FIVE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN CHELSEA VS MANCHESTER UNITED
MANCHESTER UNITED ( MU ) MANAGED TO STEAL ONE POINT WHEN THEY VISITED CHELSEA’S HEADQUARTERS, STAMFORD BRIDGE, IN THE 2022/2023 PREMIER LEAGUE CONTINUED, SATURDAY (10/22/2022) LOCAL TIME.
MU CONCEDED FIRST BY JORGINHO’S GOAL. BUT CASEMIRO’S LATE GOAL IN THE DYING MINUTES OF THE GAME SAVED ERIK TEN HAG’S SIDE FROM DEFEAT.
ERIK TEN HAG CONSIDERED THIS ONE POINT VERY VALUABLE. MOREOVER, THEY HAVE HAD DIFFICULT WEEKS IN BOTH THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND EUROPA LEAGUE.
THERE ARE FIVE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED VERY WELL AND ALSO BADLY IN THE CHELSEA VERSUS MANCHESTER UNITED GAME. ANYONE?
LUKE SHAW – 8/10 LUKE SHAW (C) IS FLANKED BY CHELSEA PLAYERS DURING THE PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER UNITED AND CHELSEA AT STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM IN LONDON, SATURDAY, (10/22/2022).
LUKE SHAW
LUKE SHAW HAS CONTINUED HIS IMPRESSIVE FORM THIS SEASON. CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY SO THAT IN A FIERCE MATCH AGAINST CHELSEA , HIS PERFORMANCE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN WELL.
THE LEFT-BACK RECORDED A PERFECT ASSIST WHICH CASEMIRO HEADED IN TO MAKE IT 1-1.
KEPA ARRIZABALAGA – 8.5/10 KEPA ARRIZABALAGA – THE BLUES MADE A SURPRISE WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE ATHLETIC BILBAO GOALKEEPER FOR A FEE OF £71 MILLION IN 2018. THAT VALUE ALSO MAKES KEPA THE MOST EXPENSIVE GOALKEEPER IN THE WORLD. UNFORTUNATELY, KEPA WAS NOT ABLE TO SHOW CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE AT CHELSEA.
KEPA ARRIZABALAGA
CHELSEA’S DEFENSE HAS TO THANK KEPA ARRIZABALAGA. AGAIN, HE BECAME A FORMIDABLE WALL AFTER BEING TRUSTED TO APPEAR AS THE MAIN GOALKEEPER TO REPLACE EDOUARD MENDY.
THIS SPANISH GOALKEEPER THWARTED AT LEAST THREE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR MU IN THE FIRST HALF. EVEN THOUGH CASEMIRO FINALLY CONCEDED A GOAL, IT REALLY WASN’T HIS FAULT.
JADON SANCHO – 5.5/10
JADON SANCHO FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CRISTIANO RONALDO’S ABSENCE. HE PLAYED UNDER PERFORMANCE AND SEEMED CLUMSY TO FOLLOW THE GAME OF HIS TEAMMATES.
THIS LEFT WINGER DOESN’T DO AS MANY SHARP PUNCHES AS EXPECTED. IN FACT, LUKE SHAW, WHO PLAYED BY HIS SIDE, GAVE BIRTH TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CROSSING .
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN – 7.5/10
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH UNITED NEED THIS PLAYER THIS SEASON. HOW GREAT HE IS. WHEN HE’S NOT AROUND, HE’S MISSED.
PAUL POGBA HAS NEVER BEEN THIS IMPORTANT TO UNITED. HE IS A HARD WORKER ON THE TEAM AND DESERVES CREDIT.
JORGINHO – 7.5/10
PLAYING AS A MIDFIELD SPIRIT, JORGINHO MANAGED TO PREVENT MU’S DOMINANCE FROM CONTINUING IN THE SECOND HALF. INDEED IN THE FIRST INTERVAL CHELSEA WERE UNDER PRESSURE, BUT HIS ABILITY TO READ THE GAME PREVENTED KEPA’S GOAL FROM CONCEDING A LOT.
HE THEN MADE THE DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST UNTIL THE 90′ MINUTE THANKS TO HIS PENALTY. JORGINHO AND KEPA ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS FOR CHELSEA IN THIS MATCH.