He made three changes to his lineup, one being a tactical decision, and another two a forced move.Anwar El Ghazi’s injury meant the Egyptian Trézéguet started in the right-wing.
Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Tammy Abraham stays on a centre-back Tyrone Mings, Christian Pulisic stays on the other centre-back. These cookies do not store any personal information.This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. December 6, 2019. However, on Wednesday night they couldn’t trouble the Blues.Chelsea could have easily conceded the equaliser owing to the tactics implemented by Dean Smith but unfortunately, it was not his night.Chelsea’s free-flowing football has been very interesting to look at but it eludes the fact that Chelsea is still struggling defensively. The Premier League returned this week after three months of no games being played due to the pandemic. It again forced Chelsea to play long balls or play through the wings.On one such occasion, Aston Villa maintained a tight and compact midfield leaving no short passing forward option for Kovačić, who plays a long ball to Willian and thus results in a turnover.
Kanté exchanged passes with Willian and played a forward ball to Mount. Linkedin. Marvellous Nakamba was brought to the starting lineup in place of Douglas Luiz, to tighten the midfield and provide an extra defensive cover. Villa attacking midfielders and the wingers kept their shape but Nakamba was deep and therefore not in the aforementioned defensive setup and nowhere close to Pulisic. The return saw Chelsea travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa.Despite the season nearing a close, both teams still have a lot on the line in terms of their performances. As soon as James received the ball, Grealish and Conor Hourihane moved towards James. To prevent the opposition from switching the flank, the players generally press aggressively such that there is no time and space for the opposition player to switch the flank. It forced Kovačić to play the ball out wide to Azpilicueta leaving Azpilicueta completely free.Once the ball was passed to Azpilicueta, Trézéguet moved wide to mark the Spanish full-back.Chelsea’s high and aggressive pressing needs no introduction. ReddIt. Since Nakamba was out of the setup, the compactness in the Villa midfield was lost and Kanté could play the forward ball.Occasionally, even the gap between the second line of defence and the third line of defence was large.Though no harm was done in this match, when the gap is large and there are opposition players positioning themselves in the gap, it may cause problems.The major defensive problems Villa faced was in the final half an hour of the match when they maintained 4-3-3 formation out of possession. Rest of the team looked the same as against the 2-2 draw against Manchester United.Aston Villa have developed their pressing each passing game. Premier League Highlights; Extended: Aston Villa v Chelsea (A) Villa keeper Orjan Nyland made several saves to prevent other Chelsea players from scoring, primarily the lively pair of Willian and Mason Mount, while although not completely untroubled, Kepa had little to do. Dean Smith tried to block the passes to the half-space by positioning his wingers narrow and compact with the midfielders.On one such occasion, Trézéguet moved narrowly to block the passing lane to Mount who occupied the half-space. Facebook. Premier League 2019/20: Aston Villa vs Chelsea – tactical analysis. The cross wasn’t met by any Chelsea player but it was cleared away to the path of Azpilicueta.Azpilicueta passes it to Kovačić who makes a lateral pass to James who has now positioned himself as the inverted full-back at the edge of the final third.James receives the ball and passes it to Willian on the right-wing. Willian keeps a tab on the villa left-back. Trézéguet maintained a position where he could press Kurt Zouma (who is not in the picture) as well as create an overload along with McGinn in case the ball is played out to Azpilicueta. However, he rotated his squad in a fight between getting the personnel right as well as keeping the squad fit. The combination of Mount and awareness of Kovačić helped penetrate the Villa defence number of times.Kovačić receives a pass and produces a first time ball to Mount who has found himself free space in the opposition half.The other method Chelsea adopted in breaking Villa’s 4-3-3 formation was driving runs of Kovačić.Villa maintained a compact and narrow shape in the midfield. Telegram. Mount is a master of finding himself free spaces in the opposition half or occupying the half-spaces. It left huge space in the flanks for the full-backs.Here, James stayed along with Grealish who occupied the half-space between him and Christensen. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. We help you discover publicly available material and act as a search engine. Aston Villa forced Chelsea to play from the flanks and James, Kanté, and Willian turned it into an advantage.We generally see the full-backs making overlapping runs down the wings or in case of Manchester City the full-backs stays inverted in the middle third.
The forward, Wesley, would mark the midfielder with the ball. It drew Grealish and the Villa left-back to the Brazilian.Willian passes it back to James who now positioned himself a little further, in the final third, acting as a midfielder.
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