MOTD Chelsea vs Wolves 6-2 | post match analysis

we started the game really well um let them come into it a little bit um Midway through this first half through probably our own sloppiness but came out in the second half and credit to the boys was a dominant performance from start to end we were a bit more accurate in the second half that uh in football is is one of the most important thing when you want to build from behind because if you are accurate you don't give away easy ball you don't give them confidence while first half was completely in the in the opposite side to be honest uh B second half that difficult horrible um was not our team in the pitch I think um he it's hard to say something but to be honest uh was not our character was not like what you train to do and everyone feel like uh tough day for us we lost our way uh it was already a crazy first half but we we showed moments of quality and we we were well in the game um and then regardless of what you do with the ball and what you do when you're in shape if if you give goals like we gave it's it was going to be a tough afternoon so we gave Chelsea a lot of help so um an awful lot that that I need to fix there are things that we can improve the goal we ConEd we can avoid the second goal the was almost finished first half we con see the free kick that we don't need to do any free kick there but anyway it's it's yeah we can learn many things there was a little bit of a headline this morning with something that you had inadvertently put out there what have we got to say about that no I just want to say I'm I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend anybody um from from over Hampton or anyone in general was a mistake and yeah no you learn from those things and um hopefully it doesn't nothing like that happens again uh let's uh let's move on from whatever's been going on on Instagram and folus about what went on on the pitch because as anybody who does score a hatrick is he was fantastic today he was he clearly didn't allow for you know his comments before the game affect his start to the game cuz I thought certain himself and Cole Palmer right from the off just set out their intentions you can see here Cole Palmer more Central really good positioning but midi I think that you know the way he just drove at the defender made it really hard for ant Nori there whether to take him on his left or his right and he looked quite comfortable here you can see him again trying to get himself the ball into the box one fo when he gets into those areas can I get a shot away and he was at it all afternoon but I really like the link up between himself and Cole Palmer and you'll see here he gets himself to an area again fullback doesn't know to let him in side outside and he puts the ball into a really good area but C pal was just not able to adjust his feet in time but this was a different side to this is the the the link up this was a a great connection between the two all afternoon again when he gets it his only intention is to carry the ball forward and gets a a really good free kick but this was a different part of his game he showed a really good attitude here which we haven't seen much of little bit scruffy think thinks he's lost possession but then gets away and one foot in his mind again and that is to carry the team up the pitch a little bit off with the with the weight of the pass but I felt this is what was better about his game with Cole Palmer this connection here just staying a little bit wider and timing his run from out to in and then again a bit of a deflection but he gets the the first goal and you'll see here that connection again with Cole Palmer just holds his run wants the ball but I think clever from Co Palmer delaying it off balancing the defender and a really good strike and then we'll see him here top off his hattick and I thought this is the The Pick of them all I think the touch there just to settle himself and compose it he could have took it first time but I think the fact that he composed himself and put it away had a really really good afternoon do you find it quite unusual in the in the modern game in that he's comfortable on both feet and he's direct yeah I was surprised by it I thought he was predominantly left footed and Nori obviously thought that as well and he was showing him down that right hand side but the fact that he was comfortable going left and right and putting the ball into good areas I mean three goals off his weaker foot this afternoon I think fullbacks now are going to analyze him a little bit different in the future games right I'm not asking you for your opinions on different Midland cities otherwise you might might get is all canell in the space of three minutes right we've looked at a couple of individuals there but that there's a bigger tactical picture at play here yeah I think the way that um Man City approached the game and the way that wolves approached the game were completely different and I think we're starting so much negativity around Chelsea at the moment but I think we show here now just what Chelsea are trying to do and under the new management with this set of players they can do really well so if you see against City here last week City condensed the middle of the pitch they realized look we're not at full strength yet let's get let them going around us and you can see everything that city did pushed Chelsea back and made them go right and Chelsea to be to be fair were a bit negative in this game it's against City so you know new new style all of that but as you can see everything here is really good from City here now in the middle of the pitch I thought Fernandez was played a little bit out of position but sininho could have easily gone outside and allowed that you'll see in the next clip that we showed that's on all day they could have been a little bit braver there but they don't cuz it's city they're a little bit nervous bit passive and you heard the manager say that they f it was a bit different but today people in their right positions look at the run from uh Fernandez he opens it up now allows the middle of the pitch but where Palmer is it allows for this to go right there now the hold the midfielder is had to finish Center half because he's panicking of where Palmer is at all times now look he can give the ball to Palmer if he does knew he's thinking right do I need to come inside or do I stay outside and every time they was out and that's just one occasion this happened all the time look every time the middle of the pitch was open and this is that masas is trying to get them to play overload Midfield and again Palmer's positioning every time just makes a Defender think where should I be an nor is thinking look do I go where's he going it get him now and this is what I like he doesn't run outs in outside there he goes into positions where he can score goals and again this bouns his back and he just comes back to him by being in that penalty area but this is them at their best we just got to take it through slowly here you see Palmer he starts to come down the defender starts to come with him and what happens here and I think this is why they've signed drewby Hall cuz he knows the system look at the run that he makes just pause it there the center back goes should I go with Palmer should I not the right back comes in and now what we calling football now everyone jumps late so now Chelsea are in a position where they they've always got an extra touch on the ball an extra body here now look the two Center AR are really wide Palmer could run in behind he's in between everybody what it does it just drags everybody out and he takes a perfect second touch there just to kill the game and then now J fedix all that space all of this is based on Co Palmer's movement and I think just with the talent that they've assembled this could be a really really frightening team if they get it right or or in some of those situations car pal Cole Palmer not doing that much movement but just making sure he stays where the space is absolutely but being cute enough to stand still everyone now is on stats and running and all that but sometimes the best thing you could do stand still and I think he was excellent today I know mwaki gets a Deo this for the goals but he was fantastic today I think you know as a midfielder the worst thing to defend obviously when the ball's on one side of the pitch and you're two holding Midfield you have to come across you have to protect your your partner in that Midfield area and what Cole Palmer did well was work the opposite side and it makes it really difficult for a midfielder or a center half to jump out and pick you up and I thought he did that really well afternoon and then just the final one on that obviously they're not as Brave against Manchester City as as they were against Wes the next stage of the development is is to be brave against whoever they play absolutely but I we're running and willing to run in behind and I think we're against Chelsea a lot of Co pal was on the right he wanted against Man City sorry kopan wanted the ball uh and and cucko wanted the ball they kept coming into feet so it was all in front for any Defender when people keep running that way it just makes the game so much more difficult from a wolves perspective you conceded six at home to Chelsea there will be an element of of of panic from some people I suppose the key and you look at their first 10 games here op to op to have analyzed these first 10 games and they reckon it's the hardest start for any team in the Premier League so patience is going to be required until we get to the clocks going back yeah and I think if look at you know the their running games in those 10 I think that they will suggest that's right a away to Arsenal then they home to Chelsea so they've got Newcastle in their Forest to away Derby so they've got Villa away another Derby Liverpool so they've got a lot of tough games but I think they have to be patient I think they can take a little bit from what Bournemouth did last season in them opening nine games didn't get many points from it but then had a really good end to the season and the positive is they've got goal scorers it looks like they've got goal scorers they've got two that they can rest the their goal actually their Prem League survival line I thought these two were really good today I worked the first game when there was at arsal I didn't didn't think they had much going for but Kya coming in looks better these two essentially play as two Strikers they're not doing that but Kya is always in and round off the big man the big man does a lot of selfless running that was called offside but if you see they're always willing to run as we just spoke about with Chelsea they're running this way making the Defenders back off and they were just so they were just Lively they were game they didn't care that they were playing against Chelsea and this is a great finish I think the keeper Dives a little bit early but will give him the benefit of that it's a good finish but just look with the big man being there he gives CA all the space to get in there and this is a great defensive block and OB that gets talked about enough but they're in there and these two are going to be key for wol staying up 100 million out 30 million spent a lot of them staying up will be on these two which is a big difference you know sat here for probably about five years talking about wolves goal scoring ever since R gimnez did his head injury so so this actually does give them hope for sure I think there was certainly in that opening 45 there was a threat they caused Chelsea problems at times and what I liked about them they were both willing to do both jobs they didn't mind one dropping in and one stretching and vice versa and they work that really well and really connected and and we we lost our way uh it was already a crazy first half but we we showed moments of quality and we we were well in the game um and then regardless of what you do with the ball and what you do when you're in shape if you if you give goals like we gave this it was going to be a tough afternoon so we gave Chelsea a lot of help so um and full lot that that I need to fix I know that the intention is always good we don't want to lose e ball sometimes happen but we need to be more accurate if we want to play in the way we want to play and also I feel very very lucky to have this kind of players that they are very versatile they can play in different position so I'm I feel very lucky he's cold and on fire you know so it mixes well um he's always got the ability to play the right pass at the right time and then yeah me I'm just I like to get the ball in space and beat people and make things happen so luckily today it worked this is the kind of game we absolutely love four goals in the first half all square going into the break and then Chelsea just goes Super saan in the second half and the Wolves defense does what nothing and Gary O'Neil talked about there's a lot he liked in the first half but lots to fix and Ryan nor is a player that I've liked over the last two or three years and he's amazing going forward he had an amazing assist uh for's goal but defensively nearly every goal that went in the second half were his fault because he vacated the position too much when sometimes I get the inverted fullback that's when you got possession when you haven't got possession you got to get back in and play as the left back the game was crazy the game was nuts at half time it was 2-2 and it was one of them games where you're thinking there's no way staying 2-2 and even when it was 3-2 you're saying this is not staying 3-2 but you didn't have an idea which way it was going to swing and then wolves just absolutely collapsed in the second half Chelsea were great don't get me wrong um were really impressive but Gary O'Neil's got a lot of work to do and no surprises M will talk about him in just a little bit with obviously his hatrick but Co Palmer really pulling the strings today we're just hearing a numbered that 37 goals and assists in his last 36 games three assists today the last Chelsea player to do that was CES fabrigas incredible um I mean it was a perfect game for the Chelsea players I mean it was a barable match and this is exactly what you don't want against your young Squad young Squad of players end to end game with with quality especially with Co paly give him a little bit of space on a counter attack he picks the right pass at the right time his deliveries he takes care um that was the first go it was Jackson there it's after 2 minutes but you give them the space and they' got the energy and this boy is just incredible I it's poor from woles point of view U but that is just it's instinctive he's like he's on the school playground there he's just but he's not he's in the Premier League this boy a superstar an absolute Superstar and you know I I was last year I was praying that some H players will come to the party and and assist him uh and I think he might get that this year you know I think they he needs a support act and I think he might get it now mili to here just breeding off him I mean he's just saying like just I'll stay in a position I'll get myself in a goal uh threatening position and give it to that little genius in the middle of the pitch he will give me it when I want it and he will give me no control problems whatsoever he just lends the ball in to his teammates and he makes it look easy for him I know you saw the Instagram post uh from n you know which he didn't had to delete about he wasn't very nice about wver Hampton and the area they were staying in he got a bit of stick from the fans so he had no choice but to have the last laugh today well exactly I love the way Tim says about Cole Palmer that he's a superstar but what I love is I don't even think he knows he's a superstar I think he's one of these players that just goes you know what I'm just playing football yeah he's like a street football he's like a cage footballer he's just like this guy who just things very easily it looks almost too easy for him at times the way he plays again because his brain's just in another gear to the majority of players that are playing and we were saying on that finish there when he clipped the Finish there's probably a handful of players in the Premier League that could have finished that maybe beio Saka maybe erard maybe Mo Salah maybe Phil foden after that there's not many because he made that finish look really easy and he was impressive like you wouldn't believe today and then Tim also we've been talking a lot about Chelsea and the number of players they have and a lot of it's been negative about the comings and going there but today a very similar looking Squad the same kind of structure against Man City just the two changes which was n m and mudri coming in yeah maresa is not his fault I mean it's been the shambles I mean the recruitment's been a shambles but he's inherited that all he can do is work with a group of players he can't work with 40 players it's impossible for a manager so he has to upset some people and he has to make a stand and he has to say you know what guys I got to put all my concentration into a group of 22 players 24 players whatever he wants to use and that's what he's done he has said discard unfortunately it's part on part of managing at the top level when you got a really um overloaded Squad with superstars so-called superstars on huge amounts of money it's hard to deal with them characters but he has to do what he's very he's inexperienced manager but he has to do what he thinks is best and at the moment that's a today is a brilliant result for him it was a tough start when you played Man City in the first game is always going to be a tough start he needs to get some consistency going now well speaking of Manchester City the Champions were in action against newly promoted I switch at thearon [Music] hello to you from the Johan C arena in the historic and beautiful city of Amsterdam I'm guy Moby and I'll be joined for commentary by Kick Kick K the former England forward and we've got a division Rivals game on the way for you what are we going to get from this one well I can't wait for this be forward to watching a team in just needs the composure now and still the chance might come a nice cut back here's how the young boys line up today Teo Hernandez starts with Kyle Walker in the fullback positions and they've decided for this one to play with two in attack having a look oh good defending just when it was looking threatening to go ah and it's magnificent and his incredible skill one to enjoy again and again well here's the replay and it's a good finish you've got to praise the pressing from the front it's relentless once they Nick the ball they wer going to miss from there they've lost it now oh a great chance crucial defending they've kept it in just to square things up an equalizer what a terrific thr start to the match SL so they're level at 1 and off they go P forward what can they do with this Dean rice bit sloppy in possession good vision from canina and they've scored a goal to get the stadium jumping so it's 2-1 as the game [Applause] restarts vanoy a terrific tackle the chance has gone the pass is incomplete nicely won and there's the whistle as the ref gives a free kick he's drifting into a useful position here and there's The Equalizer the advantage was not held for long to B well if we watch this again you can see she's under all sorts of pressure but still manages to keep her cool and she finishes it off well and the game kicks off again with the score 2-2 now not so much given away as cleverly won B nicely and [Applause] in and that one is Got Away Salah more chance here and the keeper makes the save and really we shouldn't have expected anything else it's a corner and possibly the chance to go in front and away they've got it clear canar threads it through just needs the composure now and the keeper could be in trouble and there's the goal to put them in front and the game kicks off with the score now 3-2 where that looks like a good advantage played that's not a bad looking ball that's been cut out it's too [Applause] easy that's a lovely ball there might be something building now and the ball is still [Applause] alive it was looking good but there it's ended chance now for a quick transition it's a challenge that's brought a whistle and a free [Applause] Kick the referee playing Advantage Hernandez moving it forward with purpose something on maybe and stopped in their tracks with a change in possession and it's cleared away from goal so the break not far away Sue and the visitors are behind your thoughts on what they've brought to the game well defensively guy they've been all over the place they've can see oh what an opportunity this is it might still happen and nothing coming from their play in the end where honar oh a great chance well that was seen all the way and the save is made corner to come then and an opportunity to extend this lead it had to be but the defending ensured it wasn't breaking at PACE this could be [Applause] dangerous Salah chance for The Equalizer a really promising attack has come to n that's cross the line it'll be a throw rice we and this could be and it's in the goal to get us back to level pegging and that will do it for the first