Does Mauricio Pochettino need to switch to a back four? (Picture: Getty Images)
Gabriel Agbonlahor has slammed Mykhailo Mudryk for his ‘absolutely useless’ cameo against Nottingham Forest and feels Mauricio Pochettino needs to change his Chelsea formation.
Despite a mammoth summer spending spree, the west Londoners suffered their second defeat of the season at home to Forest on Saturday after Anthony Elanga netted shortly after half-time in a shock 1-0 win for the visitors.
Similarly to their defeat to West Ham, Chelsea dominated possession with 77% of the ball and had 21 shots but just two were on target.
Forest had chances to extend their lead with Elanga hitting the post after Mudryk gave away the ball and Agbonlahor feels the Ukrainian is simply not at the level required, while he also believes Pochettino’s formation is a problem.
‘What I don’t understand with Chelsea is that they had 21 shots and guess how many on target? Two,’ said Agbonlahor on talkSPORT shortly after the game.
‘They’re getting into the positions but they just don’t have the quality and it seems to be a theme now.
‘You look on social media and the story is that Chelsea sign players but they lose games.
Mudryk came on in the 77th minute and struggled to impact the game (Picture: Getty)
‘They’ve spent £1billion. Why didn’t Chelsea use a quarter of that money and go out and buy a star? Go and give Paris Saint-Germain an offer for Mbappe that they can’t refuse.
‘Harry Kane, “There you go, Daniel Levy. Whatever you want”. £150million for Harry Kane and you’ve got two superstars.
‘They’ve bought loads of players who are average. Mudryk came on and he nearly gave away two goals! He was absolutely useless. He’s had 19 games, zero goals and they haven’t got a style of play.
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‘Today it was five at the back or three centre-halves. They have Gallagher who doesn’t score goals in there and it’s slow.
‘Caicedo made two mistakes in there, they’re changing formations again – why not start with a back four?
‘No disrespect to Nottingham Forest, but you should be playing four at the back against them and yes, Pochettino might think that he’s got time but carry on losing, let’s see if the Chelsea fans give you time.’
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Does Mauricio Pochettino need to switch to a back four?