West Brom v Chelsea: What a bonkers match

 Good afternoon

I hope you're well and had a restful weekend. So saturday evening produced a bonkers match at The Hawthorns between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea. After 3 cheaply given away goals in the first half,the Blues fought back with goals from academy players Mount,Abraham and Hudson-Odoi to claim a draw and avoid a second defeat of the season.

So as I've been writing in most of my articles throughout the year, Chelsea have been poor defensively and saturday was no surprise with errors from Alonso and Thiago Silva led to a quick double for Robinson. The third goal was a lapse in concentration. Goodness me will this defence improve this year? Difficult to say at the moment. Despite having spent over £200 million on forwards,a goalkeeper and defenders ,the defence is still suspect so this could be a long season for Chelsea.

Overall I'm happy that Chelsea avoided defeat but am still concerned by the defence. Cant wait to have all our players back and see what theyt can produce. So tomorrow the focus in on The Carabao Cup as we face Spurs away so I expect changes to be made with Crystal Palace to follow on Saturday in the league in another London Derby so this week is crucial as October will see the Blues face Man United, Southampton and Burnley in the league and the Champions League returns but we'll know our opponents this thursday afternoon.

So Spurs v Chelsea will be fiery and intense as usual despite it being a cup game.Both Lampard and Mourinho want to win a trophy this year so this will be a tough duel. Spurs will be missing Son but still pose a threat with Kane, Lucas Moura, Bergweijn so Chelsea will have to defend very well.

Anyway I predict a 2-1 win after extra time but who knows? It could go to penalties. Lets wait for tomorrow evening.

As usual lets keep in touch via social media and feel free to discuss all things football with me.

Thank you very much. Have a great start to the week and stay safe

Ciao

Here are the highlights of saturday's match and oh what a hit from Mount

Enjoy!


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