The crisis of the popular “The Blues” is in full swing. The 2022/2023 season is completely unsuccessful for the players of the club led by Roman Abramowicz until spring, as evidenced by the league results. On Thursday evening, Graham Potter’s players could bounce back a bit by playing an overdue league match against Fulham. Failed to.
Control without effect
Thursday’s match from the beginning was under the control of the players of the more successful London club. Joao Felix, debuting in the team, together with his colleagues tried to effectively attack the rival’s goal, but it did not bring the desired effect. What’s more, in the 25th minute of the match, a very nice attack was carried out by Fulham, who took the lead thanks to a goal by former Chelsea player Willian.
During the break, Graham Potter had to effectively mobilize his players, who started the second part of the game with much more spirit. In the 47th minute, Mason Mount first fired a free-kick into the post, and a few moments later, Kalidou Koulibaly took advantage of the confusion in the penalty area, scoring the equalizer.
Fatal debut mistake
When it seemed that “The Blues” could turn the tide of an away meeting with a higher ranked team, playing without their best shotgun in the form of suspended Alexander Mitrović, Joao Felix entered the action. The young Portuguese player, although he looked very decent throughout the match, in the 58th minute he attacked one of the opponents far too aggressively, which resulted in David Coote showing him a red card.
Since then, the Chelsea team has clearly lost strength, which Fulham decided to take advantage of. The hosts achieved their goal in the 73rd minute with a second goal by Carlos. Later, until the very end of the meeting, the players of the sixth team of the Premier League did not let their rivals get a word in, collecting very important 3 points.
Stagnation
It was the third straight loss for Chelsea. Moreover, in 2023, they only managed to draw with Nottingham Forrest. More broadly, since the beginning of November, the Blues have managed just 2 wins and 1 draw in 10 games, which puts them 10th in the Premier League table and ended up being knocked out of the FA Cup. It is therefore possible that Graham Potter, who replaced Thomas Tuchel in the fall, will soon say goodbye to the position of coach.
Source: Sport
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