#FT: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford
Venue: Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea
Robert Sánchez, Levi Colwill, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella (Deivid Washington), Axel Disasi (Reece James), Cole Palmer, Moisés Caicedo (Lesley Ugochukwu), Conor Gallagher, Nicolas Jackson, Raheem Sterling, Noni Madueke (Ian Maatsen).
Subs: Eddie Beach, Malo Gusto, Benoit Badiashile, Álex Matos, Djordje Petrovic.
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Brentford
Mark Flekken, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer, Vitaly Janelt (Yehor Yarmoliuk), Mathias Jensen (Frank Onyeka), Christian Nørgaard, Aaron Hickey (Saman Ghoddos), Mads Roerslev, Yoane Wissa (Neal Maupay), Bryan Mbeumo.
Subs: Ethan Brierley, Mathias Jorgensen, Ben Mee, Thomas Strakosha, Michael Olakigbe.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
56’ Neal Maupay (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
58’ Goal! Chelsea 0, Brentford 1. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
64’ Substitution, Brentford. Frank Onyeka replaces Mathias Jensen.
67’ Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Axel Disasi.
67’ Substitution, Chelsea. Ian Maatsen replaces Noni Madueke.
76’ Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmolyuk replaces Vitaly Janelt.
76’ Substitution, Brentford. Neal Maupay replaces Yoane Wissa.
78’ Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81’ Substitution, Chelsea. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Moisés Caicedo.
81’ Substitution, Chelsea. Deivid Washington replaces Marc Cucurella.
84’ Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Aaron Hickey because of an injury.
85’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fair play to Boehly. He’s really cementing Chelsea as decent mid-table contenders. Really good base to build on from.
Poch is at the wheel
Mindblowing fact: Reece James is yet to win a PL game with Chelsea in 2023 and we are in October
xG
Brentford: 2.21
Chelsea: 1.58
Brentford winning at Stanford Bridge for the third season in a row. Wonderful stuff
Thiago looks like he’s just absolutely fuming
Third season in a row that we win at Stamford Bridge
Good performance from Brentford, same old from Chelsea. have possession, have chances, don’t finish them. Opposing team scores and continues to sit back and they can’t break them down.
Brentford played well defensively and deserved the win i
I really want to see what’s going on at the Chelsea training ground. Are you practicing finishing? What are you doing? I truly want to know what they’re doing in preparation for a match.
Cole Palmer, with near zero PL experience prior to this season, is Chelsea’s best player.
Chelsea really struggle against teams that sit back… they lack the experience of how to break them down I think.
Pochettino struggling vs low blocks? No way
I swear there’s not a creative bone in this entire Chelsea team. James is their only creative outlet and he has the durability of a packet of Quavers.
Surely this means Brentford is bigger than Arsenal
chelsea is a midtable club
Haven’t seen such a spineless team in God knows how long. And it all starts with Poch. This is not a project you are not a tanking team in the NBA get him out of there noone is ever gonna develop if the team has no soul
Only cost a billion