Crystal Palace 1 - 4 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Crystal Palace 1 - 4 Chelsea

Christian Benteke 63' 8' Havertz, ast by Hudson-Odoi
10' Pulisic, ast by Havertz
30' Zouma, ast by Mount
78' Pulisic

1 Shots on Target 10
1 Shots off Target 13
0 Corners 8
7 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 2
5 Saves 0
1 Yellow Cards 0
36% Possession 64%








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Cheikhou Kouyate 29'





球場: Selhurst Park, London
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開賽: 17:30 Sat, 10 Apr 2021
主裁: Michael Oliver




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/04/11/
the-debrief--how-fluid-front-three-ran-rings-round-palace

The Debrief: How fluid front three ran rings round Palace

11 Apr 2021


We take a look at the facts and figures behind yesterday's fine win over
Crystal Palace and how we had the Eagles chasing shadows.


https://i.imgur.com/HSgAx4s.png


Chelsea bounced back to winning ways in the Premier League in some style,
racing into an early lead at Selhurst Park and not looking back as we went
on to triumph 4-1.


With the exception of a brief spell at the start of the second half, when
our opponents scored their consolation goal, we had Palace exactly where
we wanted them throughout.


== Blues come out firing ==


The home side went into the game looking for their fourth consecutive
top-flight clean sheet, but those hopes were ruthlessly dismissed by the
Blues.


https://i.imgur.com/OTcP9vU.jpg
Pulisic and Havertz celebrate our lightning start


It took us just eight minutes to get our first goal, and we added the
second within the first 10 minutes too, leaving Palace shell shocked and
us firmly in control.


It was the first time we had scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes of
a Premier League match since January 2018. On that occasion we were away
at Brighton and it was Eden Hazard and Willian who found the net on a day
when we also finished the game with four goals to our name.


This time around it was Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic getting their
names on the scoresheet, Havertz also setting up Pulisic's goal, making it
the first time he has scored and assisted league goals in the same Chelsea
game. The last time he had done so in the league was in one of his final
appearances for Bayer Leverkusen, against Koln last June.


The impact that quick start had on the match as a whole cannot by
understated as it set the tone for everything that followed and ensured
that Palace were playing catch-up throughout.


We didn't slow down afterwards either, adding a third around the half-hour
mark, as Kurt Zouma headed in Mason Mount's free-kick to effectively end
the contest.


It is a tried and tested route to goal for the Blues, as all four of
Mount's Premier League assists this season have come from his set-pieces
being headed in, three of them by Zouma. The Frenchman's five goals this
season also make him the top flight's highest-scoring defender.


https://i.imgur.com/E4GrF9A.jpg


Not that we should need reminding of Zouma's strength in the air, but the
10 aerial duels he won against Palace was more than double the number of
any other Chelsea player. The next best was Antonio Rudiger with four.


== Palace chasing shadows ==


That fast and energetic start to the game, and much of the good work that
followed, owed a lot to the movement of our front three. With Havertz
resuming his 'false nine' role in the centre, flanked by Mount and
Pulisic, their fluid rotation and habit of drifting out of position to
find space to attack from was simply more than Crystal Palace's defence
could handle.


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


The threat those three posed is shown by the fact they managed 13 shots
between them, five each for Havertz and Mount plus three for Pulisic,
while Palace's goal was the only effort their entire team managed to
muster.


The fluid movement is clearly demonstrated by the average positions from
the game, with the nominal central striker Havertz actually only the
fourth-furthest forward of the Blues, behind his two fellow forwards and
wing-back Callum Hudson-Odoi. The German also only lost possession once
in the whole game, an incredible statistic for such a creative attacking
player.


It wasn't just about dropping deep, though, as they switched their
positions across the line, as shown when Havertz's early goal started with
him winning the ball and interchanging passes with Mount and Hudson-Odoi
out wide on the right. It was his only successful tackle at Selhurst Park,
but he certainly picked his moment well.


https://i.imgur.com/gnccL4d.jpg


The front three's willingness to run at the opposition defence also helped
unsettle them, with Mount and Pulisic's three successful dribbles the
joint-highest of the Chelsea players. Interestingly, those two's five
attempted tackles were also our joint-highest, demonstrating our eagerness
to press high and win the ball in dangerous positions.


Even substitute Hakim Ziyech made more attempted tackles than any other
Chelsea player, with the exception of Cesar Azpilicueta, proving it really
was a case of defending from the front.


== Using the right ==


Just like against Porto earlier in the week, the width and dynamism
provided by our wing-backs proved plenty of problems to a side using a
rigid 4-4-2 formation.


Ben Chilwell picked up where he left off in Seville, but this time he was
joined on the opposite flank by the more attack-minded talents of
Hudson-Odoi, although Reece James did manage to join the latter in getting
an assist from the right after replacing him in the second half.


https://i.imgur.com/53uvC4d.png


That isn't to say they weren't doing their defensive job too, with
Hudson-Odoi's four blocks the joint-highest for Chelsea, alongside Havertz
higher up the pitch, but it was going forward that they caused Palace the
most problems.


Although Chilwell more than played his part, as shown when his burst down
the left resulted in the free-kick which gave us our third goal, it was
down the right that we enjoyed our most success. A notable 40 per cent of
all Chelsea attacks took place down that flank, compared to just 26 per
cent coming through the middle of the pitch.


The impact from both flanks is clear from the fact one of our wing-backs
was involved out by the touchline with one of the last three touches for
all four of our goals, two by Chilwell and one each by Hudson-Odoi and
James.

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