Ranking Chelsea's 5 best players in 7-0 win against Norwich City | Premier League 2021-22

Total domination – easiest way to describe Chelsea's win over Norwich City in the Premier League today. The Blues were ruthless in front of goal and made the most of their opportunities.

Mason Mount opened the scoring today for Chelsea before Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James chipped in to make it 3-0 at half-time. Norwich City were looking to grow into the game after the break, but Ben Chilwell put an end to those plans with a 4th goal in the 67th minute.

Things quickly got worse for the Canaries. Max Aarons scored an own goal minutes before his teammate Ben Gibson was sent off for a second yellow.

Chelsea dictated play even more from then on, and that saw them score two more in the final seven minutes of the game. Mount completed his hat-trick to help the Blues seal an emphatic 7-0 win!

Here are

Chelsea's 5 best players from the 7-0 win over Norwich City

#5 - Ben Chilwell

Starting as a left wing-back today, Ben Chilwell was nowhere near the left flank throughout the game. The Englishman was playing more of an attacking centre-midfielder role today as Chelsea were dominating possession and sitting inside the Norwich City half.

Chilwell had nothing much to do defensively today and was given a lot of space to work with. The Norwich City players were confused because of his positioning on the pitch. When they got close to him, it opened up space for Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kai Havertz up front.

The only time Chilwell came into the game from left-flank was for his goal when Mateo Kovacic found him free at the edge of the box. He slotted in the 4th goal of the game with ease.

#4 - Reece James

Unlike Chilwell, Reece James was always on the right flank and stuck to his position throughout the game. The right wing-back was a tough cookie to handle for the Norwich City defense as he was linking up well with Mason Mount.

The Englishman was on his bike towards the end of the first half as he ran into the Norwich City box to score his goal. The wing-back chipped the ball over Tim Krul, who could do very little about it after there was acres of space left by the defense.

Apart from a couple of tackles here and there, Reece did not have a lot of defending to do. But it was a late tackle on him that sent Gibson off after the Norwich player received a second yellow card.

#3 - Mateo Kovacic

Mateo Kovacic has been Chelsea's player of the season so far, without a doubt. The Croatian ran the game along with Jorginho in midfield, and Norwich City players never got close to him.

The former Real Madrid midfielder was always on the lookout for an attacking pass and took the game to his opponents. He put in a scintillating ball for Callum Hudson-Odoi's goal.

He was trying to get more goals for his team throughout the game. The Croat also got an assist for Ben Chilwell's goal after finding him free on the edge of the box.

Kovacic played the whole game for Thomas Tuchel's side today and finished with 94% pass success and made five tackles as well.

#2 - Callum Hudson-Odoi

Thomas Tuchel challenged Callum Hudson-Odoi to showcase his talent, and the Englishman did precisely that. The Chelsea youngster got to play in his favorite position (left-wing) today and showed why he needs to play there more often.

Ahead of the game, Thomas Tuchel said:

"The only person who can decide this and answer this question is Callum. It's as easy as that. Is there a turning point? OK, he needs to prove it. He needs to play the next 250 games on the highest level, and then that was the turning point. But is it a turning point if he does a brilliant match tomorrow? No."

Tuchel's words seem to have forced CHO to put in a performance and a half today. He finished the game with a goal, 88% pass success, and, more importantly, with a lot of confidence. This will be important going into the tricky round of fixtures where Chelsea could be without Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku.

#1 - Mason Mount

Mason Mount was highly critical of himself this week and claimed it was about time he got on the scoresheet. The Chelsea man believed the floodgates would open once he ended his goalless streak.

"It's about time I got on the scoresheet. I'm getting in the right areas but it's just not falling for me. Hopefully when the first one goes in the floodgates will open."

And that is exactly what happened. Mount got on the scoresheet early in the game with a superb striker and then went on to finish it with a hat-trick. He did have his penalty initially saved in the 84th minute. Luckily he got another chance as Tim Krul was off his line before the ball was struck.

He will hope to keep up with this performance to cement his place in Tuchel's starting XI even after Lukaku and Werner's return.