Chelsea FC: What do we know, what have we learned

Top Speed

Charged for speeding – Traore

Speed is the attribute you should possess if you are looking to make room for yourself in this Chelsea side.

The extensive build up plays and holding the ball (read AVB and Di Matteo’s Chelsea) tactics have been thrown out of the window.

The new Chelsea is all about speed and mobility in the top half. While the midfielders try and gain possession, there are at least two attackers breathing down the neck of the last line of the opponent’s defence, ready to pounce at the first sight of the ball.

Wingers are not as prominent as they were in Mourinho’s last Chelsea reign. Players out wide are merely being used as a decoy to open up spaces in defence. Crossing and lobbing are things of the past.

The idea is simple, get the ball, run with it, score a goal. And that is exactly what this player did.