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Chelsea *1 - 1 Aston Villa

Reece James - Werner 54' 64' Cameron Archer

7 Shots on Target 7
11 Shots off Target 3
10 Corners 2
11 Fouls 8
1 Offsides 0
5 Saves 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
68% Possession 32%







PKO
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Romelu Lukaku ○ ○ Anwar El Ghazi
Mason Mount ○ ╳ Ashley Young
Ross Barkley ○ ╳ Marvelous Nakamba
Ben Chilwell ╳ ○ Ezri Konsa
Reece James ○ ○ Emiliano Buendia


Cards
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Malang Sarr 31' 86' Ashley Young
Reece James 90+2'


球場: Stamford Bridge, London
觀眾: 35,892
開賽: 19:45 Wed, 22 Sep 2021
主裁: Graham Scott

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the-debrief--attacking-intent-and-midfield-dominance-made-us-des

The Debrief: Attacking intent and midfield dominance made us deserved
winners over Aston Villa

23 Sep 2021


Penalties can sometimes be described as a lottery, but the statistics show
we fully deserved our victory over Aston Villa, even if we needed a
shoot-out to complete the job…


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


After a quiet opening 45 minutes, last night's Carabao Cup third round tie
sparked into life in an entertaining second half, during which Timo Werner
gave us the lead by heading in Reece James' cross, but Villa equalised
through a header of their own.


For the second time this season we needed a penalty shoot-out to complete
the job, meaning we have a 100 per cent record following the UEFA Super
Cup victory over Villarreal, and just like in Belfast, Kepa Arrizabalaga
produced a fine save, although the decisive moment fell to James as he
fired into the top corner from the spot to seal the win.


There can be little argument that we were deserved winners, though,
however that victory was secured. We enjoyed 68 per cent of the
possession, playing more than twice as many passes as the visitors (620 to
298) and had 18 shots to Villa's 10, with only some impressive form from
goalkeeper Jed Steer preventing us from finding a winning goal in 90
minutes.


== In it to win it ==


Although it was a relatively even cup tie at Stamford Bridge, it was
Chelsea who were showing much of the initiative in possession,
particularly in the second half, with Reece James and half-time substitute
Mason Mount especially influential as we pushed for a winner after the
break.


https://i.imgur.com/dyJer7M.png


Despite playing in the back three against Villa, it was noticeable how
high James was pushing forward in the second half in a clear sign we were
eager to win the tie before penalties, which of course led to James
providing a brilliant cross for Werner to score the opening goal.


https://i.imgur.com/XLZiV5e.jpg


No player had more than James' 120 touches on the ball and his 97 per cent
passing accuracy was also the highest of the 22 who started the game. That
included two of his crosses finding a Chelsea head, the joint most, and no
player being more accurate when going direct, with all six of his long
passes reaching a team-mate.


https://i.imgur.com/v2mX6lT.jpg


It was perhaps Mount who provided the best example of our increased
attacking intent after the break, though. Despite only playing 45 minutes,
our second-half captain was third for shots taken (two), second for key
passes (two), second for successful dribbles (three) and first for number
of crosses (six).


== Ruben runs the show ==


It may have been Ruben Loftus-Cheek's first start for Chelsea in over a
year – the last coming in a 3-1 win at Brighton on the opening day of
last season – and only his second appearance of the season, following a
brief cameo from the bench against Zenit St Petersburg last week, but
there were no signs of rustiness from the midfielder.


Taking up the deep position in our midfield, he looked determined to make
things happen throughout the match, as shown by his three key passes being
the most of any player on the pitch. He was also an important outlet as we
kept possession in our passing game, with his 57 passes the joint-highest
outside of our back three, along with Callum Hudson-Odoi.


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


It wasn't just his distribution that gave Villa problems, either, as the
visiting midfielders struggled to deal with his bursts forward through the
middle in possession. His five attempted dribbles were the joint highest
on the pitch, again with Hudson-Odoi, and even more impressively Ruben
did so with a 100 per cent success rate.


His height and physicality in midfield also proved useful against Aston
Villa, at both ends of the pitch, as he won two aerial duels each in
defensive and attacking positions. No Chelsea player surpassed that
defensive figure and only Trevoh Chalobah (four) won more attacking duels.


== Kepa saves the day ==


Kepa Arrizabalaga was undoubtedly one of the heroes of our victory after
having a big hand in the shoot-out win, literally, by keeping out
Marvelous Nakamba's spot-kick at a crucial time, putting us two ahead with
three of the five penalties taken.


He also showed his worth during the 90 minutes, though, performing
admirably again during Edouard Mendy's enforced absence through injury. In
total, the Spaniard made five saves against Aston Villa during the match
itself.


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


Only once this season has a Chelsea goalkeeper made more saves, and that
was with 10 men against Liverpool at Anfield, a game which also ended 1-1
after Mendy's six saves.


It wasn't just in keeping out the opposition that Kepa was on form last
night, either, as his passing accuracy of 91.9 per cent wouldn't be
sniffed at by an outfield player, let alone a goalkeeper – even if our
precise passing game means he was one of five Blues in the 90s on that
statistic – showing his ability with the ball at his feet. His 37
successful passes were also more than four outfield members of our
starting line-up – N'Golo Kante, Saul, Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner – as
well as half-time substitute Mason Mount managed.

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