Chelsea is really not there anymore. While the Blues had to put their heads back in place after the loss with heavy consequences against Manchester City, Thomas Tuchel’s men followed up with a sad draw on the lawn of Brighton (1-1). The worst ? The Londoners are doing very, very well with regard to the face of the match, where they have never shown control to respond to the good performance of the Seagulls. There is real danger in the remains for Chelsa, who have won only one game in the last seven days of the Premier League. If the reigning European champion does not extricate himself from this quagmire, we will have to start looking in the rear view mirror.
You only have to zoom in on Hakim Ziyech to realize how much evil seems to be deep in the ranks of Chelsea, who once again showed a poor face, as too often in recent weeks. Nervous, like his teammates, the Moroccan did not even bother to celebrate his goal, the only illumination for the Blues in this endless evening, preferring to rail against his partners at the slightest bad choice. Against the run of play, he placed a sudden strike that surprised everyone (0-1, 28th), while Tuchel’s players hadn’t shown anything very positive since kick-off.
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Hakim Ziyech
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The poor face of Chelsea
For its part, Brighton took advantage of the opponent’s lack of confidence, materialized by a lot of waste, to take the game on its own without ever really letting go. First there was awkwardness for the Seagulls, who had the merit of not diving after having cruelly conceded the opener. Because the Blues did not know how to capitalize on Ziyech’s goal to make it a springboard, continuing to be too feverish to obtain a good result. The equalizer was also symbolic: while Kepa Arrizabalaga had just achieved a small feat, Adam Webster punished defensive passivity on receiving a corner (1-1, 60th).
It took until the last ten minutes to see a semblance of a reaction of pride from Chelsea, under the impetus of a triple change made by Thomas Tuchel. Alas, despite a resounding start, Timo Werner did not have time to turn the tide to avoid a fourth game in a row without a win for Chelsea in the league. A few weeks ago, the Londoners were still fighting for the title. Today, it is their place on the podium that is threatened and Tuchel will have to quickly find solutions so that the initially ideal idyll does not quickly turn into a story without a future.
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