Matchday musings: #BHACHE

🔷Chelsea started with Havertz on the right & Werner up top. James & Alonso started at FBs as Azpi came on for the last 5 mins.
🔷 Reece James really caught the eye from an FPL perspective as he bombed up & down the RW & tormented March for the entire
night. He was on set-piece duties as well inspite of Mount being on the pitch & got himself an assist for Zouma's goal. It was however his thunderbolt in the 2nd half which gave Chelsea the lead & reminded FPL managers of a certain TAA. With a price of 5.0 & Chelsea likely to
tighten up defensively, he is sure to become the best value defender this season if he can make the RB spot his own
🔷Werner had a decent game & earned a penalty in the 1st half when he was played in by Jorginho & brought down by Ryan. Notably, it was Jorginho & not Werner who
took the spot kick quelling speculation about who would be 1st choice. He had a few other decent half chances & had a good low shot saved by Ryan from a very tight angle. In the last 10' of the game he played on the left of a 4-3-3 with Mount through the middle. My understanding
is that it might be because of his fitness & ability to track back better. He provided an update about his small injury too. https://twitter.com/_CFCLiam/status/1305621120662548487?s=19
🔷Havertz started on the RW & didn't have a great game TBF. He had his couple of half moments in the 1st half but otherwise was largely ineffectual.
🔷Overall Chelsea didn't create too many chances & were slightly fortuitous to have scored 3 on the night & only conceded 1,
inevitably Kepa was at guilty for the goal conceded. With Edouard Mendy likely to join soon & Silva & Chilwell likely to come into defence they should improve defensively. Getting a Chelsea defender from GW3 could be an astute move as they face only United (GW6) & Wolves (GW13)
amongst last season's top 6, between GWs 3-16.
🔷Brighton held their own in the game & were slightly unlucky to have lost by a 2 goal margin. They created a good number of chances but failed to put them away.
🔷Tariq Lamptey tortured Alonso the entire night getting past him on
multiple occasions & provided great crosses. He created a big chance for Maupay who couldn't get the timing right for his header. His assist for the goal was a tad lucky as he laid off the ball for Trossard outside the box who made space for himself before shooting but it was no
less than what his performance deserved
🔷Trossard didn't have the best of games but still got himself a goal. Should've had an assist too as he created a huge chance for Dunk at the back post who flunked it
🔷Inspite of conceding 3 goals, Brighton's defence didn't look very
shaky & were undone by a penalty, a thunderbolt & a deflected goal. Between GWs 5-15 they face only Liverpool (GW10) & Leicester (GW12) amongst last season's top 6. Worth monitoring.
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