Thomas Tuchel rested a couple of central defenders today, giving Trevoh Chalobah another chance to impress, and boy did he take it.
The defender was immaculate at the back, as always, but today it was his forward passing which really caught the eye.
Time and again he played dangerous balls into the channels. One in the first half sliced open the whole Leicester team, and one in the second half ended up as a “pre-assist” for Chelsea’s decisive third goal.
On social media, fans of all clubs are finally waking up to what a talent he is, and his passing today was praised all over social media. It was repeatedly called “world class”, and that’s no exaggeration.
Maybe Azpi and Andreas Christensen can take another week off? At this rate, we don’t need them anytime soon.
You can see a selection of the reaction in the posts from Twitter embedded here:
Got to say Chalobah's forward passing is superb. Great work from Ziyech there and composed from Pulisic.
— Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) November 20, 2021
Chalobah playing CDM at Lorient isn’t spoken about enough
His forward passing for a CB is excellent and you can directly attribute it to that loan
— Evan (@evmilho) November 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/NattyNicee/status/1462060030304432134
Chalobah’s passing is so underrated, absolutely pinpoint
— Adam (@AdamCFC96) November 20, 2021
Got to say Chalobah's forward passing is superb. Great work from Ziyech there and composed from Pulisic.
— Ù‹ (@shafcfc_) November 20, 2021
Trevoh Chalobah has the passing range that separates centre backs at the very elite level.
— The Tactical Times (@Tactical_Times) November 20, 2021
Chalobah's passing>>>> nah Chelsea are stacked boy
— Classic Man (@Edson_8) November 20, 2021
Been really impressed by Chalobah's passing today. Likely won't translate to FPL assists (assing the assister) but still, good stuff 🤓
— FPL_MFDOOM 🇨🇦 🇵🇱 (Pete) (@FplMfdoom) November 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/TaxFreeRhys/status/1462055108452274187
https://twitter.com/Miles_of_CFC/status/1462055418923044868
