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Jakarta –
When Chelsea lost to Manchester City, Gary Neville criticized the performances of N’golo Kante, Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic. Is it worth all three of them being criticized for the MU legend?
For that, let’s take a look at WhoScored’s match stats. Kante, for example, the French national team midfielder made 61 passes with an accuracy of up to 87.8%. He recorded 60 touches of the ball, 4 successful passes to the helmet of 5 attempts, 1 successful dribble, 2 interceptions, 4 tackles and 1 foul that was rewarded with a yellow card from the referee. Kante replaced Billy Gilmour in the 63rd minute.
Meanwhile, Kovacic recorded 63 passes with 90.5% accuracy with hoof bait attempts reaching 3 times and 1 of them was a successful pass. Kovacic also made 70 touches and 2 kick attempts, though none of them hit home. From a defensive point of view, the Croatian midfielder registered 1 interception and committed 2 fouls, one of which was a yellow card. Kovacic also had to be removed from the field in the 76th minute.
Meanwhile, Mason Mount is at least capable of recording 3 key passes and 61 passes with an accuracy of up to 88.5%. Mount also has 2 successful dribbles and 76 touches. Mount also successfully made 1 earned inning and 1 interception to aid Frank Lampard’s fleet defense against Manchester City.
Previously, Gary Neville criticized the three Chelsea midfielders who were held to blame for Chelsea’s defeat yesterday. According to him, the three midfielders failed to stop the dominance of Pep Guardiola’s squad.
“I have to say that the midfield of Kante, Mount and Kovacic was not good enough. Not good enough in the last 20 minutes. They made Manchester City really have control over this game,” Neville told Sky Sports.
“The wingers Chilwell and Azpilicueta fought a lot, but it was the midfield that really had trouble controlling the game.”
The failure of the three Chelsea midfielders to curb the midfield dominance of Kevin De Bruyne and his friends resulted in Chelsea conceding 3 goals in the first half.
Chelsea scored a consolation goal in second-half injury time after a Kai Havertz cross was completed by a perfect shot from Hudson-Odoi. But Manchester City remained victorious.
(krs / mrp)
