The 20th round of the Premier League began, the first to start was Crystal Palace against Norwich, Tottenham Hotspur against Southampton, Watford against West Ham, all three games at the same time, Spurs and Arsenal match more attention. Spurs are currently fifth in three rounds of the tournament and can catch up with the top four if they win, and it is possible to be in the top four once they have won all the games. The early Wednesday morning game was Leeds United against Villa and Liverpool away to Leicester City, and the latter game was the only strong conversation in the round. Although Fox city has a poor record, it has also won the Premier League title and penetrated manchester City's goal three times in the last round of the league, so Liverpool can not take it lightly.
The other two matches of the round will open in the early hours of Thursday morning, Chelsea at home to Brighton, Manchester City away to Brentford, Brighton ranked 9th in the league and Brentford in 13th place, so the two giants also need to deal with it with full force. For Chelsea, Lukaku's comeback is indeed a great positive, in the last round of the league Chelsea 3-1 defeat Villa, Lukaku scored a goal on the bench, after the game also said that the substitute is not very addictive, meaning to expect the start, this round of the league will definitely start, even the achievement is possible.
Chelsea scored a total of 3 goals in the three league games before the 3-1 villa match, and the last round of the league scored 3 goals to complete the reversal, the offensive end of the recovery is also obvious, James sent a gift is also a warning, but most of the time in the game the team's defense is still very stable, so winning the opponent is also inevitable.
James's clearance was a mistake in judgment, but the player's performance this season was indeed critical, when the Villa player crossed the ball was very threatening, and James also made a mistake. Falling behind is not terrible, Chelsea are in place in this game of calm response, of which Hudson-Odoi's threat is also many, the equalizer goal is that he received a pass from his teammate in the box and was put down to win the penalty, Jorginho scored.
Lukaku replaced Chaloba at the beginning of the second half, Christensen replaced Thiago Silva in the 52nd minute, Kovacic replaced Kante in the 63rd minute, and Tuchel's substitution was also a must-have feeling, because the substitution is not slow to win. Lukaku was even more threatening when he came on, scoring four minutes into the field, which no one expected. At that time, he received Hudson-Odoi's cross from the left and used the header to make a contribution, it was indeed a mighty eight-sided, in the past his head hammer in the box was very powerful, and the goal of this game was indeed like a whirlwind.
Lukaku was heavily guarded after scoring the goal, but he could also use his ability to hold the ball to win set-piece opportunities for the team. Hudson-Odoi also had a chance to break shortly thereafter, when he took kovacic's kick and made a shot, which was unfortunately blocked by the goalkeeper. In injury time, Lukaku created a penalty inside the penalty area and Jorginho helped the team seal the victory.
Lukaku has been affected by injuries and the epidemic this season, but it can be seen from the game against Villa that he is in good shape, which is also a big positive for the team's winning streak, because Chelsea's biggest problem is still the instability of firepower on the offensive end. Lukaku has also been absent from the game for a long time, coupled with the previous lack of goals, the goal against Villa is his first goal in the Premier League since September, and the team relies more on knife defenders and Mount to stabilize the record.
Looking back at Chelsea's game against Villa, it can be seen that Lukaku's efforts, even if the score is ahead, but also at the end of the game, he is very active in running positions, after getting the ball is also all the way to the rush to score goals, such a spirit of iron blood is also the characteristics of Chelsea, after the game, the little monster won the best of the game is also inevitable. Lukaku's stunning performance was praised by Redknapp Jr., who believes the striker can bring the team back to the Premier League title race.
Chelsea are currently six points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, and as long as the Blue Moon makes mistakes, Chelsea can replace their opponents. Pulisic's performance after joining the team was very good, but this season due to the impact of injuries, his keyness in the game declined, and he was targeted by the opponent against Villa, so he did not play a positive role, but Lukaku immediately changed the situation on the field after the debut, so it was inevitable that he would be warmly praised after the game.
Chelsea's opponents in this round, Brighton, are also very tenacious, and their performance against strong teams this season is also very good, the team has 0-0 Arsenal, 1-4 Manchester City, 2-2 Liverpool, facing the top three to get 2 points is also very good, so this battle Chelsea must send Lukaku to appear, the team must score in the first half, otherwise there is a possibility of draw. Rotation is still necessary for this game because the players' physical fitness must be properly distributed so that there will be no more injuries.