🗣️ Xabi Alonso on Chelsea’s 6-3 win over Leeds United [H] in the Carabao Cup third round:
🤝 “Many things happened in the game.
“For sure, I take responsibility for a lot of them; no player to blame, it’s the decisions that we took, and for sure, the first half, things were not going the way we wanted.
“When you haven’t had time, and when you don’t have time to work with them, it’s difficult to compete at this level, so it’s my responsibility, and we have to take the decisions at half time, and we have seen a second half with quality, tempo.
“We need to analyse, but happy with that we are going through, happy with the reaction, but as well analytic about what we have done.
“It was difficult for them [fringe players].
“Maybe I made it too difficult because it’s a strong side. But overall, you need to react. You need to take decisions, and the impact was good from the players that came on.”
🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞:
“We want to have better balance, to be more solid, to be able to win in a boring game as well.
“Five games, we are now through, and now we have these two games before the international break that are fundamental.”
(Via Jake Stokes - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHELEE #LUFC #Alonso
🤝 “Many things happened in the game.
“For sure, I take responsibility for a lot of them; no player to blame, it’s the decisions that we took, and for sure, the first half, things were not going the way we wanted.
“When you haven’t had time, and when you don’t have time to work with them, it’s difficult to compete at this level, so it’s my responsibility, and we have to take the decisions at half time, and we have seen a second half with quality, tempo.
“We need to analyse, but happy with that we are going through, happy with the reaction, but as well analytic about what we have done.
“It was difficult for them [fringe players].
“Maybe I made it too difficult because it’s a strong side. But overall, you need to react. You need to take decisions, and the impact was good from the players that came on.”
🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞:
“We want to have better balance, to be more solid, to be able to win in a boring game as well.
“Five games, we are now through, and now we have these two games before the international break that are fundamental.”
(Via Jake Stokes - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHELEE #LUFC #Alonso
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Last night’s #CarabaoCup Player of the Match! 🥶🏆
Sorry, Rodgers 🫣
🥶 Cole Palmer in 45 MINUTES against Leeds United:
• 2 goals
• 5 shots
• 5 recoveries
• 3 duels won
#EFL
Sorry, Rodgers 🫣
🥶 Cole Palmer in 45 MINUTES against Leeds United:
• 2 goals
• 5 shots
• 5 recoveries
• 3 duels won
#EFL
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Sources close to Geovany Quenda say he remains confident of playing an important role under Xabi Alonso this season. Quenda has not featured for Chelsea since MD1, where he made a brief cameo appearance from the bench.
(bobbyvincent)
Sources close to Quenda say he’s fully fit and is Xabi Alonso just not selecting him.
(kierangill)
Stay calm on Quenda and Estevao. Chelsea believe Estevao will be a superstar, people close to Quenda are calm at the moment. It is a new season, new project, Alonso is trying to find guarentees, people he can trust, and it is also a new tactical plan.
(fabrizioRomano)
(bobbyvincent)
Sources close to Quenda say he’s fully fit and is Xabi Alonso just not selecting him.
(kierangill)
Stay calm on Quenda and Estevao. Chelsea believe Estevao will be a superstar, people close to Quenda are calm at the moment. It is a new season, new project, Alonso is trying to find guarentees, people he can trust, and it is also a new tactical plan.
(fabrizioRomano)
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