Chelsea's Jorginho in action against West Ham Watch highlights of West Ham 0-0 Chelsea West Ham forced Chelsea to play down their less favoured right flank The Big Scottish Premiership Preview: Who can stop Celtic?Magic's Isaac first player not to kneel during anthemJorginho breaks Premier League passing record but Chelsea held by West Ham 2:58 Presently, the record is being held by Gundogan(174 passes) of Manchester city.
Jorginho has broken the Premier League record for most passes without an assist in a seasonThe deep-lying midfielder registered his 2,300th pass in the 2-0 win over TottenhamSwansea's Leon Britton previously held the record after making 2,200 passes without an assist Only the head of Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski kept out Alvaro Morata's close-range chip, while Willian volleyed Jorginho's lobbed through ball wildly wide from inside the six-yard box late on as the visitors pressed for a sixth straight Premier League win.Yet, despite those passing stats and the gilt-edged chances for Morata and Willian, for all of Chelsea's attacking play they will feel disappointed not to have performed better in the key moments in the final third. Jorginho’s introduction to the Premier League took England by storm. "The stats support Pellegrini's view, with 43 per cent of Chelsea's attacks on the right flank compared to 25 per cent on the left, and West Ham's 45 clearances - the second most made by any Premier League team this season - illustrating their tireless defensive work.Chelsea will have far less of the ball when they face back-to-back matches with Liverpool in the Carabao Cup and Premier League over the coming week.Record-breaker Jorginho and his team-mates will have to be far more precise in the final third. "We allowed them to have the ball in the zone where we wanted them to have it but near our box we defended well and we kept our first clean sheet. The deep-lying Chelsea midfielder completed his 2,300th pass … Jorginho was not behind in terms of completed passes either and amassed a total of 158 completed passes. It's impossible to get through so you just have to take your time. "I think we played a good tactical game," he told Sky Sports. "They didn't create enough," he said. Jorginho’s introduction to the Premier League took England by storm. "In the Sky Sports studio, Jamie Carragher agreed, and was surprised playmaker Cesc Fabregas remained an unused substitute while attacking midfielder Ross Barkley was only thrown on with 11 minutes to play. Barkley came on in the 79th minute when it should have been 20 minutes before that. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. However, things have slowed down since and Chelsea have found it tough to get on the scoresheet […]
In the current club Chelsea played 3 seasons, during this time he played 108 matches and scored 8 goals. We forced them to play from the other side. By Sam Mcevoy For Mailonline