Chelsea ran out dominant 3-0 winners in opposition to Nottingham Forest within the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.
Enzo Maresca’s aspect put in a dominant second-half efficiency in opposition to a flailing Forest outfit to depart the Metropolis Floor with all three factors.
The primary 45 minutes glided by with out too many notable moments, however it took Chelsea simply 4 minutes into the second half to interrupt the impasse. Younger centre-back Josh Acheampong was the person who discovered the again of the web, rising highest to go a Pedro Neto cross residence.
The Portuguese winger obtained himself on the scoresheet to double the Blues’ lead. His effort got here from a set-piece, with Chelsea skipper Reece James rolling it right into a path for Neto to run on to. He did simply that and smashed the ball residence by means of a packed penalty space.
Chelsea’s third got here by means of their captain, James. He marked his 2 hundredth recreation for his boyhood membership with a sweetly-struck first-time volley.
He latched onto a unfastened ball from a Chelsea nook and fired residence to cap off an exquisite workforce effort.
It was definitely a very good afternoon’s work within the East Midlands for the Blues. In addition to Chelsea carried out, nevertheless, just a few of their gamers did wrestle. Alejandro Garnacho was a type of.
Garnacho’s stats vs. Forest
Life at Stamford Bridge has not began within the best trend for Argentine winger Garnacho. He’s nonetheless but to seek out the again of the web or seize an help. His exhibiting in opposition to Forest was a continuation of a poor begin in Blue.
The previous Manchester United participant struggled to pose a lot of a menace down the left wing. Coming immediately up in opposition to Neco Williams, he didn’t actually drive on the Welshman sufficient, and his crossing definitely left loads to be desired.
Garnacho’s stats from the sport present simply how a lot of a disappointing efficiency it was from the 21-year-old. He had simply 18 touches and accomplished seven passes, with out even creating an opportunity. The winger additionally didn’t register a shot.
Because of his poor exhibiting, Garnacho was hooked off at half-time. The Chelsea quantity 49 definitely didn’t impress, with Objective journalist Matthew Decide giving him a 4/10 for his efforts.
The journalist famous that he was ‘unable to get into the sport’ all through.
It was one other below-par efficiency from Garnacho, who has not but managed to indicate his finest in a Chelsea shirt. Nevertheless, there was one other of Maresca’s aspect immediately who was arguably worse.
The Chelsea participant who was worse than Garnacho
Maresca, who was banned from the touchline and needed to watch the sport from the stands, might need been dissatisfied with a number of the showings from his aspect within the first 45 minutes.
That’s the reason, for instance, Garnacho was taken off on the break.
One other gifted teenager who solely accomplished the primary half of the sport was Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos. Working larger up the pitch immediately, the 21-year-old seemed somewhat at sea and didn’t have the inventive affect he could have wished.
Santos, who hails from Rio de Janeiro, has excelled as a quantity eight for Chelsea, the place he can drive ahead and create from barely deeper. Right now, that attacking nous was lacking, and he put a golden probability extensive within the first half.
Decide additionally appeared to suppose that Santos underperformed in opposition to the lads in Garibaldi Crimson. He gave him the identical score as Garnacho, a 4/10. It was definitely a tricky day on the workplace for the younger midfielder.
The numbers counsel that he was even worse than his Argentine teammate, too.
For instance, Santos had a passing accuracy of simply 55% and failed to finish a dirbble.
Santos & Garnacho key stats in contrast | ||
|---|---|---|
Stat | Santos | Garnacho |
Touches | 23 | 18 |
Passes accomplished | 6 | 7 |
Variety of occasions ball misplaced | 6 | 6 |
Duels gained | 4/7 | 4/5 |
Ball recoveries | 3 | 2 |
Stats from Sofascore | ||
It is a efficiency that Santos will wish to put behind him rapidly. He confirmed simply how good he’s final season on mortgage at Strasbourg, with 12 objectives and 5 assists from midfield. These are the kinds of performances he’ll be on the lookout for subsequent day trip.
It is going to be fascinating to see if Maresca selects him from the beginning within the Blues’ subsequent recreation, a Champions League conflict with Ajax at Stamford Bridge.
