Chelsea Player Ratings V Tottenham: Two Players Get 8/10 But Two Others Only Get 4

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino will have mixed things following his side’s 4-1 win over Tottenham on Monday night.

The Blues boss will be glad that his team eventually found their way past nine men but there was a lot of inexperience on show and, on another day, this result could have gone another way.

It’s probably best to take the positives, move on, and hope that some of his players gain confidence from the victory, particularly Nicolas Jackson.

Press the next page as we rate every Chelsea player’s performance in the London derby.

GK – Robert Sanchez – 6/10

The Spaniard had a pretty solid evening at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

While some home fans goaded Sanchez when he received the ball due to his recent issues with passing out from the back, Chelsea’s no.1 opted for the safe option and kicked it long for the most part.

He had no chance with Dejan Kulusevski’s opening goal. Colwill’s failure to block the shot properly deflected the ball past the stricken keeper.

Sanchez did, though, make a crucial intervention late on to deny Son Heung-min before Chelsea went up the other end and sealed victory.

RB – Reece James – 5/10

The captain looked well short of match fitness in the opening exchanges against Spurs.

Brennan Johnson glided past him on too many occasions but he wasn’t helped by Cole Palmer who failed to track back.

Cristian Romero’s sending-off had the added benefit that Johnson was substituted and James was freed up to go forward.

The fullback did overlap plenty of times but his final delivery was pretty disappointing. He was replaced by Malo Gusto with 20 minutes to go.

CB – Axel Disasi – 6/10

The Frenchman appears to be Pochettino’s preferred centre-back partner for Thiago Silva as Levi Colwill was pushed out to fullback in order to accommodate him.

Whether that faith is misplaced, we shall see. Like every Chelsea player, Disasi was not able to settle in the first 10 to 15 minutes.

However, he grew into the game and made some good interventions to snuff out Tottenham attacks.

Disasi’s passing did leave a lot to be desired at times and it did increase pressure on his team when he ceded possession.

CB – Thiago Silva – 6/10

The 39-year-old had a job on his hands keeping his inexperienced teammates calm when Spurs’ whirlwind start threatened to blow Chelsea way.

Son was a massive handful, and the Blues’ backline were very lucky when his goal was ruled out for a marginal offside, as he ghosted in between Silva and Disasi.

After the red card, Silva did begin to marshall his troops a bit better, but the defence was not as solid as it should have been against a team that was down nine men for most of the second half.

On another evening, things could have gone a lot differently but Silva was definitely the best of the back four.

LB – Levi Colwill – 4/10

It was undoubtedly the 20-year-old’s worst game in a Chelsea shirt so far.

Only Colwill will know what he was doing for Kulusevski’s goal. Rather than close the Swedish international down, he stood off the winger and turned his back when the Spurs star hit his shot.

Sanchez stood no chance, as it deflected off the defender and into the back of the net.

Things got worse for Colwill, though, as he was substituted at half-time after Pochettino admitted he feared that the player could be sent off due to ill-discipline.

CM – Moises Caicedo – 7/10

The Ecuadorian international had a fantastic goal ruled out for offside. Considering it would have been his first for Chelsea, he will be disappointed that it was chalked off.

Caicedo did get off to a poor start, being pulled out of position and failing to close down James Maddison before Spurs’s opening goal.

However, after being dominated in the first 15 minutes, he got up with the pace of the game and started linking well with his teammates.

Out of Chelsea’s midfield three, Caicedo was definitely the best performer.

CM – Enzo Fernandez – 4/10

It wasn’t a good night for the Argentinian international, who couldn’t handle the pressure exerted on him by Spurs.

On two separate occasions, Fernandez got his pocket picked in possession, giving Tottenham the chance to start counter-attacks.

The midfielder’s shooting was wayward, as it has been all season, while his passing was uncharacteristically poor.

Fernandez did win his side a penalty but that was more down to Cristian Romero’s recklessness. The Chelsea star’s evening also ended early after he picked up an injury.

AM – Conor Gallagher – 6/10

Like the rest of his teammates, he was overwhelmed by the sheer ferocity of Spurs’s start to the match.

Gallagher was unable to really make his mark on the game and his pressing didn’t yield many mistakes from opponents.

The England international didn’t give away possession as often as some of his teammates, though, and he kept his discipline.

Gallagher also got himself an assist for Nicolas Jackson’s second goal.

RW – Cole Palmer – 8/10

Even in the first 15 to 20 minutes, when Tottenham were all over Chelsea, the winger was the only one who was calm under pressure.

Palmer’s technical ability can get him out of plenty of tight spaces, but he didn’t have anyone on the same wavelength during the opening exchanges.

The 21-year-old somehow managed to keep his composure after an extended VAR check which ruled out Caicedo’s goal, sent off Romero and gave the Blues a penalty.

Palmer stuck the ball away from 12 yards out to equalise, and he also got himself an assist for Jackson’s hat trick.

CF – Nicolas Jackson – 8/10

It was a wild evening for the Senegalese international, who ultimately ended up taking home the match ball.

Jackson missed some gilt-edged chances, including a header from a few yards out that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg cleared off the line.

He also had a goal ruled out for offside, but he managed to slot away his first goal from a Raheem Sterling cross.

Jackson added gloss to the scoreline with two further strikes deep into added time.

LW – Raheem Sterling – 7/10

It was a good performance from the 28-year-old, who was constantly trying to exploit Spurs’s high defensive line.

Sterling did score in the first half, only for it to be ruled out for handball, but he played a key role in the second half as his cross to Jackson helped the Blues take the lead.

It wasn’t a perfect game from Sterling. There was one moment when Chelsea had a 3 on 2 but the winger failed to make the right pass.

Luckily, though, it led to Destiny Udogie fouling Sterling, who was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Substitutes

Marc Cucurella – 5/10 – could have scored when he went one-on-one with Tottenham keeper Guglielmo Vicario but he couldn’t finish. Also pretty suspect defensively.

Mykhailo Mudryk – 6/10 – made a number of wrong decisions in possession but he did have one good moment when he got in behind the defence before offloading the ball.

Malo Gusto – 5/10 – gave away a needless freekick which could have led to a Tottenham goal.

Lesley Ugochukwu – 5/10 – managed to pick up a yellow card despite only being sent on in stoppage time.