5/10/2023 0 Comments Roma invicta marchPedro – 4/10: He stumbled on a big chance in the opening minute, which quickly led to a deficit for Chelsea. Poor defending all match and still a no-show offensively, which was his strong suit for Chelsea last season. Marcos Alonso – 3/10: He was slow to react on the opening goal, which was a portent of things to come for Chelsea. Off the mark on his passes all night and gave a cheap ball away for Roma’s third goal. A semi-bright spot for a Chelsea player.Ĭesc Fabregas – 1/10: As low as you can go for Fabregas in this one. Defensively, he used his body well to position himself between the ball and the Roma player intercepting balls and pushing players around a bit. Failed to hit the net on a header that could have turned the match around. He got up the pitch offensively and made some very dangerous passes and crosses. Tiemoue Bakayoko – 5/10: Some positives in this match. Moved to center back when Cahill was subbed off and continued to underperform. His crosses lacked the quality we have been accustomed to seeing from him on that right side. Somehow, sadly, he was the top performer on that back line in this match.Ĭesar Azpilicueta – 3/10: Let the run of El Shaarawy get in front of him for the second goal. Though he made no glaring errors defensively, he lacks the offensive creativity to keep him on the pitch in a match down two goals. Gary Cahill – 4/10: Subbed off in the 55th minute for Willian in a tactical move by Conte to produce more offense. Passes were consistently splitting him and Rudiger all night and the two failed to adjust. After a positive start to his Chelsea career, this match was easily his worst.ĭavid Luiz – 3/10: Split on the opening goal and a poor touch led to an outstanding chance. Roma produced far too many quality chances.Īntonio Rudiger – 2/10: He let Dzeko split him on the first El Shaarawy goal and did not deal with the incoming ball on his second goal. Overall, it is hard to blame the keeper on a night where the players in front failed him as much as they did. And his positioning on the third was questionable. Thibaut Courtois – 4/10: He had no chance on the first Roma goal, but was just slow to react on the second. However, a lot of questions remain heading into their massive match against Manchester United this Sunday. Remarkably, Atletico Madrid drew at home to Qarabag, so Chelsea is still in a good position to advance out of the group stage. And even more, they simply lacked effort. Roma was superb, but Chelsea hardly put up a fight. Roma’s Diego Perotti produced a screamer that beat Courtois near post and all but sealed Chelsea’s fate on the night. He put on Willian for Gary Cahill in an effort to be more offensive. An early second half sub by Antonio Conte looked to change the momentum of the match. And Chelsea dug themselves into a deeper hole. Conceding a goal in the first minute is not the start Chelsea wanted on the road.Īs Chelsea was growing into the match, a crucial error by Antonio Rudiger led to Roma’s second goal. A deep ball ricocheted off Edin Dzeko and found the foot of the on-rushing Stephen El Shaarawy, who blasted a laser past Thibaut Courtois. That play was snuffed out, but quickly turned around into a chance for Roma. On one end, Pedro got into the box and had an opportunity to put Chelsea in front. And by how things went, his presence was missed yet again as Chelsea fell to Roma, 0-3. With all the talk of N’Golo Kante returning to training and possibly starting this match, he did not even make the roster for the game.
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