Chelsea put in a really quite pathetic performance all around against Man City today, but one person continued to be a lightning rod for criticism – Robert Sanchez.
Djordje Petrovic delivered another stellar performance against Lille:
✅ 5 critical saves, all from inside the box to keep #RCSA in the game
✅ Accurate Passes completed 92%
✅ Precise 10 long balls delivered
✅ Earned him a well-deserved Sofascore rating of 8.2 (highest) 🌟 pic.twitter.com/pILnEiv8KX
— 💥 BlueCo Xtra (@Bluecoxtra) January 25, 2025
The pressure on him has been growing steadily, and reached a crescendo on Monday night after he helped Wolves get their goal. All he needed was a quiet night tonight – but it was the opposite in the end. The goalkeeper left his line to try and intercept a long ball and got stuck in no-man’s land. He was lobbed easily by Erling Haaland.
Meanwhile in France Djordje Petrovic, the man who ousted Sanchez as our number one last season but was then sent to Strasbourg on loan by our galaxy-brained sporting directors, was having a superb game for our sister club. He made 5 saves, he completed 92% of his passes, including 10 long balls, and got a very high rating on stats sites.
He’s no Petr Cech, but he was pretty solid, and we were better off with him in goal. Ask any Blues fan and they’ll tell you the same.
Djordje Petrovic delivered another stellar performance against Lille:
✅ 5 critical saves, all from inside the box to keep #RCSA in the game
✅ Accurate Passes completed 92%
✅ Precise 10 long balls delivered
✅ Earned him a well-deserved Sofascore rating of 8.2 (highest) 🌟 pic.twitter.com/pILnEiv8KX
— 💥 BlueCo Xtra (@Bluecoxtra) January 25, 2025
Ugly stats get uglier for Sanchez
It gets worse too – the xG tracker account “The xG Philosophy” claims that his decision to rush out changed the expected goals of Haaland’s shot from 0.03 to 0.42.
Meanwhile, another accounts claims that the 5 errors leading to a goal which Sanchez has now committed are now the most by a player since those stats began being recorded in 2007. We can well believe it – Kepa was rubbish, but his mistakes were a little more subtle than this.
Robert Sanchez's 5 errors leading to goal this season is the most on record (since 2007-08) by a Chelsea player in a single campaign. pic.twitter.com/KThaB45ciu
— Chelsea Stats (@ChelseaYW_) January 25, 2025
Where do we go from here? Is dropping Sanchez the right move? Or does that just put an even worse option in the firing line? This disaster goes right to the top – to the guys who signed the Spaniard, didn’t replace him, sent Petrovic on loan, and have continued to stick with Sanchez even as he costs this team points.
This disaster goes right to the top – to the coke-snorting frat boys who don’t know what they’re doing.
I like my version better.
I said it before that this coach is not the right man for Chelsea. He put his silly trust on Sanchez and Jackson. What do we see now from both them, heart break. Jackson keep on missing goals opportunity and Sanchez allow goals into his own nets. For me, sack Maresca now.
I think his time is up as Chelsea No one
He is terrible as a goal keeper plus modern football needs your keeper playing out from the back…and he is even worse off.
How did we buy such a guy dropped by Brighton.
It’s time to consider petrovic or Jorgensen