Barnsley v Chelsea - Match Report

Chelsea edge past impressive Barnsley

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Tammy Abraham is one of those players that divides the fanbase and last night highlighted exactly why he deserves more opportunities at Chelsea. He starred throughout last night, scoring the all important winning goal and making several crucial defensive interventions.

On...

the sixty fourth minute Gilmour found James in acres of room on the right hand side of the penalty box. He then drove into the box and squared it to Abraham who was free from a couple of yards out and he tapped it into the empty net.

His second decisive contribution came...

in the seventy eighth minute when he headed one off the line to ensure Chelsea stayed ahead and ultimately won the game.

Aside from the goal, Chelsea were below par last night and struggled to find their rhythm. This was perhaps shown perfectly through the performances of...

both Ziyech and Pulisic. Throughout their times on the pitch, they were unable to assert themselves and influence proceedings. Ziyech gave the ball away twenty five times whilst Pulisic seems devoid of all confidence currently.

On a plus note two other academy products...

, Gilmour and Hudson-Odoi, were shining lights like usual. Gilmour had a slow start but in the second half was moved to play as a number eight and found more joy by exploiting the space between the lines whilst Hudson-Odoi always took his man on and created several chances...

Furthermore, Kepa’s struggles in the last year and a half have been well documented, but he put in an impressive performance including a save from point blank range and one in stoppage time at the end which will hopefully boost his morale. Could the Kepa of 2018/19 comeback?...

However, this game wouldn’t have been as tight and entertaining if it weren’t for the fantastic performance that Barnsley put in and they can certainly hold their heads high after this performance. They managed to maintain their energy levels throughout with their coordinated...

pressing of the Chelsea team and arguably should’ve won the game.

Their best chance, aside from the point blank save by Kepa, fell to Chaplin on half time. Barnsley played a corner along the ground to Chaplin at the near post whose shot was heading into the far corner until...

it deflected off his own player, Adeboyejo, and wide of the far post.

Overall, Tuchel will be happy with yet another win, four wins out of five, and safely getting through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup where a home tie against Sheffield United awaits but knows that his...

team massively underperformed and will need to be better against Newcastle on Monday night.

Whereas for Barnsley their cup run has come to an end but they can be happy with how they went toe to toe with one of the best clubs in England...

MOTM = Tammy Abraham https://twitter.com/indepthFandC/status/1359984045384433665?s=20

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