From the continuation of the football competition, namely the Premier League or Premier League season 2022/2023 which has also entered Matchday or Week 20, where one of them brought together Chelsea vs Crystal Palace which took place at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, England.
Chelsea, who are in a declining performance and have not won in the last few matches, have made The Blues Chelsea fans angry at the performance of coach Graham Potter, who is considered not on par with Thomas Tuchel or other Chelsea coaches who have worked at Stamford Bridge.
Graham Potter with Chelsea, who wanted to end a series of negative results, fielded his best squad such as goalkeepers Kepa Arrizabalaga, Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile, Lewis Hall, Conor Gallagher, Jorginho, Carney Chukwuemeka, Hakim Ziyech, Mason Mount, and Kai Havertz as attackers middle.
Chelsea itself was not strengthened by several players such as Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic, Armando Broja, N’Golo Kante, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, and Ben Chilwell who was injured.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace, coached by coach Patrick Vieira, also fielded their best squad, such as goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Nathaniel Clyne, Jeffrey Schlupp, Cheick Oumar Doucoure, Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise, Jordan Ayew and Wilfried Zaha.
Crystal Palace itself was only without players such as James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson due to injuries. The game was interesting since the early minutes of the first half, Chelsea had difficulty appearing to attack. In fact, Crystal Palace is more likely to make various attack attempts. One of the best opportunities for Chelsea came through Thiago Silva, unfortunately his shot was still blocked by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita which finally kept the score tied 0-0 closing the first half for both teams.
Entering the second half of the match, coach Graham Potter with Chelsea tried to field several players such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovacic and Cesar Azpilicueta. Meanwhile Crystal Palace coach Patrick Vieira also fielded several players such as James Tomkins, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Odsonne Edouard and Will Hughes.
Chelsea were finally able to score in the second half, to be precise in the 64th minute through Kai Havertz’s goal after successfully receiving a pass from Hakim Ziyech which made the score 1-0 for the Blues team Chelsea who also lasted until the second half was over.
With this result, Chelsea are now in 10th position in the standings with a value of 28 points, while Crystal Palace are currently in 12th position in the standings with a value of 22 points.
This result for Chelsea and Graham Potter himself was also the answer to a series of negative results from the previous match. Chelsea itself has brought in ammunition for new players such as Joao Felix, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Datro Fofana and Benoit Badiashile who are expected to become Chelsea’s new strength for the rest of this season.
Especially Joao Felix who is expected to add to the sharpness of Chelsea’s front line, which until now has not been consistent in terms of scoring goals, but unfortunately Felix, who made his debut with Chelsea against Fulham last Friday, received a red card.
The next match for Chelsea will certainly not be easy, because it will face Liverpool at Anfield Stadium on January 21, followed by matches against Fulham and West Ham United who are also teams from the city of London. As well as the first leg match of the last 16 knock-out phase of the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League season vs Borussia Dortmund on the upcoming 16 February 2023 at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, Dortmund, Germany.
It will be interesting to wait with Graham Potter and Chelsea’s next steps, will there be the term #GrahamPotterout or will he continue with Chelsea until the end of this season. Thus, I, Irfan Maulana, thank you and sports greetings.
ASL
