9/10 Sunderland star fully destroyed Chelsea

Sunderland and Regis Le Bris claimed a much-needed victory within the Premier League as they beat Chelsea 1-0 on the Stadium of Mild on Sunday.

The Black Cats had gone seven matches with out a win within the division and had misplaced 5 of these video games, which left them backside of the desk heading into the weekend.

They nonetheless head into the November worldwide break within the relegation zone, sadly, however this win over the Blues provides them one thing to construct from shifting ahead.

Le Bris’ aspect had been even dealt a blow within the opening minutes of the sport when their captain, Granit Xhaka, limped off via harm, which makes the end result much more spectacular.

How Sunderland’s win over Chelsea unfolded

Regardless of Xhaka’s harm, it was the house aspect who began on the entrance foot and put loads of strain on the Chelsea objective with their ahead runs and direct play.

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Their aggressive model finally paid off when Brian Brobbey was fouled within the field within the thirty sixth minute of the match, as Enzo Le Price stood as much as bury his spot-kick into the underside left nook.

The French attacking midfielder struggled to get into the sport at instances, taking solely 35 touches in complete, however he ended up having crucial contact of the afternoon along with his penalty.

Sunderland then managed the rest of the sport beautifully. Chelsea had 69% of the ball and solely created 0.53 xG from their ten pictures on objective, not often troubling Robin Roefs between the sticks.

Brian Brobbey’s complicated efficiency towards Chelsea

It was Brobbey who gained the penalty for the Black Cats along with his surging run into the field, though it stays up for debate as as to if he was fouling Levi Colwill by holding onto his shirt within the first place or not.

Nonetheless, it was a complicated efficiency to guage as a result of the Netherlands worldwide additionally missed two large possibilities in entrance of objective and misplaced the ball with each different contact.

Brobbey missed an excellent opening when Chemsdine Talbi whipped a ball in earlier than additionally firing excessive and over the bar after bundling his well past Wesley Fofana within the field, while the rating was 0-0.

If he can tune up his ending and add extra consistency to his last motion within the field, Sunderland may have some of the harmful centre-forwards on the earth.

Higher than Brobbey: 9/10 Sunderland star destroyed Chelsea

While Brobbey had issues to love and dislike about his show towards Xabi Alonso’s aspect, one in all his teammates completely destroyed Chelsea along with his efficiency on Sunday.

Noah Sadiki has been a star for the Black Cats since his transfer from USG in the summertime of 2025, and he put in one more excellent displaying towards the Blues.

Le Bris chosen the DR Congo worldwide to begin alongside Xhaka in the course of the park, however he quickly discovered himself alongside the inexperienced 20-year-old Jules Ahoka.

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Sunderland’s younger midfielder eased his manner via the match, although, as a result of Sadiki was a monster, overlaying each blade of grass, and excelling on and off the ball.

Commentating on the sport for Sky Sports activities, former Premier League striker and present pundit Chris Sutton described the midfielder’s efficiency as “sensational”, noting that he was in every single place on the pitch for the Black Cats.

It was a 9/10 efficiency from the 21-year-old expertise as a result of he contributed to the staff’s success on and off the pitch all through the win over Chelsea.

Sadiki was distinctive on the ball in the course of the contest. He solely misplaced possession 4 instances from 40 touches, finishing 88% of his passes, and performed a wonderful move within the build-up to Wilson Isidor’s ‘huge likelihood’ within the second half.

He was simply pretty much as good off the ball for Sunderland, profitable 4 of his six duels, and he was not dribbled previous a single time by a Chelsea participant within the 90 minutes, regardless of his fixed urgent and aggressive model.

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Sadiki completely destroyed Chelsea as a result of he broke up or stunted their assaults along with his wonderful defensive work, while additionally taking part in an important position in how Sunderland slowed the sport down and retained possession.

While Brobbey had good and unhealthy components to his efficiency, the central midfielder was even higher with an entire displaying for the Black Cats.