It was obvious on how well Chelsea have been so wasteful in front of goal despite their UEFA Champions League triumph in the last edition of the European most elite club football competition against the Premier League champions.
In fact, the west London club surge under the guidance of Thomas Tuchel had been somewhat beyond a question of character or tactical efficiency while the Stamford Bridge occupant have one of the best defensive record in the league since the German comeo in less than a years after their woeful start to life last campaign
But, the striking department has always been the issue and why the club cough out enough cash to secure the service of the tow German prodigies, Kai Hervartz and Timo Werner in the summer of 2020 to boast their chances of domination.
However, despite their effect, the team having to be woeful and wasteful upfront have given many chances to establish their dominance against Chelsea, thus reducing their potency to be Premier League champion but with their latest acquisition of Romelu Lukaku, Chelsea is now a strong contender of all competition they found themselves playing.
While Manchester City is still the most favored team to scoop the league once again after bouncing back from the matchday 1 defeat in the hand of Tottenham Hotspurs with consecutive five nothing massacre of Norwich and Arsenal in game week 2 and 3 and Chelsea climbing to the second spot of the potential Premier League victor at 5/2 odds according to the prop bets and other online sportsbooks.
Despite their wastefulness in front of goal, Chelsea impressive cup competition stance has nothing but credible with UEFA Champions League and UEGA Super Cup to show for it despite falling behind in the FA Cup final in the hand Leicester City last season
Moreover, going on a 38 league games marathon is quite a different game stance from a cup competition format and Chelsea will need to be perilous for the opponent to have a clear path to their Premier League ambition
However, with Romelu Lukaku at the from of the attacking options, Chelsea’s will be more dangerous than ever because of the Belgian physique and mobility which help Inter Milan to wrestle the Scudetto away from Juventus in more than eight years of league domination.
In fact, it was easier for the likes of Arsenal, Wolves, Brighton Leeds United, and Manchester United to neutralize the attacking threat of the West London club in the previous campaign but with Lukaku leading the attacking line of Chelsea, it became easier for Chelsea to expose Arsenal’s defensive woes.
The former West Brom attacker found the back of the net with a brilliant link-up play with Kovacic before positioning himself to tap home the cross of the Reece James in what was his second debut match for the Blues.
Although, Timo Werner have his specialty and his ability to make the in-behind run of the opponent have credibly advance the attack to create more space and hole for other player to fill which this gives Chelsea more room to attack
Also, like Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham was another prodigy which have show the glimpse of his prowess but his inconsistent and injury woes have given the Lukaku room to explore at Chelsea before his departure to Roma.
With Romelu Lukaku, Chelsea is having the inch of world class striker they’ve been craving for since the departure of Didier Drogba, while the huge physicality presence of the Belgian make him fill up the role left behind by Ivorian and Diego Costa with which it was easy for the two strikers to bully defender into their biding
Even so, the Belgian versatility in holding up play is suitable for the template of Thomas Tuchel transitional play and his ability to find the space behind the striker makes his movement credibility top notch
The Belgian is a high class player with higher conversion rate, even while he was in Manchester United where he hardly score all the presented opportunities given to him, he managed to have a high scoring percentage from the chances gotten.
Even though, many may look into Manchester City league triumph in the previous Premier League campaign where the defending champion went ahead the season without rely on othordox striker to fulfill the league ambition despite having Gabriel Jesus and Kun Aguero in their rank
And with the defensive solidity that the Thomas Tuches panacea tactical approach has brought to the West London club, and while they triumph with the attacking woes in the process. many might not value the presence of the big Belgian striker among Chelsea rank
However, while the league game is a marathon template and with Lukaku at the fore of Chelsea’s attack, the Blues now have the firepower to go head-to-head with the league finest team which would give the Stamford Bridge’s team a chance to compete with the like of Manchester City, Liverpool and now Manchester United that have more to prove with the addition of Cristiano Ronaldo.
With the abundance of creativity pool within the club rank and the intensity gameplay that the club have foster under the guidance of the German tactician, Chelsea now have the chance to add Premier League to the recent collections of silverwares and Lukaku at the fore of the Chelsea’s attack have everything to do with that.
And despite their recent dominations in cup competition and Champions League, league is quite competitive and every player is needed but with Lukaka Premier League experience and mentality, the Belgian acquisition might just be the final piece of the league’s champion jigsaw and Lukaku might just be giving the league to the Stamford Bridge’s team.
