Chelsea 3 - 0 Aston Villa - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea 3 - 0 Aston Villa

Kovacic - Lukaku 15'
Kovacic 49'
Azpilicueta - Lukaku 90+3'

4 Shots on Target 6
8 Shots off Target 12
4 Corners 11
11 Fouls 11
2 Offsides 1
6 Saves 1
1 Yellow Cards 4
57% Possession 43%








Cards
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Marcos Alonso 61' 8' Jacob Ramsey
28' Tyrone Mings
90' John McGinn
90' Matt Targett




球場: Stamford Bridge, London
觀眾: 39,969
開賽: 17:30 Sat, 11 Sep 2021
主裁: Stuart Attwell



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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/09/12/
the-debrief--clinical-attack-and-resolute-defence-secured-three-

The Debrief: Clinical attack and resolute defence secured three points
against Aston Villa

12 Sep 2021


Despite a relatively even contest at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's cutting
edge at both ends of the pitch gave us a comprehensive 3-0 victory as
Aston Villa fell victim to another impressive showing from Romelu Lukaku.


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


The visitors made life difficult for the Blues with their relentless
pressing, restricting us to a handful of opportunities and creating
openings of their own.


However, Lukaku continued his exciting start to his second spell with
Chelsea by latching on to Mateo Kovacic's quick through ball, turning
inside Axel Tuanzebe and firing us into a first-half lead with his first
goal at the Bridge.


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


After the break, Kovacic got his name on the scoresheet by capitalising on
an underhit back pass by Tyrone Mings, before Lukaku made it three with a
powerful strike from the edge of the box, while on the few occasions Villa
found a way through the Blues defence they were thwarted by the imperious
Edouard Mendy.


== Ruthless Romelu ==


It is a clear sign of how clinical Chelsea, and Lukaku in particular, were
against Aston Villa that, despite our opponents having more shots, 18 to
our 12, and shots on target, six to four, we ended the match with three
goals, while they had nothing to show for their efforts.


That figure of three goals from just four shots on target was an
impressive tally from the Blues, but Lukaku went even better with a total
of two shots and two goals, giving him a 100 per cent conversion rate.
That also meant that while Villa players had more shots overall, with
Ollie Watkins having six on his own, nobody on either team bettered
Lukaku's two shots on target. Strikers don't get much more efficient than
that.


https://i.imgur.com/mvSZU6Y.jpg


The theme is continued in the rest of the Belgian's stats too, as he ended
the match with 100 per cent pass completion, despite being under heavy
pressure from the Villa defenders throughout, and wasn't dispossessed
once, while no other Chelsea player won more than his three aerial duels.
And all of that despite only second-half substitutes Cesar Azpilicueta and
Timo Werner having less touches on the ball than Lukaku's 25.


== The Shed Wall ==


It would be wrong to think our superior efficiency in front of goal was
all down to Lukaku's clinical finishing and Villa's wastefulness, though,
with our defenders and goalkeeper deserving plenty of credit for keeping
our opponents out.


The fact that nine of Aston Villa's 18 shots were blocked by Chelsea
defenders before they even reached Mendy was a clear sign of our
resilience, with Watkins looking particularly frustrated as four of his
six efforts were charged down.


Thiago Silva, making his first start of the season, had big role in that
with his four blocks the highest on the pitch, followed by half-time
substitute Jorginho with two. The former also made the joint-highest
number of clearances, six, along with Antonio Rudiger.


Of course, Mendy did his bit to earn the clean sheet too, making six saves
compared to four by Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer, as well as successfully
dealing with three crosses to Steer's one.


== Creative Kovacic ==


Just like Lukaku, Kovacic scored his first goal at Stamford Bridge, with
both his previous strikes in a Chelsea shirt coming away from home, at
Valencia and Everton, both in 2019. This was also the first time he
registered a goal and an assist in the same game since joining the Blues.


https://i.imgur.com/66h5CHO.jpg


With N'Golo Kante absent through injury, Jorginho rested for the start and
Saul making his first-ever appearance in English football, the emphasis
was on Kovacic to lead by example in midfield, and he didn't disappoint.


In addition to his impact with a goal and an assist, the Croatian played
more passes (74) and had more touches of the ball (91) than any other
player, while his five successful dribbles was also the highest tally for
Chelsea.

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