Chelsea had the right idea against Villa, but their execution failed them again

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Chelsea had the right idea against Villa, but their execution failed them again
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Mauricio Pochettino set his side up with a specific plan to beat Aston Villa - it almost worked...

to move back a couple of yards, and that’s exactly when Jackson starts the second run…… which means Jackson is onside whenIt’s a great opportunity, but Jackson fails to beat goalkeeperIn our next example, Chelsea are attacking down their right, with Sterling now hugging the touchline. As Fernandez plays the ball up to Jackson, Gusto starts his forward movement from deeper on that wing…

… but the first runner here is Sterling, whose positioning forces Cash, highlighted in the centre circle, to move up to maintain Villa’s offside line. This gives Gusto an advantage: the defensive line is moving forwards, while he is attacking from a non-offside position.

… but once more the Chelsea attackers fail to turn the situation into a goal. This attack saw Sterling flagged offside, although had he put the ball in the net VAR may well have overturned that decision: Even when Chelsea were down to 10 men for the final half an hour, this attacking approach provided them with two chances to get back into the game afterOn the first, Sterling’s movement forces Cash to move up to maintain Villa’s offside line, but the real target is the second runner —Similar to the Gusto example from the first half, Cash moves up to play Sterling offside and Chilwell capitalises with his late run.

The England international’s movement forces the Villa defence to hold their ground to try to play him offside, which benefits Disasi’s late run out wide:Against Villa, Chelsea’s execution repeatedly failed them despite the team having the correct attacking ideas, and, looking at their upcoming run of games, with fixtures including

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