So the game starts and I am excited to see some good quality football from us and although not looking devastating we look good and I just wish this spine had played together much more and got used to playing more with this set up changing only for injuries and tiredness.
As the first half played out although showing promise and some great interplay at times we just didn't have the final ball to unlock them. With players of note being Otamendi who showed great composure as well as great levels of skill at times. Indeed just the mere presence of Vinne seems to have relaxed him into a better player. For some personalities work better as the support man rather than the main man, and some personalities which were just built to be the main man! The other thing of note in this half being another decision we didn't get, in the penalty, which I think just about was one and we once again don't get the break!
The second half starts and we start lively playing good football which is very easy on the eye as everyone looks so comfortable on the ball, but again we just don't seem able to quite convert it. However we for once this season looked assured and that was thanks to the leadership of Vinney, something only him and Zaba can do to our team. Then from all the nice little boys and touches from Silva and alike it is Vinney from a corner who delivers with a great headed goal which I cheered louder than I have done in a while! Great to see! Indeed his presence on corners makes such a difference and is an area of our game where we have seemed impotent this season. For that's what Captains and talisman do for your team and what I have been banging on about all season for it is as much in the mind as the body.
So we then settle even further into our groove and, with only the odd scare, soon move to two with a great decisive breaking goal by Sane. A goal that also highlighted that Kev on the wing and Sterling on the bench simply adds that greater certainty to the outcome!
Then the third comes soon after with some delightful play from Kev again as he stands it up beautifully for Sergio to finish, something Sterling simply wouldn't do!
Well I have been calling for this set up and these subtle changes for months and finally have it, and am delighted to say on this 3-0 away performance, that may I add was very easy on the eye, I told you so! Yes I started off saying Kev in the middle and Silva on the wing and I still think this is interchangeable dependant upon the game and form, as Silva is looking like his Maestro best in the middle at the moment! I just wish he could finish as he again missed two good chances! I so wished we had figured this out earlier and the season could have been a lot different! I just really hope Kompany can get fit and be the player we all know he is week in week out, injury free. For MOM was definitely him on his individual performance, his timely goal, his effect on the whole team and his effect on his centre back partner who for me was the next in line for MOM, well done Captain!
Finally I am going to end with the fact we couldn't help the fact Kompany was injured but we could have helped the fact that the only other player with this ability is Zaba and should have played him more for the Captain like effect. Combined with the midfield change that saw our best talent playing together and sured up by a true holding centre mid. Just look what a holding centre mid has done for Chelsea! Ending with the stat that Kev on the wing today now has 30 assists the most in the premiership for his final ball/decision is so much better than Sterlings for Sterlings lack of composure has left at least 10 goals on the pitch this year, probably the same amount of assists maybe more and at least that many premiership points as a result!
Anyway great result, happy days, and all the above is why!
The Couch.
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