Alvaro Morata was taken out of Chelsea’s draw with Manchester United in the 79th minute, despite the Blues needing a goal to get back into the game.
The striker’s withdrawal simply showed the Blues technical team could not trust that he would be the man to put them back at par with Man United. His replacement was another striker, Olivier Giroud.
His failure in front of goal has been attributed to many things including lack of confidence and the back injury he revealed last season when he scored only 11 Premier League goals.
Former Blues manager Ruud Gullit believes players like Eden Hazard and Willian are to take some of the blame after they often ignore Morata when handling the ball in attack. Gullit says Chelsea wide men cut inside when on the attack, but prefer to shoot or find other players instead of looking for their main striker.
“His team-mates don’t come into any positions where they create anything for him. The worst part is you can see Willian and Hazard always dribble inside because they don’t trust him.
But also when the crosses are in, I think there was a moment in the first half where you asked “where is Morata”, he wasn’t there. So they don’t trust him.”
Ruud Gullit, Goal
Morata has scored two Premier League goals this season after playing eight games.
