Muzi Guanhudou | How will Chelsea, who have lost 6 points, participate in the race for four?

With three rounds of the season, Nottingham Forest have already caused problems for many strong teams.

They startled Arsenal with a two-goal lead away from home in the first game of the season, and two weeks later took a two-goal lead at the speed of light at Old Trafford.

Of course, they all lost to their opponents and failed to make substantial gains in their records, but the performance was enough to show that this is no longer the Nottingham Forest team that was slaughtered at will last season.

So, it became Chelsea who suffered at home today.

After the opening game, although Chelsea were quick to attack:

But as the game went on, Nottingham Forest's pressure up front put a lot of pressure on Chelsea:

Of course, after all, it was away from home, and the score did not play the previous game, and Nottingham Forest quickly recovered its own half.

Especially after this time Chilwell's counter-attacking cross from the left:

Here, those who fight from low positions need to face Sterling's individual combat:

There is also a need to deal with long-range shots from the edge of the box that have been poorly protected since last season:

Although retracting is also risky, recovering the half-time not only better compresses each other's space, makes it a little less difficult to defend, but more importantly, after forming a dense defensive position, Chelsea's attack is no longer terrible.

As Chelsea's centre-forward, Jackson performed well in the first three games when there was plenty of space, but when it came to this game that required his back to the goal, his physical disadvantage was exposed by the contrast of Nottingham Forest centre-backs:

When the center is held down, the limitations of the winger are inevitable.

As we mentioned earlier, the area that a winger can directly radiate and affect is not large enough, not to mention that he is on the wing, and it is difficult to directly share the pressure Jackson faces in the core area.

Sterling's physical condition is good, but it is only enough for him to play on his own, and he cannot help others.

So we can see that going into the 20-minute period, Nottingham Forest no longer fears Chelsea and returns to the front to press:

Although this gives Chelsea a rare amount of room to speed up:

But it's still worth a try, as Awonier has an advantage in front of Chelsea's centre-back:

So, Chelsea's dilemma in the first half was that there weren't enough strikers.

If you want to suppress Nottingham Forest, you not only need to pinch Awonier, the key is that your forward line is sharp enough, and you must play enough pressing power in front of the back line, so as to expose Nottingham Forest's stubborn disease in the back area, which is where Manchester United played many long-range shots in the last game.

Unfortunately, Chelsea didn't have enough striker elements, Jackson couldn't stand it, and Raheem Sterling had to single:

In previous games, Chelsea made up for this by Chilwell's insertion, but the tone of Nottingham Forest in this game is to defend and counterattack, and without space to plug in, Chilwell naturally cannot do this duty.

So in a way, the first half also reflected Enzo's limitations.

As an attacking third man, he is far from enough to help the forward line, but it is not surprising, as he does not have a clear advantage in confrontation and speed:

This is not a new finding.

A midfielder in his own right, perhaps only if the two forwards are strong enough to play in such a front position, behind Jackson and Sterling, obviously not good.

So in the second half, Chelsea needed to get up front as quickly as possible, at least by adding manpower to pile up real threats, but there was so much to face.

The first however, was that not long after the second half, Chelsea were hit by a tackle under pressure from Nottingham Forest and fell behind at home:

The second moment, however, was when Pochettino looked around and left and right that only Madhouekai, Modric and new signing Palmer had been bought before the transfer window closed.

As for Palmer, after last season's play with Jesus and Zinchenko, Manchester City's ability to sell Palmer to Chelsea actually shows two things:

First, even when potential is counted, they don't think Palmer is indispensable; Second, even if Palmer were to be sold to Chelsea, they felt that the latter would not threaten their results.

So, a lot of things haven't changed substantially.

Of course, regardless of the quality situation, it is better to have more strikers than never, and it also puts Enzo back in a more suitable position, so Chelsea do have some improvements, such as this direct attack in the ribs and in the middle:

However, we are back to the game we lost to West Ham United.

After that game, we mentioned that Jackson has potential and characteristics, but at this stage he cannot balance tactical role and goal statistics, which is reflected in the game, that is, key goals and good opportunities cannot be caught:

But in the final moments of the game, he was still able to give Raheem Sterling a kick, but the latter did not score either:

In the end, after a long eight-minute stoppage time, Chelsea also failed to score and lost at home to the underdog side of Nottingham Forest.

Yes, this team does improve, but it will not change the basic positioning of the "weak team", and compared to last season, where is the improvement of Nottingham Forest? In fact, the promotion is that the importance of Awonier is recognized.

With this, with Brennan Johnson last season and Elanga's speed this season, supplemented by Gibbs White's connection, they are still a weak team, but they have become a weak team that can cause problems for strong teams.

And when the strong team has a shortfall, there is a chance to grab points.

So, where exactly is Chelsea's shortfall?

In fact, after losing to West Ham United, we have already mentioned in "Chelsea who lost the result beautifully but lost the result, and the focus of the signing will be so regrettable in the future", Chelsea has shortcomings at both ends of the front, although many friends do not agree with the point we put forward, but unfortunately, all this cannot be bypassed.

Against Nottingham Forest, Jackson had no spare time to take care of the problem of operation in front of goal again, Raheem Sterling was confined to a corner of the back three, Chilwell's play space was compressed, and Enzo was put in an unsuitable position.

When Di Sasi and Colwell escorted Erlanga to the goal, Pochettino also knew to play more strikers, but he could only scratch his boots on the perimeter, but who else could Pochettino replace?

Counting West Ham United and Nottingham Forest, Chelsea have already dropped six points, and the brutality of the Premier League Big Four makes those six points likely to be fatal.

And this arena will not give you much so-called "running-in" time.