Chelsea's 119 million USD rookie missed out
Yesterday, Mudryk started, before being substituted 57 minutes. During his time on the field, the Ukrainian winger touched the ball 21 times, accurately passed 92%, but failed to cross or dribble. , even lost the ball four times and squandered two delicious opportunities.
In the 6th minute, Mudryk stole the ball close to the penalty area and couldn't finish Emiliano Martinez in the face. In the 31st minute, he picked up Mateo Kovacic's slit, penetrated the penalty area but put his heart like a pass to the correct position of the Aston Villa goalkeeper. This is the eighth game in a row Mudryk has not scored, including seven in the Premier League and one in the Champions League.
On social networks, Chelsea fans competed to criticize the possibility of Mudryk's ending. British newspaper Sunsport gave Mudryk five points - the lowest in the match, and said that the Ukrainian player is still struggling to prove his ability in English football.
On Sky Sports, former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink said that Mudryk should cross to Kai Havertz standing in front of an empty goal at the first opportunity, and commented that Chelsea's blockbuster signing did not decide well in the confrontations. face the goalkeeper. He added: "It is not a situation to deal with a player worth more than $100 million."
Former Chelsea player Andriy Shevchenko defended his compatriot star, saying that Mudryk needed more time to adapt to the environment in the Premier League. According to Shevchenko, the 22-year-old midfielder has potential, has just started his peak football career and is part of an ambitious project of Chelsea.
In the mid-season transfer window, Chelsea agreed to pay Shakhtar $ 76 million in transfer fees and 43 million in extra fees to lift Mudryk - a winger with whom Arsenal had reached a personal agreement. He receives a weekly salary of more than $ 100,000 under the contract until June 2030.
Yesterday, not only Mudryk, the rest of Chelsea's players squandered opportunities when they could not score despite finishing 27 times with eight shots on target. This is Chelsea's most shots without a goal in the Premier League since the game against West Ham in January 2014, with 39. "The Blues" had to pay the price when Aston Villa scored two goals divided equally for each half, thanks to Ollie Watkins and John McGinn respectively.
This result makes Chelsea drop to 11th with 38 points, nine points behind the fifth ranked team Newcastle and two more matches. On April 4, Graham Potter's teachers and students received Liverpool in the eighth round match and then marched to Wolves' yard to play round 30 of the Premier League on April 8.
