Juventus 1-0 Chelsea, Player ratings: No goals, no white sheet, no … no good

True to our tradition of excellence at the post (with rare exceptions), it is the goalkeeper who leads the way when the result (or even our level of play) is far from ideal.

Mendy may have been beaten by a perfect strike from Federico Chiesa – high enough to clear Rüdiger’s outstretched foot and rushed goalkeeper, but low enough to land in the roof of the net rather than in higher levels like shooting Similar from Lukaku later in the half – but he was pretty much flawless otherwise.

Perhaps a bit of concern is that 6 of the 10 Man of the Match awards so far have gone to goalkeepers.

Despite the loss, there is not much to complain about our defense. The few meters we gave up were almost all the result of terrible turnovers and giveaways in midfield, and while we could have done better on their goal, it’s a dangerous tightrope to walk if we are to keep a clean sheet. to get a result. Sometimes we can slip – like when Juve performs an overload on the wing that we’re not ready for, and makes a smart pass to find a smart run for the aforementioned perfect finish.

In a defensive battle between two defensively excellent teams, it was always likely to come down to some real quality moment on offense, and they produced it when we didn’t.

Speaking of our attack, RLC has arguably been the only bright spot lately, in both of his substitute appearances, first against Manchester City and then against Juventus. Could he have earned a good start?

vs JUVENTUS (CL, A, L 0-1)

EXCEPTIONAL (9.0+): –

EXCELLENT (8.0-8.9): –

GOOD (7.0-7.9): –

MEDIUM (6.0-6.9): Mendy (6.4), Silva (6.2), Loftus-cheek (6.1, under), Rudiger (6.0), Hudson-Odoi (6.0, under)

BAD (5.0-5.9): Christensen (5.9), Chaloba (5.9, under), Barkley (5.5, under), Chilwell (5.3, under), Kovacic (5.3), Azpilicueta (5.1)

BAD (4.0-4.9): Lukaku (COM)4.8), Jorginho (4.7), Havertz (4.7), Alonso (4.5)

TERRIBLE (3.0-3.9): Ziyech (3.9)

GLOBALLY