Enzo Fernández provided a luxury assist in Chelsea’s draw against West Ham in the Premier League

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another party of Enzo Fernandez in it Chelsea, another outstanding performance. Within the framework of Date 23 of the Premier League, the Blues drew 1-1 on their visit to West Ham with a fundamental contribution from the Argentine midfielder: he played the 90 minutes and made a luxury assist on the goal that opened the scoring of the match. Unfortunately, his team dropped points on the road again.

They had gone 16 minutes when Enzo took the ball on the edge of the area, raised his head and launched a pass over the defense to set up the Portuguese striker Joao Felixanother of Chelsea’s additions in the last market, who signed the 1-0 with a definition without the ball touching the floor.

the first half of Enzo Fernandez she was very active. He was one of the players in Graham Potter’s team who had the most contact with the ball (63 touches), always with the precision that characterizes him (49 passes completed) and giving meaning to the movement of his team in enemy territory (33 passes to rival field).

Enzo Fernández goes to the floor to remove the ball in the match between Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League (Reuters)
Enzo Fernández goes to the floor to remove the ball in the match between Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League (Reuters)

However, the Chelsea went to rest with the score level because Emerson took advantage of a defensive error to score the 1-1 in the 27th minute. The result stayed that way until the end. little could do Enzowho in the second half was also the commander of his team’s attacks but they were not clear in the last meters.

At the end of the game there was a very controversial play that could have changed the result: a shot from Conor Gallagher was blocked by Tomas Soucek going to the floor, and in the replays it was clearly seen that the ball had been covered with the hand by the Czech defender, although the referee Craig Pawson continued the game.

Those led by Graham Potterwho sit ninth in the standings, recorded their third straight draw after going 0-0 against Liverpool y Fulham in the previous days. The Blues they have only won two of their last 11 appearances. In the next few days they will travel to Germany because on Wednesday they will face the Borussia Dortmund for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.

RESUMEN: WEST HAM 1-1 CHELSEA

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