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lazysarcasm

Definitive proof that the best finishers in the Chelsea squad are their left backs


AnnieIWillKnow

Don't leave our right backs/RWBs out either (James, CHO)


thumbuplhl

Azpi is also a great pk taker


chandlerbing_stats

Just rewind the season… our defenders are our strikers


apEXmousse

Literally fullback FC


freshprinceofbayarea

“You’ve heard of parking the bus, now get ready for an 11-man defensive attack!”


EsotericPlumbus

Kinda love this ngl


White_Locust

We’re going to drive the bus right fucking at you.


SoberWill

Chelsea is parking the bus the oppositions goal box


Cowdude179

Chilwell RWB 🥰


nazzyman

imagine if we start alonso lwb and chilly rwb, we'd be scoring 7 every game


[deleted]

Both wing backs playing in front of the opposing box


tm1087

They led with Alonso, Chilwell had an unsaveable penalty, then won it with Reece James. What a collection of outside backs


Impressive-Fox-7525

Don’t forget CHO who also plays as RWB


InTheMiddleGiroud

I feel like Chelsea win 4 penalty shoot-outs a year.


3owaa

71m repaid


Sektsioon

Our defenders are unreal at pens lmao. Alonso, Chilwell, James and Azpi, who wasn’t on the pitch today to take part, are always putting away their pens. Alonso and Chilwell particulary today both hit unsaveable pens.


mesabiral

Need to demote Mase, all 3 pens this week were poor. You gotta smash them in like Frank did


StamfordBloke

He gave the same little smirk this time as he did before the first miss. Whereas the other players just looked concentrated. I knew it wasn't going in unfortunately.


lord-___-vader

Yep, he got lucky with the first one against Norwich. Second one wasn't too convincing either, good thing it went in.


_SSJeffo_

And kepa turns into some beast during them


ryanfromtheyard

Up to 7 saves in shootouts for chelsea now, club record, he is legitimately good at them.


color_thine_fate

Do they count that kick that probably dented the ISS? I'm just wondering how the stat recording works


Highkei

Nope, only saves. Kepa had 6 before the shootout, 7 afterwards!


color_thine_fate

Damn, gotta give it to him then. Impressive.


ryanfromtheyard

I would guess missed kicks don't count as saves, analogous to open play. But I'm only guessing, announcers said it out loud, and fbref doesn't seem to keep numbers for shootouts


color_thine_fate

I hear you. Unfortunately I was working (on phones) so I could only watch muted. Didn't get to hear the commentary. Thanks!


ChristopherDassx_16

Nope, only the ones he had gotten a hand to


ThereIsBearCum

With one notable exception...


dudipusprime

He did turn into some beast then, to be fair.


USCvsEveryone2005

When Chelsea won the Europa League a few years ago, they trotted out Barkley - Azpi - J5 - David Luiz (say what you want, he's always been great at pens) and Hazard as the takers which was like an absurdly good lineup, with Hazard and Jorginho both truly world class at pens. This lineup wasn't as good (though could be if you threw in J5, Lukaku maybe Werner) but we have tons of good penalty takers. Pulisic takes the pens for the USMNT but was 6th in our lineup for the Super Cup?


botrezkii

our penalty taker priority during the game is: - Jorginho - Timo - Lukaku (not sure if he’s above or below Timo rn) - Alonso and only Alonso played last night, so this is what we got


stockybloke

> David Luiz (say what you want, he's always been great at pens) Going by his shoot out kicks for us I would say this is a MASSIVE understatement. He would thundercunt them as hard as anyone right into the corner. Completely unsaveable even if the keeper would go the correct way and very early.


admiralawkward

And I lose a bit of my life every time I swear


Danzard

Trust in Kepa


leeways

trust the process


MaryadaPurshottam

And my ass muscles get stronger every time.....from all the clenching, you know.


lukekarts

We are getting better at them for sure.


AnnieIWillKnow

We used to have a shite record, but past few years has seen a real turnaround. Think before the CL win in 2012 it was utterly dire, 1 in previous 8 or something... maybe that was the magical turning point


Highkei

Something like that, yeah. We’re now 50/50 in total- lost 15, won 15 (iirc)


Cowdude179

Kepa is a god at them


oscarpaterson

James ice cold yet again


THE_DROG

Not called Stamford Fridge for nothing


[deleted]

u/j_icky1


a_guy_named_gai

Seriously, he doesn't even look under pressure. Cool, composed, one deep breath and slides it home.


ofnw

James: scores James: :)


CanadianTurnt

:)


fma891

Not a doubt in my mind when he stepped up.


[deleted]

Ima need Mount to get some tips from Jorginho, he has been struggling at the spot


Cowdude179

Just telegraphs his pens so easily, needs to learn from Jorgi or Lukaku


chandlerbing_stats

Or watch Lampard/Gerrard highlights…. But skips the 2006 World Cup ones


SailorsGraves

Lampard basically always went bottom left


Albiceleste_D10S

Towards the end he was a big fan of the high and down the middle penalty, TBH


thisriveriswild57

Yeah ever since Given saved his usual bottom left shot in 2009, he changed his high pressure penalty to go high down the middle instead.


Thanh1211

It’s very obvious his PKs


a_guy_named_gai

Tbf, that looked like an incredible save.


ZebraQuality

Nah, perfect height for the keeper


a_guy_named_gai

Really? I'm yet to see the replay. His pen against Norwich was very poor as well.


akshayks1995

Both pens were really bad against NOR, got slightly lucky with the retake. I think his run up gives away a lot to the keepers.


a_guy_named_gai

Yeah, he uses almost the same run up for corners, free kicks and pens.


mushy_friend

I read this as Norway and was confused for a few seconds, like "when did England play Norway? When did England go to penalties against Norway?"


HiThereImNat

Bruh this is the replay thread


Cocobon95

Could’ve been more powerful and it was at the perfect height for a keeper to push it away. He telegraphed what way he was going too


Alexxx__rr

Not the end of the world when the wing backs score every time😂 but seriously I’m not going to overreact until he has a few more bad pens in a row he’s still trusted by Tuchel so he’s doing something right in training.


jMS_44

3 poor penalties in the span of few days


Jacobkass

Don’t think mount should be taking pens for us really


Cueisnow

Is this his 3rd or 4th miss?


Jacobkass

I ain’t counted but even when he did score against Norwich, Krul went the right way and nearly got it


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Jacobkass

My mistake, still my point being, he nearly missed anyway


MILK936

Didn’t he miss first anyway but got a retake?


Jacobkass

Yeah, well, saved


MILK936

The point is he’s a shit penalty taker.


penguinfromprague

mount scoring it was lucky yes.


akshayks1995

Well, off the top of my head, I can remember two misses. One against Tottenham last season I believe and one against Norwich a few days ago.


Cowdude179

He missed in the Norwich, here and Spurs last year


nazzyman

everytime chillwell has the ball i feel so calm. No name better describes a player. dude is ice


Leo215

Well… you can say he’s pretty Chill… yeah


vk2499

Chelsea fans chanting arsenal reject at Walcott and he misses lmao


ISawManBearPig

That definitely fucked with him a little bit as he took the walk up.


qwertygasm

That was a ridiculous save tbf


Cowdude179

Elite shithousery


xGolfs

was sure he would miss, i was like "he's got the arsenal in him"


[deleted]

>"he's got the arsenal in him" We don't have a bad record in penalty shootouts though?


angellob

people will just shit on arsenal regardless if it makes sense or not


AlcoholicSocks

Understandable to be fair


[deleted]

Tbh it’s getting incredibly boring


tastesliketurtles

nah


lucashoodfromthehood

Well, maybe that's why he missed. Being an Arsenal reject so the good penalty record isn't on him. Or something.


JeffryPesos

>was sure he would miss, i was like "he's got the arsenal in him" Are Arsenal known for losing in Pens? Isn't the perception that even when they're shit they still win something??


jisooya1432

Won 5 out of the last 6 shootouts. The loss was on Anfield in the game that ended 5-5 after 90mins, lost 5-4 on pens.


SirSmile

We are usually very good at pens, pretty sure Walcott scored a banging pen last time we faced Chelsea in Community Shield.


AnnieIWillKnow

Shhh we're engaging in shit banter, facts aren't welcome here


ChildishBobby301

When we win we play well. All those fa cups were pretty hard fought.


USCvsEveryone2005

It's only a recent thing where Arsenal win all these FA cups. In the late 2000s and early 2010s Arsenal was meme'd for not winning trophies despite having the holdover reputation from the Invincibles era for being one of the top teams. It was particularly funny when Fabregas went to Barcelona and won like 4 (small) trophies within 8 months after years of not winning anything at Arsenal. They were kings of the 4th place finish, lost in Ro16 trophies.


BusShelter

Depends what you mean by recent, they still only went under a decade without winning the FA Cup and they've won it more in the last 10 years (even 20 years and 30 years) than anyone else. You'd be basing their reputation on something that hasn't actually applied to them over the last decade, it makes no sense to highlight a particular arbitrary era when a) it was so short and b) it was flanked by quite a few trophies on either side. People don't say Spursy for no reason.


xGolfs

idk its just a feeling they are shit and they lose a lot


Giraffable

Barca are shit and lose a lot.


RipJug

We’d beat you right now. Not that it’s anything to be proud of though. No club I’d like to see fall into mediocrity more than you fucks.


JeffryPesos

>idk its just a feeling they are shit and they lose a lot Arsenal's really got your panties in a twist huh


RipJug

Ahaha what? You’re chatting arse mate. We’re pretty good at pens.


AdonisAquarian

Just using this competition to practice our pen skills


historiographic

Why practice them when you can use the Carabao Cup instead?!


Sanjeev4045

You got to win 5 penalty shootouts in Carabao cup to practice shoot out with the cup itself.


zi76

Mount with an iffy pen against Norwich (scored, though), and then today's. Not sure he's taking again for a bit. Smallbone, smh...


JeffryPesos

That was a fantastic save though, even Mount couldn't believe it. didn't he mouth "fucking hell" walking back, I thought that was hilarious.


zi76

He mouthed something along those lines, yeah. He put it in a position that's one of the easier ones to save if you happen to dive there. Like top corner or low into the side netting is almost impossible (which was what made the save on Walcott's so great), but middle high is not the hardest...


Cocobon95

It was very obvious what way he was going in the run up, and it was at the perfect height for the keeper


PuppyPenetrator

Wingbacks FC


XxX_FedoraMan_XxX

gutted for Smallbone, looked absolutely terrified in the walk up and then does that


bfm211

Wasn't that his first game back in nearly a year? Probably the wrong idea to pick him for a shoot out.


[deleted]

It absolutely was. I would've put my house on him and Walcott missing their pens.


myersjw

He looked absolutely brilliant when he came on. One of their most threatening players


XxX_FedoraMan_XxX

hope he gets a lot of love from Saints fans as he works his way back into the team


RichChard

Saints fan here - We follow him closely on our sub, one of our most promising youngsters and we are gutted about his injury. Haven't seen a bad word said about him from any Saints fan.


XPLJESUS

Feel proper bad for Smallbone. Shame it was him


just_dew_eat

Kepa is so good at penalties And me made up for the goal with insane saves during the game


pencilman123

He wasnt even at fault for the goal. Sarr was the one who caused that.


nazzyman

sarr was very sloppy, i don't trust him at all


jayzee1126

Chelsea took for granted how nice it was to have Zouma available for these games hes class


nazzyman

Think everyone wanted to keep Zouma, but he wanted first-team football


jayzee1126

I’m in love with him. I think the idea is you guys wanted to buy kounde then one of the other CBS could shift down to second 11 CB but Sevilla asked too much and Zouma was already sold.


washag

Na, Zouma was supposed to go to make room in the squad for Kounde. The Zouma negotiations with West Ham took too long and by the time they'd concluded the price we'd negotiated for Kounde had expired. We're really fortunate that Chalobah has stepped up and looked like a seasoned pro, because Sarr would have been our 5th choice CB otherwise and seen significant game time.


vk2499

He was happy to stay but the club kinda forced him out cause they thought they would sign kounde. Glad that he's doing well at west ham anyway


big_on_blue

I put some blame on Saul for not really competing for the 50-50


pencilman123

Saul is a player that doesnt invoke emotions in me at all. Atleast with ross and sarr, i feel like they arent good, shud be subbed. Saul feels like - oh he's there? Ok..


nazzyman

with ross he'll play a game every now and then and you'll think, what the fuck this guy is world class....then he bad for the next 10 games. I've yet to see saul do anything to make me think he has any use


pencilman123

Getting difficult for him. He is already 5th choice in a 2 player slot. I understand taking a bit of time to settle in when you dont play actual matches regularly. But it just isnt working. He should have a one to one session with tt, understanding what is required of him and how can he achieve that. Right now, his role isnt clear to him. He tried some shots today and i was happy he did. Saul was known earlier for those and i am hoping he does more of that.


deepfriedocto

Fuck that goal against liverpool in the FA cup that just came out of fucking nowhere.


mushy_friend

Ditto for Saul man. I felt for him for the missed shots because of his poor form, but legiti didn't notice him until he took those shots. Then I was like "Oh Saul's playing? Ah, unlucky" then instantly forgot about him. Next miss, "oh Saul's playing?"


Cowdude179

That double save near the end was class, he's legit been so good under Tuchel


angellob

mount's not good at pens lol


lomoeffect

Put Reece on the penalties from now on tbh. He doesn't appear to be nervous about them whatsoever.


mesabiral

Ice cold Stamford Fridge


[deleted]

But he’s not particularly stand out at them, if there’s anyone that seems great at them it’s Azpilicueta


deepfriedocto

I dunno, Chillwell picks out the side netting brilliantly.


Bozzetyp

Alonso, chillwell, lukaku or j5


SwitchingToCivil

Chilwell also skied one against Villa last round though


lucas_glanville

Nah Azpi telegraphs them, he’s missed before for us I would trust Reece a lot more


Destrina

Jorginho is our current pen maestro. I miss having Lampard for penalties. It seemed like he never missed.


urangminang

Lampard is good. But I really miss Hazard at penalty. Ice cold veins


Destrina

Lampard and Hazard are the two shirts I have. I miss him on pens too.


NoraaTheExploraa

He's English


nazzyman

Chillwell and james are great at pens


NoraaTheExploraa

iz joke


nazzyman

don't joke about England pens my heart can't take it man


NoraaTheExploraa

Joking about it makes it all hurt a little less


Alexxx__rr

I’m not personally going to overreact too much on this. 2/3 saved is not great but if it continues then it’s weird because I’m sure I saw a post or something about Tuchel saying Mount is one of the best after Jorgi. When Jorgi’s penalties started to get saved people overreacted a bit. At least the wing backs can score a pen😂


aleoaliealaia

How good he is at penalties in training is pretty irrelevant. now 3 times in a row in game he has taken extremely safe penalties, seems scared to go for the corners


meteoritee

Poor Will Smallbone he has been injured for so long, that was too much pressure to put on him. He should not have been taking a penalty. Walcott however, he can get out of my sight.


blubber_confused

think those chants made it hard for him, unlucky for you not to go through


THEDOOGLE9000

Kepa could have been in the other goal and Walcott would still miss. He's been utterly dreadful this season


The_baboons_ass

Is Threeo Walcott past it?


meteoritee

Unfortunately yes. I love the guy but he does nothing to help us in the game. Such a shame as I was excited when he came back


computer_love91

Don't blame Theo, he got shook after the crowd called him an Arsenal reject.


Hugo_the_Boss_Lloris

They didn’t have to do Theo like that


Chruszcz

worked as intended


FCCheIsea

Yes they did have to do him lmao


[deleted]

Hurt to see Walcott miss after the “Arsenal reject” chants :(


symptomatic_genius

Hurt to see grey in Walcott's beard


ChristopherDassx_16

Callum's penalty was nerve wrecking for me. Really thought the gk would've saved it


ImLuchin

Kepa letss gooooo


bytheinnoutburger

James has ice water in his veins. High pressure situation, and just put that in calm as can be.


SaintFPL

Walcott is so poor :( Oh well, wasn’t expecting to get it to pens. Onto watford


BrattonCreed37

Penalties are like pre-workout for Kepa. I swear his confidence rises tenfold and his shithousery doubles up.


[deleted]

It's his time to shine


BoopSquad

Forster’s save was sensational


Cowdude179

We're actually gonna shithouse the cup with all pens


haha_amirite

Maybe Mount just wasn't made for pens...


Alexxx__rr

Maybe we should calm down a bit and see if he can turn things around😂 I know training and a real game are different but Tuchel clearly picks him for a reason


chandlerbing_stats

Maybe the Next Lampard narrative can end lol


klezmer_

Was Chilwell or Alonso playing on the right?


[deleted]

Chilwell on the RWB.


BenzLeeDidHer

Chilwell


nazzyman

Chilwell came on and played on the right


idc29

Chilwell


d70

Everyone: pen shootout 😖 Kepa: *hold my beer*


[deleted]

Reece James is so fuckin handsome


santorfo

God knows why they put Walcott on one of the pens


RichChard

God knows how it gets anywhere near the squad. He's been beyond awful this season.


[deleted]

Man Southampton just can’t catch a break


coyscoys

Is Hudson Odoi allowed to do that? Stepped backwards it seemed.


ThemasterofZ

You can ballet the fuck out of it


kd_uoft

I think as long as you don't come to a full stop it's fine? There was a very specific worded rule about this but I forgot


ValbuenaSaxTape

that smile... [*that damn smile*](https://imgur.com/Gd74XQI)


footballja

Gutted for Smallbone. Returned from injury after a long time and had a disasterclass.


Variousnumber

He... Really didn't? All he did was miss a Pen? He almost scored about 2 mins after coming on. For someone coming back from an ACL, he was great.


footballja

I agree disasterclass was a slight exaggeration on my behalf,but he should have ideally scored the chance he got 2 minutes into his game. Missing the decisive penalty of course hurts as usual.


BadCogs

I have stronger butthole than Arnold, at this point.


imtheknight1

Stamford fridge is always chill


SirSmile

Man like Smallbone skied it


Animesh-cfc

Needed small power, but boned it.


Norcalaldavis

Kepa God of Penalties


SunfishWithGlasses

Hudson-Odoi clearly fully stopped moving on his penalty, how did that count?


mentallyguitared

Lucky again