West Brom vs Chelsea Player Ratings: No kudos for carelessness

West Brom vs. Chelsea Player Ratings: No kudos for carelessness

Chelsea's English head coach Frank Lampard (R) gestures with Chelsea's English midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Norwich City at Stamford Bridge in London on July 14, 2020. (Photo by Richard Heathcote / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by RICHARD HEATHCOTE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

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Liverpool’s Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum (L) vies with Chelsea’s French midfielder N’Golo Kante during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Michael Regan / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by MICHAEL REGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

CM, N’Golo Kante, 6.5

Kante helped with breaking the play a lot. He made four tackles and two interceptions. The midfield pivot of Kante and Kovacic did not play well in the first half. They gave the ball away too many times. They were sloppy in passing and many of their passes were either under-hit or over-hit. West Brom did not find it difficult to play through Chelsea’s midfield at all. There was no defensive cohesion.

CM, Mateo Kovacic, 5.5

Kovacic was not effective against Barnsley. He was guilty of many of the things Kante did especially with sloppy passes and a general lack of concentration. He failed to get any form of control against the midfield. Chelsea only started dominating proceedings when West Brom felt they had scored enough and would rather defend what they have.

CAM, Kai Havertz, 7

Havertz was involved in a number of good passing sequences between himself, Mason Mount, and Tammy Abraham, and subsequently, Callum Hudson-Odoi. His linkup with Hudson-Odoi to create the second goal was beautiful to watch, and that goal really revived the confidence of his teammates. Overall, Havertz had a good game, though in the first half he under-hit his passes too often. In the first 20-30 minutes of the game, Chelsea’s front four were ineffective as a whole.

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