๐ฃ๏ธ Xabi Alonso on Chelsea striker Joao Pedro:
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐:
โI would say yes.
โIf you count how many top strikers we have in the Premier League, Iโm sure that Joao is there, Haaland for sure is there.
โSo I would rate him that way.
โHeโs been top. Not just football-wise, personality-wise, his maturity, his desire. He has a very strong goal this year to have a great season, score many goals and a nominee [for Player of the Month] not just for this month but for more months.
โIโm not surprised but really happy with the kind of player we have with Joao.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง:
โNo, no, no.
โHe was full enough [of fuel], he had enough in him so I didnโt have to go there, it was painful for him, but that is way back and we are now talking about our things and what he is doing well and what he can do better.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง:
โIn many things, he reminds me of [Karim] Benzema, because he is good in the box, he is good out of the box, he is good coming to his left side, he is good with the head, he is very complete, he is intelligent, so yes, still young, still things to develop, but many, many absolutely outstanding qualities that he has.โ
(Via bobbyvincentfl - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHEHULL
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐:
โI would say yes.
โIf you count how many top strikers we have in the Premier League, Iโm sure that Joao is there, Haaland for sure is there.
โSo I would rate him that way.
โHeโs been top. Not just football-wise, personality-wise, his maturity, his desire. He has a very strong goal this year to have a great season, score many goals and a nominee [for Player of the Month] not just for this month but for more months.
โIโm not surprised but really happy with the kind of player we have with Joao.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง:
โNo, no, no.
โHe was full enough [of fuel], he had enough in him so I didnโt have to go there, it was painful for him, but that is way back and we are now talking about our things and what he is doing well and what he can do better.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง:
โIn many things, he reminds me of [Karim] Benzema, because he is good in the box, he is good out of the box, he is good coming to his left side, he is good with the head, he is very complete, he is intelligent, so yes, still young, still things to develop, but many, many absolutely outstanding qualities that he has.โ
(Via bobbyvincentfl - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHEHULL
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๐จ๐จ| ๐๐๐๐๐๐: Cole Palmer registers 71 Premier League goal involvements for Chelsea in 100 games. ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Only Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (77) has more goal involvements in his first 100 PL appearances for Chelsea.
Only Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (77) has more goal involvements in his first 100 PL appearances for Chelsea.
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๐ฃ๏ธ Xabi Alonso on Chelseaโs 2-2 draw with Hull City [H] in the Premier League:
๐ค โItโs all maybe entertaining, but I hope that one day you say it was a boring game and we win and we donโt give these entertaining moments.
โIt will take time to or it will take moments to fix them when we get the lead and you still need to be competing and not to give the chance so easily for them to come back, especially in the first goal, we can do much better.
โIt was too soft to give them this hope because until then we were controlling, we were creating chances, but that momentum that we had changed the mood and the score of the game and itโs something that we need to be talking [about].
โWe will get better, but itโs having an impact on our performances at the moment.โ
๐ค On whether changing to a back four was an effort to stop conceding the amounts of goals:
โItโs about the profile of the players. You can say it was back three or four, so itโs about the choice of the players, their qualities, where they play better. Today we played with Malo [Gusto], he was playing in good positions, trying to find him and on the right linking with other players, so it wasnโt that much of a change for me.
โI think that we are attacking better than defending in every part. We know that itโs a big topic and a big theme for us. For sure itโs just four games, but the dynamic in terms of conceding, I donโt like it and we need to do much better. Open play, set-pieces, long balls, this toughness, this competitive sense, we can do better.โ
๐คทโโ๏ธ On whether he sees a real desire from his players to defend:
โWe can do better, we can do better for sure. We need to know that even when we have the lead, a very important part of the game is to hold together, to keep the distances, to go intense in the situations to defend. Iโm sure that we can do better.
โWe need to be aware that from any situation, any team in the Premier League can hurt you.
โToday it was from a long ball, two bounces, the way it happened. If you are soft or if you are not prepared, you will get punished and we have been punished that way.โ
(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)
๐ค โItโs all maybe entertaining, but I hope that one day you say it was a boring game and we win and we donโt give these entertaining moments.
โIt will take time to or it will take moments to fix them when we get the lead and you still need to be competing and not to give the chance so easily for them to come back, especially in the first goal, we can do much better.
โIt was too soft to give them this hope because until then we were controlling, we were creating chances, but that momentum that we had changed the mood and the score of the game and itโs something that we need to be talking [about].
โWe will get better, but itโs having an impact on our performances at the moment.โ
๐ค On whether changing to a back four was an effort to stop conceding the amounts of goals:
โItโs about the profile of the players. You can say it was back three or four, so itโs about the choice of the players, their qualities, where they play better. Today we played with Malo [Gusto], he was playing in good positions, trying to find him and on the right linking with other players, so it wasnโt that much of a change for me.
โI think that we are attacking better than defending in every part. We know that itโs a big topic and a big theme for us. For sure itโs just four games, but the dynamic in terms of conceding, I donโt like it and we need to do much better. Open play, set-pieces, long balls, this toughness, this competitive sense, we can do better.โ
๐คทโโ๏ธ On whether he sees a real desire from his players to defend:
โWe can do better, we can do better for sure. We need to know that even when we have the lead, a very important part of the game is to hold together, to keep the distances, to go intense in the situations to defend. Iโm sure that we can do better.
โWe need to be aware that from any situation, any team in the Premier League can hurt you.
โToday it was from a long ball, two bounces, the way it happened. If you are soft or if you are not prepared, you will get punished and we have been punished that way.โ
(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)
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