maresca. ‘I think from then until the end of the first half, we were not good enough, especially defensively, because the two goals we conceded were both from our mistakes.

“I think that both goals we conceded, we can defend better. But if you analyse both goals, the first goal is from an Enzo long ball and then we concede. The second is a goal kick, a long ball and we concede.

“We probably lost a little bit of confidence inside the pitch because we were in control and playing well. We lost this little bit of confidence because it’s a game we must win, so when we are one goal behind [it’s difficult]. But in that moment, my message at half time was that we need to react and we can’t continue in the same way we were in the final 25 minutes of the first half.

“It’s tough, it’s tough. In the first 20 minutes, at this stage of the season against these kinds of teams, if you score the first goal then the game completely changes on your side. Unfortunately, we missed chances and then conceded, and I think the team wasn’t good enough in different things [for the rest of the first half].

“This is where we have to take a step forward and react in the right way. I think we lost a little bit of confidence because we conceded and the environment, this is the moment where you have to continue doing the right things and don’t change the plan.

“We are a team that most of the time, our goal kicks start with playing short, but the second goal we play long because of the environment and concede. So you have to be strong and continue with the things you are doing.

“In the second half, we were our team. We were in our way, creating many chances, playing on the opposite sides, and were much more dynamic. We were much better second half.“

(Via ChelseaFC)

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