A JOYFUL LOSS.

By Alexander Owiredu-Ofori/School of Communication Studies, WIUC-GHANA

Wisconsin Accra - 8 March, 2019

Manchester City were able to defend their title against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on February 24, 2019.

The Citizens, as they are often referred to, beat Chelsea 4-3 on penalty shoot out to claim the Carabao cup and add to the silverware in their trophy cabinet.

 The West Londoners (Chelsea), with a dip in form in recent matches were able to hold Manchester City to their game for 120 minutes often leaving City fist rated.

This has been one of the best performances Chelsea have put up in a long while; a tough match that saw both managers  displaying  their rich coaching experience and tactics.

And even though Chelsea lost, you could still see smiles on the faces of their fans. Chelsea fans showed some signs of satisfaction with the way the players played as a team.

Eden Hazard and N’golo Kante still showed the world their worth once again with their dribbling, chances creation, interceptions, counter attacking and defensive capabilities.

   Wembley Stadium was an atmosphere of mixed feelings with 80,000 fans cheering their respective clubs on to victory. Chelsea’s manager Maurizio Sarri this time round, had his selection and substitution right.

Below are some of the Chelsea players and their analysis;

Eden Hazard – He showed his class once again. As he does always, he was my MOTM in the game.

N’golo Kante – He confirmed that he is the best defensive midfielder in the world.

Emerson Palmieri - His performance on the day tells how ready he is to make it into Maurizio Sarri’s starting 11. He caused Bernardo Silva a whole lot of problems on the left flank.

Jorginho -  He was able to control the midfield as expected; taking Sterling off the ball to prevent dangerous counter attacks. It was unfortunate he was shown the yellow card.

Callum Hudson-Odoi – He is the future of Chelsea. His introduction in the 2nd half caused City's Olesandre Zinchenko problems thus preventing Zinchenko from doing his dangerous overlapping.

Rube Loftus-Cheek – Another future star for Chelsea. Showed Sarri how serious he is for the starting 11.

Kepa Arrizabalaga – Let’s forget about the little issues he had with the manager in the dying minutes. He pulled up serious saves when the Citizens looked dangerous.

Antonio Rudiger – He was really solid at the back. Blocked City’s attackers from causing harm.

   Chelsea were not lucky in the end but with the performance they put up, they still left some smiles on the faces of their fans. They lost but it was a joyful one.

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