Chelsea’s worst performance of the season, and one of the worst in years, sees us lose our semi-final first leg of the Carabao Cup.
A lack of creativity, defensively suspect, and nothing inspiring to note.
Where do we go from here?
Djordje Petrovic – 5
Nothing really of note on Petrovic tonight, so a five it is.
Malo Gusto – 4
Really poor defensively, caught out of position multiple times in the first half and despite a heavy on the ball involvement with 112 touches, he completed just one from eight crosses. Poor.
Axel Disasi – 4
Not his best night, and maybe a four is slightly harsh but defensively as a whole tonight we were a mess. We looked vulnerable every time Middlesborough came forward and couldn’t effectively deal with what they threw at us.
Thiago Silva – 3
Too slow on the ball and heavily guilty for the goal we conceded due to not even being bothered to track back. Nothing else to add.
Levi Colwill – 3
Horrendous, and for me possibly his worst game in a Chelsea shirt. It all started with a dodgy defensive header inside the first minute, followed by constant vulnerability down his flank, enhanced when he was booked for a silly foul.
Moises Caicedo – 7
Our player of the match tonight without a doubt, and quite simply a mile better than anything anyone else produced. It’s still annoying to say, but the sooner we have a competent manager who can set up a functioning midfield, he’ll thrive further.
Enzo Fernandez – 5
Yet another game where we see Enzo a victim of a horrific midfield setup.
Conor Gallagher – 4
Useless is a harsh word but it might even be generous to describe Gallagher as that tonight. I was completely bewildered that he even stayed on the pitch for 90 minutes.
Raheem Sterling – 3
Non-existent? You could say that. Much like Gallagher, I really struggle to understand how Sterling played a full 90 tonight when he was as ineffective as he was.
Cole Palmer – 4
Multiple huge chances missed that could’ve changed the course of the game/tie – but I’m outright not holding complete blame on him for what happened today. He’ll have good days, he’ll have bad ones.
Noni Madueke – 6
Probably one of our better players tonight, and he wasn’t exactly great himself – I have no real way to explain that idea though. It took Noni a good 25 minutes to get into the game to a degree, but when he did, he was bright, direct, and positive – unlike just about everyone else.
Mauricio Pochettino – 2
Utterly clueless and tactically incompetent. I’ve tried for so long to hold my tongue and keep my frustrations at bay but Pochettino completely lost me tonight. He can’t set up a functioning midfield, we are near on unable to build play from the back and I still see zero attacking patterns and combinations. It just has to be a matter of time until he goes.
Mykhailo Mudryk – 4
Made no change or difference to the game tonight, with a few poor crosses and not much else.
Armando Broja – 4
I can’t really remember Broja touching the ball tonight – that’s the lack of creativity we were working with. Harsh to give a four, but can’t justify more.
Alfie Gilchrist – N/A
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