If you’re just looking at the score of the Chelsea – Man U game, you will be thinking “another loss for Chelsea, another bad performance.”
But the reality is that the Blues have created some great chances, and should have been ahead in the game.
Our finishing has reached a new low however, and has created this utterly bizarre stat – we’ve had more “big chances” than we’ve had shots on target.
Our 3 “big chances created” means we should have scored 2 or 3 goals. Instead, we didn’t manage a single shot on target.
Mykhailo Mudryk fluffed the best chance of the game as it was played to him in front of goal and he panicked.
Not long after, Man U scored.
Then Chelsea had a great chance to equalise, but the ball came to Conor Gallagher through a defender’s legs and he didn’t anticipate, and also ended up missing a great chance. He then missed a harder one not long after.
Overall we’ve played some great stuff with the ball and carved United open. But if you miss small chances, let alone big chances, you’ll never win a game.