closed Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea

[Blue Armour 4,290]

20 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Saw also during the match people complaining why Sarr is playing WB. We did not play with wing backs yesterday. We played 4231 with Chris RB and Sarr LB. Pulisic AM. Havertz LW. All of them looked weird in those positions. Chris even admitted it after the game. I waited for a long time to see Havertz as AM in 4231 (last season early on with Lampard he played 5 games like that and did well) and now when finally TT is playing this formation and MM is not available he tossed him on the left side. Which ironically is also best Pulisic position who played in the middle. No idea what was Thomas thinking. 

Yeah. Pulisic and Havertz playing where they did was super weird. 

Never even saw them interchange positions even once. 

I'll chalk that down to one of Tuchel's weird moments. Like when he played James as RCB and Azpi as the WB because he was worried about Azpi coming up against a pack attacker in the center.

Edited February 21, 2022 by Blue Armour

[Jase 43,479]

20 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Saw also during the match people complaining why Sarr is playing WB. We did not play with wing backs yesterday. We played 4231 with Chris RB and Sarr LB. Pulisic AM. Havertz LW. All of them looked weird in those positions. Chris even admitted it after the game. I waited for a long time to see Havertz as AM in 4231 (last season early on with Lampard he played 5 games like that and did well) and now when finally TT is playing this formation and MM is not available he tossed him on the left side. Which ironically is also best Pulisic position who played in the middle. No idea what was Thomas thinking. 

The Athletic's sources said that Tuchel did that to piss you off.