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Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea player ratings: Abysmal, reckless, wasteful

By Olaoluwa Nwobodo

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Chelsea players stand as rain falls during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea FC at Vitality Stadium on September 17, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Chelsea players stand as rain falls during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea FC at Vitality Stadium on September 17, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) /
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Fourth official Tim Robinson (R) speks to Chelsea’s Argentinian head coach Mauricio Pochettino as Chelsea’s English defender #26 Levi Colwill leaves the pitch after being substituted off during the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Chelsea at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on September 17, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / 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 BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images) /

Axel Disasi: 7/10

Disasi has continued to come under a lot of fire, yet there’s a lot to suggest he is actually being hung out to dry. Against West Ham United, the former Monaco defender ran across the backline – several times – to cover for Silva, and sometimes for Levi Colwill. This suggests that he’s playing some kind of babysitter role for CFC’s defense. Against Bournemouth today, he made four clearances and blocked four shots, accounting for 50% of the clearances made by the Blues’ backline and 80% of the shots blocked by the away side’s defenders.

Levi Colwill: 4/10

Colwill was not good. He was positionally poor, and again, he was careless on the ball. No one on the pitch recorded more possession losses than Colwill, and as a defender, that is abysmal. Pochettino is hanging this kid out to dry. It is punitive at this point.

Lesley Ugochukwu: 5/10

Ugochukwu had a mixed bag. He won a fair amount of his duels and his passing was generally good. He won 0/3 tackles though, which is outright unacceptable.

Conor Gallagher: 6.5/10

Gallagher is as high as a 6.5 for creating Chelsea’s only big chance of the game. If you think that rating is low, it’s because Gallagher – Blues’ captain for the day – was quite poor at the Vitality Stadium. The away side’s No. 23 won just 2/9 duels he contested, including 1/7 ground duels. In the process he came out second best in the only tackle he went in for.

Enzo Fernandez: 3/10

Fernandez continues to produce numbers that show he’s a central midfielder, not an attacking midfielder. A central midfielder being an extremely good passer does not automatically become an attacker in a central midfielder’s body.

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