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LEEDS REALITY CHECK: CHELSEA DEFENSE EXPOSED BY 3-5-2 FORMATION
With young defenders shining on loan, Chelsea faces a decision on selling Tosin next summer to make room and profit, despite Maresca's current selections.
After a big 3-0 win over Barcelona and a good 1-1 draw with Arsenal, Chelsea got a reality check Wednesday night.
They lost 3-1 to Leeds United, who are trying to avoid being relegated. Now, Chelsea is in fourth place in the Premier League, only three points ahead of Everton in 10th.
Enzo Maresca’s team had trouble getting through Leeds' defence, and their defenders, Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo, and Benoit Badiashile, were really slow at moving the ball in the first half.
It got a bit better when Malo Gusto replaced Badiashile, and Pedro Neto came in for Estevao Willian at halftime, but Chelsea still couldn't make many good scoring chances.
Cole Palmer, who came off the bench, shot one wide, but Chelsea created less than 1 xG (expected goals), while Leeds had a huge 2.79.
Daniel Farke used a 3-5-2 formation, which did well against Manchester City on Saturday. The two forwards, Lucas Nmecha and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, gave Chelsea's defence a lot of trouble.
Jaka Bijol scored first for Leeds with a header in the sixth minute. Not long before halftime, Ao Tanaka made it 2-0 after Tosin passed poorly and Enzo Fernandez couldn't control the ball.
Neto scored for Chelsea after Jamie Gittens played well on the wing, but a mix-up in Chelsea's defence sealed the game in the 72nd minute.
After winning the ball back from Gabriel Gudmundsson, Gusto passed to Fernandez and then to Tosin. But Tosin's first touch was bad, and Noah Okafor stole the ball and passed to Calvert-Lewin, who scored into an empty net.
Chelsea might have a problem with transfers in 2026.
Tosin has played 80 minutes or more in nine games this season, and Chelsea has won 44% of those games. But in the 12 games where he hasn't played as much, their win rate is 67%.
Also, Tosin usually plays against weaker teams. He did start against Bayern Munich, but not against Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona, or Arsenal.
Tosin isn't the only reason Chelsea hasn't been doing great when he plays, but he's not as good as Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah. Fans think Josh Acheampong should start instead of Tosin because he's been playing well this season.
Maresca still thinks Tosin is important to the team, but with Mamadou Sarr and Aaron Anselmino doing well on loan, Chelsea might have a tough decision to make next summer about transfers.
Tosin will be 29 next September, and Chelsea might start to replace him soon. Since they signed him without paying a transfer fee, they could sell him for a low price next summer and still make a profit.
But Maresca keeps picking Tosin over Acheampong against weaker teams, which means he wants to keep him. So, Chelsea will face a big decision about Tosin next summer, especially since Dortmund wants to keep Anselmino after his loan ends.
The young player from Argentina has been doing great at Dortmund, and it might be smart for Chelsea to sell Tosin and bring Anselmino into the team.
Whether that happens depends on whether the team thinks Tosin is good enough for a team that wants to win titles.
DID LIAM ROSENIOR’S PAST AS A PUNDIT INFLUENCE HIS DEFENSIVE STRATEGY AT ARSENAL?
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior hits back at critics after a defensive approach saw the Blues exit the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Liam Rosenior stood by his cautious approach after Chelsea couldn’t overturn their first-leg deficit against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final.
Down 3-2 from the first match, Chelsea never really put Arsenal under pressure at the Emirates. In the end, Kai Havertz—of all people—put the game to bed in stoppage time, scoring against his old club.
Rosenior switched things up, going with a back three and playing it safe. He wanted to keep the game close and try to push hard late on. He brought on Cole Palmer and Estevao around the 60th minute, hoping for a spark, but Chelsea still couldn’t carve out real chances. Arsenal just wouldn’t budge.
Pundits didn’t love Rosenior’s tactics and let him know it. He brushed it off. “I’ve been a pundit. It’s easy. It’s easy in hindsight,” he said. “If I go all-out and press high, we could give away two early goals, and then everyone asks what I’m thinking. That’s just how it is. Lose, and you’re hammered. Win, and you’re a genius. Usually, it’s somewhere in the middle.”
Chelsea were up against the league leaders, and with both Reece James and Pedro Neto missing due to minor injuries, Rosenior planned to hang in there and try to frustrate Arsenal—and maybe turn the mood in the stadium.
“That was the idea. You saw it,” he said. “I thought the psychological side of the tie mattered, and you could feel it in the stadium too. At 60 minutes, I brought on Cole and Estevao, and suddenly we had some moments around the box. I think people sensed this game could flip.”
It didn’t happen, though. Rosenior said he couldn’t fault his players for their effort, and in the end, Arsenal’s clinching goal came while Chelsea were throwing everything forward, desperate to turn things around.
IS JOãO PEDRO ACTUALLY BETTER THAN LIVERPOOL’S £79M HUGO EKITIKé? THE STATS REVEAL ALL
Liam Rosenior makes history as Chelsea win three in a row! Discover why João Pedro is the Premier League's best summer signing.
Since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over Chelsea in 2022, they've been anything but quiet in the transfer market. In just three and a half years, they've signed 54 new senior players and spent well over £1 billion.
Some of these signings haven’t even made it onto the pitch for the first team—guys like Gaga Słonina, Ângelo Gabriel, Omari Kellyman, and Caleb Wiley, just to name a few. But others have really made their mark. Think Marc Cucurella, Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández and, of course, Cole Palmer. Now, the question is, has one of Chelsea’s latest summer signings done enough to join that group? Is he about to become one of the Premier League’s signings of the season?
Let’s talk about Chelsea’s summer addition and what he’s bringing to the table. It’s been a great week for Liam Rosenior’s squad. On Saturday night, they were 2-0 down at halftime to West Ham at Stamford Bridge. Somehow, they turned it around and won 3-2, with Enzo Fernández scoring in stoppage time to seal it.
That win made it three league victories in a row for Rosenior. He’s now only the fourth English manager to start his Premier League career with three straight wins—joining Bobby Gould, Sam Allardyce, and Craig Shakespeare. Not bad company at all.
Just three days earlier, Chelsea booked their spot in the Champions League round of 16 after a wild 3-2 win away at Napoli. Down 2-1, João Pedro scored twice in the second half to turn the game around. The Brazilian’s goal at the weekend kicked off Chelsea’s comeback, bringing his total to 15 goals for the club—including three at the Club World Cup. So, how does he stack up against other strikers who switched clubs last summer?
Looking at the numbers, here’s how the new strikers have done since moving in the summer of 2025:
Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool, £79m): 15 goals (10 PL, 2 UCL)
João Pedro (Chelsea, £60m): 12 goals (9 PL, 3 UCL)
Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal, £54.8m): 11 goals (6 PL, 4 UCL)
Nick Woltemade (Man United, £69m): 9 goals (7 PL, 1 UCL)
Benjamin Šeško (Man City, £66.3m): 6 goals (5 PL)
Alexander Isak (Newcastle, £125m): 3 goals (2 PL)
Liam Delap (Spurs, £30m): 2 goals (1 PL, 1 UCL)
Only Ekitiké has scored more than João Pedro across all competitions, but Liverpool paid about £20m more for him than Chelsea paid for Pedro. In the whole Premier League, only Erling Haaland, Igor Thiago, Antoine Semenyo, and Ekitiké have more league goals than Pedro’s nine.
But stats aside, Chelsea just look more dangerous with Pedro leading the attack. Their last league defeat? He started that one on the bench at Craven Cottage. Since Rosenior took over, Pedro has started and scored in every match.
Chelsea have brought in plenty of players from Brighton during the BlueCo era, but with the way things are going, João Pedro might end up being the best of the bunch.
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