Chelsea 0 - 0* Liverpool - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea 0 - 0* Liverpool

4 Shots on Target 6
7 Shots off Target 14
2 Corners 11
14 Fouls 10
7 Offsides 1
6 Saves 4
3 Yellow Cards 1
45% Possession 55%








PKO
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Marcos Alonso ○ ○ James Milner
Romelu Lukaku ○ ○ Fabinho
Kai Havertz ○ ○ Virgil van Dijk
Reece James ○ ○ Trent Alexander-Arnold
Jorginho ○ ○ Mohamed Salah
Antonio Rudiger ○ ○ Diogo Jota
N'Golo Kante ○ ○ Divock Origi
Timo Werner ○ ○ Andy Robertson
Thiago Silva ○ ○ Harvey Elliott
Trevoh Chalobah ○ ○ Ibrahima Konate
Kepa Arrizabalaga ╳ ○ Caoimhin Kelleher


Cards
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Mateo Kovacic 90' 105+2' Trent Alexander-Arnold
N'Golo Kante 99'
Kai Havertz 105+2'




球場: Wembley Stadium, London
觀眾: 85,512
開賽: 16:30 Sun, 27 Feb 2022
主裁: Stuart Attwell



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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/02/28/
the-debrief--havertz-the-creative-key-and-three-rocks-at-the-bac

The Debrief: Havertz the creative key and three rocks at the back in close
Wembley final

28 Feb 2022


Chelsea were defeated on penalties in the Carabao Cup final, but the
statistics back up Thomas Tuchel's claim that the result could have gone
either way after a thrilling 120 minutes of football.


https://i.imgur.com/umL6E9n.png


With a trophy on the line, cup finals at Wembley can sometimes become
stale affairs with neither team wanting to take risks, but not on this
occasion as Chelsea and Liverpool went toe-to-toe at the national stadium.


It resulted in a highly entertaining match that was big on quality, for
which both teams can be proud of their performance, with the biggest
surprise being that it ended goalless after extra time.


== No goals… somehow ==


The expected goals statistics underline how surprising it was that the
game ended goalless, with a 2-2 draw seeming more likely by that method,
although Liverpool just about edge it with their chances.


Despite neither team finding the back of the net until the shoot-out,
there were a total of 31 shots during the game. Although they were
weighted towards the Reds, who had 20 of them, the way they were
distributed differently for the sides tells a more rounded story. Only 11
of Liverpool's 20 came from open play, with the rest via set-pieces, while
all 11 of Chelsea's were created in open play.


https://i.imgur.com/A0j5clu.jpg


Both teams were quite patient when waiting for those opportunities, too,
with 82 per cent (Chelsea) and 81 per cent (Liverpool) of them coming from
inside the penalty area.


Of course, those statistics are slightly skewed by the fact that both
teams did actually put the ball in the back of the net, only to see them
ruled out for offside by a combination of referee Stuart Attwell and VAR,
with Chelsea suffering that pain on no less than three occasions. That
explains why Kai Havertz managed to beat goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
twice, but is listed as not having attempted a shot on the official
statistics.


https://i.imgur.com/p4Ipbzr.jpg
Havertz scores the second of his two disallowed goals


That inability of either team to take advantage of the chances they
produced during the 120 minutes of football made it even more surprising
when the complete opposite happened once the match went to a shoot-out.
The first 21 spot-kicks all found the back of the net before Kepa
Arrizabalaga became the unlucky man to see his effort miss the target.


With all 11 players from each team being called upon to take a penalty,
including the goalkeepers, that makes it comfortably the longest
competitive shoot-out ever involving Chelsea's senior team, surpassing the
UEFA Super Cup win over Villarreal earlier this season and the 2008
Champions League final defeat to Manchester United, which were both
decided by the seventh penalty takers.


== Standing firm ==


The number of chances that came and went without being converted were as
much about defensive resilience as attacking profligacy, though, certainly
when it came to Chelsea's back line.


Liverpool may only have got six of their 20 attempts on target, with only
Luis Diaz finding the target more than once for the Reds, but that was
partly down to the fact that 10 of their shots, fully half, were blocked
by a Blues defender, Trevoh Chalobah leading the way with three blocked
shots to his name.


https://i.imgur.com/WIfglWk.jpg


We also made Liverpool work incredibly hard for the chances they managed
to create, with our defenders competing for every ball. Thiago Silva's 12
clearances were twice as many as any Liverpool player managed, with
Antonio Rudiger (nine) and Marcos Alonso (seven) also topping anyone from
the opposition.


https://i.imgur.com/fFkXAVW.jpg


The Blues worked tirelessly to punish any loose passes from Liverpool, in
both midfield and defence. That was particularly true of Chalobah, who
made seven interceptions, and N'Golo Kante with five. No other player on
the pitch recorded more than three.


The relentless way we pressured Liverpool into errors, especially in the
final third, is evident in the fact that their starting front three of
Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane lost possession 15 times, compared to
just nine times for our own Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Mason
Mount.


== Exploiting the channels ==


It was clear throughout the game that Chelsea were targeting the left
channel, behind Liverpool's attacking right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold,
as an area we could find space to launch dangerous attacks during the
Carabao Cup final.


Havertz often drifted towards the left to get closer to Mount on that
side, while Alonso and Mateo Kovacic were pushing noticeably higher than
their counterparts Kante and Cesar Azpilicueta on the other side.


https://i.imgur.com/65H8MNA.jpg


That perhaps explains why it was Mount who had four of our shots, twice as
many as anyone else in Blue, while Alonso delivered four crosses and Mount
three, compared to one each for Azpilicueta and Pulisic on the right.


However, the importance of Havertz's movement in creating space and
ability to occupy Liverpool's centre-backs cannot be overstated. The
German's four successful dribbles were twice as many as anyone else on the
pitch, while he was also the only Chelsea player to be credited with more
than one key pass, racking up an impressive five.


https://i.imgur.com/ayrp0KN.jpg


Havertz didn't do a bad job of the traditional centre-forward role,
either, given he was up against the formidable presence of Virgil van
Dijk, with Thiago Silva (six) the only Chelsea player to win more than
Havertz's four aerial duels.

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