For Chelsea, the team's form still shows no signs of recovery. In a strong dialogue with Liverpool, the team ended up with a draw. This is not a very ideal situation for Chelsea, who have reached a 10-point gap between them and Manchester City in the league table. Halfway through the league season, chelsea want to come in the top and it is quite difficult to overtake their opponents, taking into account the extremely good form of their opponents. For head coach Tuchel, if the team's form has not improved, it is likely that he will not even be able to hold out until the end of the season.
Judging from the performance so far this season, Chelsea has shown a clear "high open low" situation. At the beginning of the season, Tuchel's squad was in excellent form and extremely stable, and Chelsea were able to achieve the desired results both in a strong dialogue and against a weaker mid-level team than themselves. However, in the past 7 games, Chelsea have only won 2 games, while Manchester City has won all the games in the same period, which has made Chelsea not only quickly lose the top position, but also the gap has been widened. In the league, Chelsea have won only 12 of their 21 games, with a winning percentage of only 57.1%, and if Chelsea are to continue their hopes of winning the title, they must improve their winning percentage. In addition, in the other 9 games, Chelsea have a record of 7 draws and 2 losses. The only reassuring thing is that Chelsea have lost just two games this season, one of the fewest in the league.
Another reason for the team's poor performance in the past period is that the quality of the team's defense has dropped significantly. In the seven league games where the team's overall performance was not satisfactory, they conceded 10 goals and conceded an average of 1.43 goals per game. Keep in mind that Chelsea have scored a total of 16 goals in all 21 games this season, conceding an average of only 0.76 goals per game. In addition to the poor functioning of the overall defensive system, the players' mistakes are not well controlled. According to statistics, since last season, Chelsea have been directly attacked by their opponents 11 times due to player errors, and only fewer than Everton, which is 12 times among all teams in the league. For a team like Chelsea that started defensively, such statistics are still a bit surprising. Of course, the team's poor defensive performance is also related to the fact that the team has suffered too many injuries and the contract extension of many defensive generals is not going well. In any case, however, Tuchel must adopt some proven methods as soon as possible to improve the team's defensive efficiency.
Chelsea have been slow to renew their contracts at the back, with they delaying agreeing to Christensen and Rudiger's salary requirements. Rudiger, in particular, has been quite good this season and has become one of the most capable defenders in the Premier League. And even when many teams have already expressed interest in him, Chelsea still insist on providing him with a weekly salary of 140,000 pounds, which is almost equivalent to pushing Rudiger out of the team's door. However, Chelsea's reinforcements in the back line have been very effective. According to the Mirrors, Chelsea have basically agreed with Fenerbahce that they will sign opposing defender Sholoy. The Hungarian international is one of the best young centre-backs in European football. Chelsea will pay a transfer fee of £8 million for Sauloy. However, objectively speaking, at the level of Sauloy, even if he can adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the Premier League, it will be difficult to completely replace the role of Rudiger or Christensen.
In addition, on the offensive end of the team, Lukaku, who has focused on introducing this season, has not performed at all as expected. The Belgium international scored just five goals in 13 games, averaging 2.6 games to score one goal. Considering the large transfer fee paid by the team for him, such a goal efficiency is really difficult to explain. Moreover, from the tactical level of the team, Tuchel has never successfully integrated Lukaku into the team, and he is always not in the same rhythm as other players on the field, which makes Lukaku's situation quite embarrassing. In this case, Lukaku's untimely statement on the sidelines further increased the contradictions between him and the team, and Tuchel seemed to have already had the idea of abandoning him. In the match against Liverpool, he couldn't even make the big list.
For Lukaku, who is worth 100 million euros, if he can't win the trust of Tuchel and his teammates with his performance as soon as possible, he may have only one way to leave the team. According to The Milan Sport, Tottenham is likely to be Lukaku's next home. Tottenham coach Conte remains interested in Romelu Lukaku. Previously, the team wanted to sign Vlahović, but when it was discovered that Lukaku had the possibility of leaving the team, Conte had already informed the team that he hoped to sign Lukaku. The Italian coach's good relationship with Romelu Lukaku is expected to lead to the transfer. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)