Chelsea secured an important home win over Everton on Saturday afternoon and Noni Madueke’s starting position was the subject of much discussion among fans.
The Blues secured a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge against Everton to boost their hopes of Champions League qualification, with Nicholas Jackson
The result temporarily lifted Enzo Maresca’s side to fourth in the Premier League table as they played an early match on Saturday. They now have four top-flight games to play to stay in the top five.
𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐯 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 (𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟒)
𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐯 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 (𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏)
𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐯 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 (𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔)
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 (𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓)
Chelsea’s player assessments against Everton revealed some very strong individual performances as the battle for Champions League places intensifies.
Chelsea fans were delighted by Noni Madueke’s performance on the left against Everton
Noni Madueke, who almost always plays on the right flank, made a surprise start for Chelsea against Everton on the opposite flank.
The 23-year-old left-footed winger started the match and spent his entire time on the left flank. And he was very impressive.
Chelsea fans on social media agreed that Madueke put in a really strong performance in an unfamiliar position against Everton.
One fan wrote:
Madueke on the left flank, his best game this year.
I like Madueke on the left. Dangerous crosses, wrote another.
One fan said:
𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆.
“𝑴𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒌𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌,” 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.
Finally, one fan commented:
𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌, 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌-𝒕𝒐-𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒔.
Noni Madueke is happy to remain at Chelsea despite interest from numerous clubs ahead of the summer transfer window.
The skilful winger is approaching two-and-a-half seasons with the Blues where he has shown he has the potential to become a key player.
Chelsea wingers find form
Chelsea are starting to see many of their wingers blossom in this crucial period of the season.
Madueke should take confidence from his overall performance this weekend, while Pedro Neto has also been very noticeable with his dynamic play on the right flank.
Despite making a major contribution when on the pitch, Jadon Sancho was left out of the starting line-up against Everton.
If the Blues are to secure Champions League qualification and win the Conference League, they will need a team effort from the whole team.
Back in February, Paul Merson urged Chelsea to keep the same two wingers, but Maresca has the depth to rotate players in those positions.
