‘Really Stepped His Game Up’ ‘Never Doubted Him’ Fans Seeing Promising Signs Of Improvement From Chelsea Summer Signing
Ben Chilwell’s first season at Chelsea has been a bit up and down, to say the least, but there were some good signs against Crystal Palace on Saturday that he is adapting to the left wingback role.
Manager Thomas Tuchel has had to rely on Marcos Alonso at times due to the fact that the Spaniard is more reliable in the final third of the pitch but Chilwell appears to be getting a handle on the attacking side of his game.
There is certainly still room for improvement but supporters on Twitter feel that Chilwell deserves to be singled out for showing some progress in recent games:
Chilwell as really stepped his game up
— Ronald (@caz_smors) April 10, 2021
Never doubted him. Prefer him over Alonso
— Sadiq Danshehu (@Mrstamfrdbridge) April 10, 2021
He just needed to understand the role.
Initially, he was still playing it as a LB.
Now, he’s fully into the flow..
— white_Gandalf (@D_white_Gandalf) April 10, 2021
It’s good news for the team
— Pkay (@PatrickQuainoo5) April 10, 2021
Still needs to up his passes
— @Benzema? (@Benzema2021) April 10, 2021
I was waiting for him to improve
Chil is a great player— lilyo (@hoffman19yo) April 10, 2021
Chilwell still needs to work on finishing tho.
— Anthony? (@AnthonyyO12) April 10, 2021
Always hoped that Alonso was just a stop gap. A good one, admittedly, but still. Chilwell was ideally the future, be it LWB or LB.
— Robert Hanson (@robertnhanson) April 10, 2021
Chilly is clear of alonso .
— ????? (@SW3CareFree) April 10, 2021
It certainly wasn’t the perfect performance at Selhurst Park. The England international was beaten in the air for Christian Benteke’s goal in the second half, and there were a couple of chances he should have scored from, but it is good to see him now getting into the right positions when in possession.