Chelsea’s Saturday face-off against Crystal Palace saw a comfortable 4-0 win, Chelsea’s second win in the Premier League. clash against Crystal Palace. Ben Chilwell was the most discussed summer signing that finally appeared in Chelsea’s shirt at Stamford Bridge. Chilwell’s performance has high praise from pundits as he made an effective impact with a goal and an assist.
Lampard’s side had a great possession in the second half but got a fewer chance in the first half, The players of Crystal Palace were sitting deep in their own region and created a defending shield. Chelsea couldn’t break their defence although some efforts went in vain. But things changed in the second half as Chilwell, the new left-back Lampard brought from Leicester City opened the scoresheet with a sublime finish from a header of a Chelsea player that fell on his feet.
Chilwell initiated smashing the ball into the Palace net and minutes later, assisted defender, Kurt Zouma from a dangerous cross. The last nail in the Crystal Palace coffin was put by double penalties which Chelsea earned through the constant attack. Jorginho converted them both to give a 4-0 victory to the Blues.
Chilwell was instrumental in helping the Blues have their first clean sheet of this new season before the international break. They have now secured their place in the top four after the smooth victory.
Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard was very keen to bring the left-back to Stamford Bridge. The talented side-back joined Chelsea after the Leicester and Chelsea came to an agreement of £50m deal in August. Though Leicester City was not agreeing to leave the defender and join the rivals. but after the negotiations, the club left Ben. Chilwell is proving that he is the right buy that Lampard made in the transfer season after delivering such a performance against Crystal Palace who was in fine form.
The 23-year old could not resist posting about his debut on Instagram and how delighted he feels after his opening game. Liverpool star and fellow left-back Andrew Robertson has commented on his post writing “Love it”.
Possibly the best left-back in the England top-flight clubs is Robertson and a compliment from him means a lot and says a lot about the performance. The 26-year old is already aware of all the talents he possesses and he needs to show that to the Chelsea fans. Above all, it is rare for a left-back to end up with a goal, an assist, and also contribute to keeping a clean sheet. All that happened in a single match.
Back in 2019, Ben Chilwell also gathered a heap of praises for Andy Robertson prior to the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Leicester City. Chilwell claimed that Andy is the best left-back in the world, he is very good defensively and he always looks up to him.
Ben also said that he follows and watches Robertson’s move and sees how he can improve whenever there is a match of Liverpool. The 23-year-old England international also conveyed his confidence that he will challenge the Liverpool defender as one of the best in the world.
Since the time Andy Robertson has joined the Reds, he has proved himself to be one of the best left-back in the world currently. In the previous season, he ended up assisting 11 goals. He continued his form thereafter with 12 assists and netting two goals in the 36 Premier League appearances he made last season.
Although the stats are glorious while comparing to that of Chilwell, who himself has managed to just have 10 assists while playing 100 Premier League matches. Now that, the former Leicester City side-back has ended up being at Stamford Bridge, it will be interesting to see what he does and how he develops to become one of the best in the world.
