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Chelsea fans just forget about Ivanovic for now because it seems only him gets all the stick whereas his other teammates have also been hugely disappointing too. However its very glaring that the team seems to be in a very steady but sharp decline compared to last season when they won the league. What’s the manager doing about it? Urhmmm calling out Arsene Wenger who by the way masterminded a good mesmerized beating of Man United over the weekend and his team have not lost in three too, or blaming referees, or blaming everyone? I’ll come back to Mr. Mourinho maybe in another post. This is just to show you how bad the situation is in the middle of the park…that is for the Chelsea fans!
It could be that the Blues are not bossing games in midfield as they did last term. Cesc Fabregas looked an inspired signing from Barcelona, instantly reminding everyone of his quality and creativity with a flying start, weighing in with 13 assists by the end of December last season.
However, things already started to go downhill when Fabregas failed to maintain this form for the second half of last season, though this was masked by his side strolling to the title with little difficulty.
Still, stats from WhoScored.com show that the Spain international is under-performing in most areas in 2015/16, playing fewer passes, fewer accurate passes, and fewer key passes. He is also making fewer tackles and has a far lower overall rating, dropping from 7.62 to 6.96.
Fabregas’ partnership with Nemanja Matic was also hailed as pivotal to Chelsea’s success last term, but the Serbian has also suffered a major dip in form, as the numbers show.
Matic may have marginally improved his tackles and interceptions per game (though this suggests his side are under more pressure than before), but he has seen falls for aerial duels, clearances and in his passing.
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) October 7, 2015
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