http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Pienaar-c34208 and Denis Stracqualursi scored for the home side.
In the after math of that defeat, Ivana Rocket analysis the performances put up by the Blues defence. Three of the Chelsea back-five – including the goalkeeper – are talked about in the first part.
Peter Cech gets a passing grade as he was hardly at fault for both the goals. He might, just might, have done better on the second as he got a touch to it, but otherwise he was helpless. The defence needed a leader in the absence of John
Terry, and Cech failed to provide the necessary leadership from the back.
It is really difficult to rate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Branislav-Ivanovic-c7994. He has all the makings of a world class centre-back. But somehow, he always falls short. That can be attributed to the positional shifts that he undergoes routinely, or it can be the case
of him lacking the talent to make the final cut.
Moving to the match at hand, Ivanovic was the only Chelsea defender who comes out of this game with a passing grade. He dealt well with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denis-Stracqualursi-c10885 for much of the game, coping well with the one-man attack. But he was let down by his teammates, a
phenomena increasingly recurring in the current Chelsea team.
Talks of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809 being the best left-back in the world are a rarity these days. And it is precisely down to outings such as this one that caused it. The once marauding Cole struggled badly against the clever Landon Donovan – he probably
underrated the American.
Cole was once the first pick on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987, would be eyeing the spot now. Even in this match, Baines, with his impeccable delivery, out-performed the veteran.
It should be a cause of concern for the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 wing-back.
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