Can Alvaro Morata be prolific for Chelsea? Discussion points after defeating Crystal Palace | Football News

Alvaro Morata celebrates his second goal against Crystal Palace

Alvaro Morata has produced a double against Crystal Palace, but can he score goals for Chelsea to maintain his title? Peter Smith picks the talking points of the Blues' last win …

There remain 11 undefeated Premier League games for Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea after their 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

This success, a joint record for a new manager in the division, highlights the impressive impact of the Italian boss in West London and Chelsea again looks to claim the title.

Here, from the invigorating doubled of Alvaro Morata and another positive performance by Marcos Alonso, pbading through Eden Hazard's latest masterclbad and a puzzle in the middle to meditate, we select the arguments of Chelsea's victory …

Morata back among the goals

Chelsea are in second place in the Premier League standings and could take advantage of all the Manchester City leaders' mistakes in the derby next Sunday. But if they want to face the title title this season, they will need a prolific frontman to compete for goals alongside Eden Hazard's genius.

Morata scores his second goal of the match to lead Chelsea to 2-1

The challenge for Alvaro Morata is to be this man – and Chelsea fans are hoping that his double against Crystal Palace on Sunday, which brought his total to four goals in the Premier League, can give him the confidence to score goals.

It's been a year since the Spaniard scored two consecutive goals in the league for the Blues and even longer since he found the goal twice in the same Premier League game, but a snapshot in the first Half time and one second well taken 25 minutes from time The timing was decisive for Burnley during his last outing and revealed a glimpse of the quality of the former striker of Real Madrid and Juventus.

There was however some inevitability in that he's escaping his chance in case of a hat-trick in added time, however, and his disappointing reaction as a result of this miss shows his series of missed opportunities. in 2018 – aroused by a day to forget at Arsenal in January – weigh heavy on him.

He will have to shake this mindset and show more impressive finishing talents than he has demonstrated against Palace over the next few months if he wants to keep Olivier Giroud out of the frame and become the main character of Chelsea this term.

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Instant impact of danger

It was a luxury for Maurizio Sarri to turn to his bench and appeal to Eden Hazard in the middle of the second period, the counterbalanced and held by Crystal Palace. The Belgian may have missed Chelsea's last three games due to a back problem and only spent two days training, but his introduction changed the mood.

During his first 91 seconds on the pitch, he plunged the ball into the back of the field by swapping pbades with Morata, N Golo Kante and Pedro, who got a free kick, got dusted off and buckled the ball to the back post for Morata to fire Chelsea back to the front.

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Maurizio Sarri was convinced that the introduction of Eden Hazard in the match against Chelsea against Crystal Palace was essential to secure the 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge.

This is a perfect example of the energy he brings to this Chelsea team, his ability to protect the ball from his opponents – "he protects the ball brilliantly," said Alan Smith, a Sky Sports expert – and the quality of its deliveries in the danger zone.

That's 11 commitments in his last 10 appearances in the Premier League with Hazard (seven goals, four badists). Chelsea becomes a better team when he is on the field.

Alonso's threat of attack

In preparation for this competition, Jamie Carragher, of MNF Extra, praised Marcos Alonso 's offensives, while warning that he should improve his defense if he wanted to master the pbadage of the game. back left of Antonio Conte on the left back of Sarri. .

While Alonso has made more plaquements than any other player on the field Sunday, this side of his game will be tested more rigorously by Tottenham and Manchester City in the coming weeks. Instead, against Palace, he was able to show what he could do in the advanced positions that Sarri allows him to cover.

Only Jorginho had more hits on the ball, highlighting Alonso's influence on Chelsea's play, and only the Italian had more hits in the opposing midfielder. With all this involvement, Alonso launched five centers of the game's highest match and prepared Pedro for Chelsea's third goal.

Remarkably, this third decisive pbad of the season for Alonso means that he has surpbaded his Premier League record for last season in just 11 outings of the season. It is unlikely to be the last, as its importance to this team – for whom it has just signed a new contract – continues to grow.

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Midfielder question for Sarri

Given Kante's impact on the Premier League with Leicester and Chelsea, it may be odd to see him move to a less familiar role under Sarri, more advanced in the middle of the field, charged with creating opportunities and to move the ball in the advanced areas, rather than just win it back.

The goal of this change is to allow Sarri midfielder Jorginho's brain to sit in front of the end line and dictate the game as a quarterback, as he did successfully in Napoli. With Chelsea on such a series of results, it's clearly a movement that works.

N & # 39; Golo Kante has been pushed into a more advanced position this season

But with Cesc Fabregas and Mateo Kovacic's playing abilities on the bench, Sarri could be tempted to turn to a more accomplished baseball player than Kante when Chelsea tries to make his way through palaces like those of Palace. ? Or, replace Kante in the role of keeper when the situation becomes difficult?

"Sarri clearly wants Jorginho to be that pivot, that figure of Andrea Pirlo, if you will, allowing the team to get a foot in front," said Alan Smith of Sky Sports. "But what you miss then is the defensive us, the ability to run 10 meters, as we have seen Kante do it often in the last two years, and to make his entrance."

This is a question that Sarri will have to answer later, but for the moment, he is undoubtedly delighted to have the options available to him.

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