Chelsea Player Ratings Vs. Ajax: Young Blues Score Five In Champions League Thrashing

Chelsea steamrolled Ajax successful nan Champions League connected Wednesday night, yet making ray activity of nan 5–1 crippled aft playing astir of it pinch a man-advantage.

Shortly aft Ajax were reduced to 10 players, Marc Guiu handed Chelsea nan lead, earlier Moisés Caicedo’s goalscoring commencement to nan play continued.

A Wout Weghorst punishment threatened to connection nan visitors a measurement backmost into nan game, but 2 quickfire Chelsea spot-kicks astatine nan different extremity successful nan closing stages of nan first half efficaciously killed nan contest—converted by Enzo Fernández and Estêvão.

Tyrique George added immoderate gloss pinch a 5th early successful nan 2nd half.

Enzo Maresca made 10 changes from nan broadside that hit Nottingham Forest successful nan Premier League astatine nan weekend, pinch only Romeo Lavia keeping his spot successful a heavy reshuffled team. Caicedo was asked to capable astatine correct back, while Guiu was handed his first commencement since a summertime indebtedness move to Sunderland was trim short aft a matter of weeks.

With an mean property of 22 years, 163 days, it was nan 2nd youngest starting XI named by an English nine successful nan Champions League. With Guiu, Estêvão and George each yet to observe their 20th birthdays, Chelsea besides became nan first squad successful nan competition’s history to person 3 different teenage goalscorers successful nan aforesaid game.

Moisés Caicedo keeps scoring goals. / Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

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GK: Filip Jörgensen—6.4: Could he person done amended pinch nan Ajax penalty? The shot wasn’t cleanly struck by Weghorst and it passed correct underneath nan goalkeeper’s hands.

RB: Moisés Caicedo—7.5: If you don’t shoot, you’ll ne'er score. Caicedo is now regularly buying a summons for that lottery and perfectly reaping nan rewards. This was his 4th extremity of nan play crossed each competitions, contempt lining up successful a deeper role.

CB: Wesley Fofana—8.6: Comes distant pinch assistance in installments for a smart header into Guiu’s path. Comfortable connected nan shot and watched astir of nan crippled played successful beforehand of him.

CB Tosin Adarabioyo—6.4: Did small to person Chelsea fans who are already openly questioning his spot astatine nan nine connected societal media. Conceding nan punishment was unnecessary and clumsy, while a precocious situation connected Weghorst could person easy ended successful a first-half reddish card.

LB: Jorrel Hato—7.7: An early opportunity into his Chelsea profession to look his erstwhile club. Did good successful his individual duels, some connected nan crushed and successful nan air.

DM: Enzo Fernández (c)—7.9: Played 45 minutes and came disconnected pinch nan occupation done. Played a large portion successful nan Blues breaking nan deadlock and scored a extremity of his ain from nan spot.

DM: Romeo Lavia—7.0: Relatively elder astatine nan property of 21. The Belgian completed 48 of 52 passes, delivering 8 of those into nan last 3rd of nan pitch.

RW: Estêvão—8.5: The 18-year-old is Chelsea’s caller youngest ever Champions League goalscorer. He converted from nan punishment spot aft drafting nan foul himself

AM: Facundo Buonanotte—7.0: The slightest effective Chelsea subordinate connected nan pitch. Lacked productivity successful nan No. 10 domiciled erstwhile nan remainder of nan squad was thriving.

LW: Jamie Gittens—8.2: A imaginative spark connected nan near flank, creating much chances successful nan crippled (5) than anyone other connected nan pitch. Takes distant 1 assistance for playing nan last walk to Caicedo.

ST: Marc Guiu—7.5: His youngest goalscorer grounds was taken by Estêvão 32 minutes aft it was set. But this was still an important opportunity that nan young Spaniard relished. Might beryllium disappointed to only get 1 half retired of it, having been subbed disconnected astatine half-time.

Subs not used: Max Merrick (GK), Robert Sánchez (GK), Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Alejandro Garnacho, Pedro Neto, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen.

Ajax (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI: Remko Pasveer; Lucas Rosa, Ko Itakura, Josip Šutalo, Youri Baas; James McConnell, Kenneth Taylor (c); Raúl Moro, Oscar Gloukh, Mika Godts; Wout Weghorst.

Subs used: Jorthy Mokio, Davy Klassen, Youri Regeer, Anton Gaaei, Kian Fitz-Jim.

Player of nan Match: Wesley Fofana

Chelsea 5–1 Ajax—How It Unfolded astatine Stamford Bridge

Estêvão (left) was a persistent attacking threat. / ANP/Getty Images

The crippled sewage underway amid dense rainfall successful westbound London, but pinch each nan changes it wasn’t a soft commencement from Maresca’s Blues and chances weren’t free flowing—the first half-sight of extremity saw 41-year-old Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer raced disconnected his statement to scope nan shot earlier Guiu.

Things hugely swung towards nan hosts erstwhile Ajax skipper Kenneth Taylor was sent disconnected conscionable 17 minutes into nan game. The Dutch midfielder was initially only shown a yellowish paper for dangerously cutting down Facundo Buonanotte. But erstwhile VAR intervened, referee Felix Zwayer was advised to return a 2nd look astatine nan pitch-side show and changed his mind almost immediately.

Within seconds of restarting nan crippled pinch nan consequent free-kick, Chelsea took nan lead. Fernández’s sweeping shot into nan container wasn’t dealt pinch by Ajax, leaving Guiu to move successful from six yards arsenic Wesley Fofana headed crossed nan look of goal.

After visiting head John Heitinga made a sacrificial switch, overmuch to nan audible annoyance of nan travelling fans who started calling for his head, nan Blues were past quickly 2–0 up done Caicedo’s 4th extremity of a singular run for him. Joining nan attack, it was a speculative thrust from region that took a adjuvant deflection.

Chelsea should person been cruising astatine that point, but Tosin’s clumsy foul successful nan container handed Ajax a lifeline, stepping connected Raúl Moro’s foot. Filip Jörgensen couldn’t extremity Weghorst’s scuffed penalty. The location defender was yellowish carded for his problem and, moments later, Ajax wanted different erstwhile Tosin’s precocious footwear connected pinch Weghorst’s head—despite nan blood, nary reward came.

Having scored, Weghorst soon went from leader to zero, conceding a punishment pinch a reckless situation connected Fernández. The skipper sewage up and proceeded to changeable nan shot successful from 12 yards himself. That was successful nan 45th minute, past came Chelsea’s 2nd punishment successful stoppage clip earlier nan interval.

Ajax near backmost Youri Baas was nan blameworthy statement this time, taking a mates of bites astatine Estêvão. The teenage Brazilian converted to break nan grounds Guiu had group earlier on.

Chelsea returned shape half-time, making 3 changes, and carried on. Immediately, George scored nan team’s fifth. There was nary luck astir nan finish, calmly placed beyond Pasveer from nan separator of nan box. But bully luck had made nan chance aft Andrey Santos was incapable to return nan shot successful his stride, seeing it driblet kindly into George’s way for nan first-time onslaught instead.

Chances for much goals came and went, Romeo Lavia and Estêvão each narrowly missing nan target from promising opportunities, while nan second besides saw an effort saved by Pasveer. Into nan closing stages and Estêvão was dazzling nan crowd, trying retired an overhead footwear that wasn’t acold wide.

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