Chelsea earned a vastly necessary three factors on Saturday afternoon as Wesley Fofana’s header noticed the Blues beat Leeds 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
The stress can have eased on Graham Potter considerably however his future might nonetheless cling within the stability on Tuesday night time when his aspect should overturn a one-goal deficit as they face Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League.
After overseeing a uncommon win towards Javi Gracia’s aspect, which was the primary for Chelsea since early January, Graham Potter can have some large selections to make forward of Tuesday’s essential European tie.
It appears clear that after an excellent efficiency towards the Yorkshire outfit, Raheem Sterling ought to be given the nod to begin at Stamford Bridge, as he confirmed his high quality within the 1-0 win.
How did Sterling play towards Leeds?
As per Sofascore, the previous Manchester Metropolis man would earn a 7.5/10 score for his show, with solely Kalidou Koulibaly (7.8) rated greater of each participant to function within the recreation from either side.
Ought to Sterling begin vs Dortmund?
Sure
No
Sterling has endured a troublesome time since his summer time swap, notching simply 4 objectives and two assists within the Premier League, however that’s the joint-most aim contributions of any Chelsea participant this season, which maybe places into perspective simply how a lot the Blues have struggled from an attacking standpoint.
Throughout the recreation towards Leeds, the 28-year-old would register a formidable three key passes, 4 profitable dribbles and an 80% duel success fee, which means that he was a relentless risk to the Leeds defence.
Contemplating he has averaged simply 1.4 key passes and 1.3 dribbles per recreation within the Premier League thus far this marketing campaign, it’s clear that he was again to his finest on Saturday afternoon.
In his 68 minutes on the pitch, he would additionally contribute 40 touches of the ball and two photographs, which means that he was extremely concerned and maybe unfortunate to be taken off by Potter.
Described by talkSPORT pundit Tony Cascarino as “scary” prior to now, Sterling maybe simply wants a run of video games to rediscover his finest kind at Stamford Bridge, having been a constant supply of objectives for each Metropolis and Liverpool prior to now, hitting the online 131 instances throughout his spell on the Residents.
With the likes of Hakim Ziyech, Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk all failing to fireplace, with only one help between them within the prime flight this season, Sterling should certainly be given one other probability to impress towards Dortmund on Tuesday night time.
