Chelsea v Liverpool alternative player ratings: Blues defender named MOTM despite Carabao Cup final defeat
Here are WhoScored’s player ratings for Chelsea v Liverpool.
Chelsea suffered defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday afternoon, however put in a brilliant display.
The Blues took the Reds to a penalty shoot-out, despite the London club arguably having the best chances throughout the 90 minutes.
Chelsea’s backline, as well as Edouard Mendy in between the sticks, were superb and prevented the likes of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane from having a sniff.
WhoScored.com have provided their play ratings for the Chelsea team, with the individual ratings ‘based on each event recorded in the game calculated live automatically using our own algorithms, which comprise over 200 raw statistics’.
Despite yesterday’s loss, Chelsea’s defenders can certainly take pride in their performance and WhoScored’s ratings reflect that.
Here is how they rated each Chelsea player...
1. Edouard Mendy - 8.6
Mendy had an excellent game for Chelsea, making six saves and preventing some excellent chances from crossing the line.
2. Cesar Azpilicueta - 6.7
Cesar Azpilicueta was subbed off in the second half with an injury.
3. Antonio Rudiger - 7.7
Rudiger received the lowest rating of Chelsea’s central defenders, though still looked very solid at the back and made an impressive nine clearances.
4. Thiago Silva - 8.6
Thiago Silva was WhoScored’s MOTM. The Brazilian made the most clearances (12) and complete the most accurate passes of any Chelsea player (58).