Defensively struggling last season, Chelsea have regained their strength in recent weeks. The combined arrival of Edward Mendy and Thiago Silva brought the serenity so sought after by Frank Lampard.
Mendy and Thiago Silva have made their debut with Chelsea.
Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner … Chelsea broke the bank with just over 200 million euros invested for three attacking players who are very much in the transfer market.
If the Moroccan and the two Germans take their marks little by little with the Blues, two other recruits are already swimming like a fish in water in Frank Lampard’s device.
Mendy is impassable
The first is douard Mendy (28 years old). Recruited for 24 million euros, excluding bonuses, the Senegalese goalkeeper has already made Kepa Arrizabalaga forget. Since his arrival, the former last rampart of Rennes has already done better than his understudy, arrives for 80 million euros, two years ago. Indeed, he conceded only a small goal in 6 games, against Tottenham (1-1), in the League Cup. In three Premier League matches and two Champions League matches, the Lion of Tranga has not taken a single goal against 6 (twice 3-3) for the Spaniard.
Determining against FC Sville (0-0) or Manchester United (0-0), Mendy became Chelsea’s first goalkeeper to achieve 3 clean sheets in his first 3 league games since Petr Cech in August 2004. With 5 cleans consecutive sheet, current series, the finalist of the last CAN has already done better than Kepa, who has never managed to string together four games in a row without taking a goal in 98 appearances with the resident of Stamford Bridge. A fairly revealing comparison of the difference in level between the two goalkeepers.
Thiago Silva put on the heat blue
The second is Thiago Silva (36). After his catastrophic first match against West Bromwich Albion (3-3), the central defender recovered perfectly with four matches in a row where he also has a great responsibility for the strength of his team. While Antonio Rdiger and Andreas Christensen have multiplied the blunders in recent months, the Brazilian, who arrived free at the end of his contract at Paris Saint-Germain, brought his confidence to allow Kurt Zouma to gain confidence in order to form a very solid.
If he was absent against Krasnodar (4-0), the former Parisian captain was impressive during his last two outings in the league. It is thanks to his experience that he managed to muzzle Marcus Rashford against the Red Devils. It is also the only game where MU has not found the fault this season. Against Burnley (0-0), Thiago Silva delivered a real recital by touching 108 balls with 94% of successful passes, but also by intercepting 5 balls with 10 duels won out of 11. Proof that Auriverde still has it under control. sole. To the delight of the Blues.
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