Sheffield United v Chelsea player ratings
Chelsea were punished for some terrible defending in a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United. Here’s how we rated each Blues player.
Kepa Arrizabalaga: 6
Left exposed for all three goals. Was particularly unfortunate for the first, which came when David McGoldrick scored from the rebound after Kepa had made a good save.
Reece James: 6
A reasonable display but there were few glimpses of the dangerous right-wing crosses he is capable of serving up.
Andreas Christensen: 5
Withdrawn at half-time after struggling badly. Too slow to react in the build up to the second goal.
Kurt Zouma: 5
Fully committed and prepared to put his body on the line, but was caught out on several occasions.
Cesar Azpilicueta: 6
Asked again to play at left-back and tried to make the best of it as usual. Solid enough.
Ross Barkley: 6
Caused some problems for the home side before going off in the second half.
Jorginho: 5
Very poor. Too slow with and without the ball, which Sheffield United happily exposed. Will we see him in a Chelsea shirt again?
Willian: 5
Has been in great form but was poor this time. At fault for the second goal, when he switched off and failed to stop the cross.
Mason Mount: 6
Plenty of effort and was prepared to drop back and defend, but made no real impact in an attacking sense.
Christian Pulisic: 5
Another Chelsea player who has been in fine form but just didn’t perform in this one.
Tammy Abraham: 5
Ineffective up front and unable to make the most of a couple of decent chances.
Antonio Rudiger: 5
A bad mistake for the third goal and his performance after coming on at half-time will do nothing to sway his critics.
Marcos Alonso: 6
Got forward well and made a positive difference after being introduced for the second half.
Olivier Giroud: 6
Perhaps unfortunate not to start, he gave Chelsea more bite up front after his introduction.
Ajah Chukwuma Joseph
13/07/2020 @ 3:27 pm
Chelsea should learn to be more attack minded if they must secure a champions league position.