Chelsea head into their Premier League conflict in opposition to Aston Villa this night nonetheless shellshocked after their midweek 5-0 defeat by Arsenal.
It was arguably the worst efficiency of the season by the Blues, and it’ll have Mauricio Pochettino scratching his head as to the place all of it went improper.
Far too a lot of his beginning XI had been off the tempo in the course of the match, particularly Mykhaylo Mudryk, who failed to supply any significant attacking menace throughout his spell on the pitch.
Mykhaylo Mudryk’s sport in numbers vs Arsenal
The Ukrainian was given a begin in opposition to the north Londoners as a way to trigger some chaos to their defence, but it by no means materialised.
His distribution was horrible, finishing simply 14 of his 22 tried passes, whereas he failed to point out a lot eagerness to get on the ball, taking solely 32 touches in his 66 minutes on the sphere.
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Mykhaylo Mudryk’s sport vs Arsenal in numbers |
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Targets |
0 |
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Assists |
0 |
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Key passes |
1 |
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Complete duels (gained) |
4 (1) |
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Possession misplaced |
13 |
If that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, his affect within the remaining third was principally non-existent. Mudryk made simply one key go, failed with each his dribble makes an attempt, didn’t take a single shot in the course of the match, and created zero huge possibilities because the Gunners nicely and really despatched the Stamford Bridge aspect packing.
The winger was given a match ranking of simply 4/10 by the Commonplace, with journalist Nizaar Kinsella writing that Mudryk was ‘predictably poor tactically and wanted to be coached via the sport by Pochettino’ which actually suggests he ought to be dropped to the bench forward of the tie in opposition to Villa.
Mykhaylo Mudryk’s statistics for Chelsea this season
Since becoming a member of the Blues within the 2023 January switch window, the 23-year-old has did not dwell as much as his inflated switch payment, scoring simply six targets and grabbing 4 assists throughout 53 matches in all competitions.
Whereas that may be a pretty underwhelming aim involvement tally, remarkably, Mudryk has gained solely 11 of his 41 Premier League matches he has featured in, which is successful price of simply 26.8% (27%), extra proof as to why Pochettino ought to ditch him this night.
Amongst his teammates, the left-winger at present ranks fifth for targets and assists within the prime flight (5), whereas rating eighth for whole pictures per sport (1), eighth for large possibilities created (5), tenth for key passes per sport (0.9) and fourth for profitable dribbles per sport (1.4).
Whereas a few of these numbers are respectable, total, he ought to be doing so a lot better contemplating simply how a lot Chelsea paid to signal him.
Villa are on a stable run of type in the meanwhile and will definitely fancy their probabilities of benefiting from a aspect that conceded 5 targets just some days in the past.
Certainly Pochettino will rejig his beginning XI for the match, dropping Mudryk to the bench for somebody who may provide a a lot better menace within the remaining third – particularly the returning Cole Palmer.
If, and it’s an enormous if, Chelsea safe all three factors in opposition to Unai Emery’s males, it may give them the arrogance to complete the season on a excessive notice.
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