#5 Chelsea’s inexplicable failure
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All the statistics at the end of the game indicate Chelsea should have been the side to win with more than 70% possession and a far superior number of attempts on goal. However, football hardly ever follows a logical script and today was just one of those days. Chelsea exhausted all their opportunities in 100 minutes and failed to find an equaliser. Their waves of attack were relentless as Hazard, Pedro, Willian, Fabregas tried every trick in their book to deliver that match-winning pass or goal but failed every single time.
Hazard who was sensational in the first half was a more subdued figure in the second but continued having a significant influence on the game. They picked every possible cross and pass but inexplicably failed.
Towards the end, the game looked like a practice session on crossing with Willian and Pedro passing the ball to their central defenders to do the job. Diego Costa himself failed to register a shot on target even though he found himself facing the goal with the ball at his feet on more than a few occasions.
However, their loss doesn’t seem as mysterious when you consider the absence of Victor Moses who is a far better defender than Pedro. With just seven points ahead, Chelsea’s failure to deliver could not have come at a worse time with all the teams in the league ready for the final stretch.
