chelsea – Holding Midfield

Video: How Chelsea beat Liverpool’s press

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

Early on in their victory over Liverpool, Chelsea had problems playing out from the back. With Liverpool's front three blocking the easy passes into midfield and out to the full-backs, Antonio Rudiger and Kurt Zouma gave the ball away twice on the edge of their area. To stop this from…

Case Study: Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool 3/3/2020

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

First losing to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and then to Watford in the Premier League, Liverpool's aura of invincibility has taken a dent in recent weeks as they headed down to London to face Chelsea in the FA Cup. Both Jurgen Klopp and Frank Lampard sent out weakened…

Goal Analysis: Ross Barkley – Grimsby Town 1-7 Chelsea 25/9/2019

Goal Analysis: Ross Barkley – Chelsea 7-1 Grimsby Town 25/9/2019

September 26, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

Michael Jolley utilised man-marking in an attempt to get his Grimsby Town side to shut down Chelsea. It obviously didn't work. Given it took Chelsea just minutes to open the scoring, perhaps we can learn why it didn't work by looking at Ross Barkley's goal. Who's man is who is…

Case Study: Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool 22/9/2019

September 23, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

Liverpool travelled to Stamford Bridge looking to continue the sole remaining 100% record in the Premier League after losing away to Napoli in the Champions League in mid-week. Chelsea were also looking to bounce back from a loss in the Champions League, defeated 1-0 by Valencia on Tuesday. The two…

Case Study: Liverpool p2-2 Chelsea 14/8/2019

August 16, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

The European Super Cup was played out by two English sides for the first time in its history. Champions League winners Liverpool were set up by manager Jurgen Klopp in their usual 4-3-3 formation, with Adrian filling in for the injured Alisson Becker, Joel Matip coming into the centre of…

Case Study: Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal 29/5/2019

May 31, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

What should have been the peak of both finalists' seasons ended up overshadowed in the run-up to this game by off-field factors. Difficulties in even making it to Baku meant that neither team managed to sell their paltry ticket allocations, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan opted not to travel due to concerns…

Case Study: Chelsea 0-0 Everton 11/11/2018

November 14, 2018December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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Chelsea remain unbeaten under Maurizio Sarri, suggesting his team has adapted quicker than expected to his methods, while Everton had a bumpy start under Marco Silva but have since strung together a good run of results to propel them into the top half of the table. Sarri went with his…

Goal Analysis: Paulo Dybala – Manchester United 0-1 Juventus 23/10/2018

October 24, 2018December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

A fairly uninteresting game means a full match report isn't really worthwhile, however Paulo Dybala's goal in Juventus' win over Manchester United neatly encapsulated the match as a whole. Jose Mourinho usually sets up his team in a 4-3-3 formation, yet he changed to a 4-2-3-1 for the weekend's draw…

Tactical analysis: Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool 6/5/2018

May 11, 2018December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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Despite falling away with five losses in seven games from the end of January to the start of April, Chelsea have clawed their way back into contention for a Champions League spot just as the top four seemed to be settled. With their run to the final of that competition…

Video: Antonio Conte at Chelsea Tactics

March 19, 2018December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

Joshua Askew

An analysis of the tactics used by Antonio Conte at Chelsea.

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