Chelsea 1-1 Huddersfield Town: 5 Talking Points

#4 Huddersfield's defense frustrates the Chelsea attack

Huddersfield Town played physical football

Huddersfield Town were in good spirits following a draw against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Manager David Wagner had once again set up his side with five at the back and it paid dividends.

Not only did Chelsea find it hard to break down Huddersfield's tight and narrow defensive structure, their defenders were up for the challenge they were going to face, committing very few errors in the box except the goal they conceded that found a lucky deflection from a Chelsea player.

It was a collective team performance where even the attacking players got back to help out in the final quarter of the game. The Terriers were excellent in clearing the ball out of their box and from threatening positions as they combined for an immaculate total of 62 clearances in the game with 15 of them coming from on-loan Dutch defender Terrence Kongolo.

It was a very tiring night for the entire team since each and every one of them was contributing at the back, with challenges, tackles and blocked shots flying all around. The recovery of the ball by Christopher Schindler in midfield proved to be a turning point as it let Huddersfield through on goal which was capitalized on by Laurent Depoitre.

The backline was aware, alert and focused for the entire 90 minutes, breaking up several Chelsea build-ups and attacks, accumulating for 20 interceptions that helped in restricting the home side to just a solitary goal.