Chelsea ta sha kashi 3-0 akai a hannun Brentford a wasan derby na yammacin London ranar Asabar, wanda ya fallasa matsalolin tsaro na manaja Xabi Alonso a sarari. Wannan shine kashi na 11 na Chelsea a cikin shekarar kalanda ta yanzu — fiye da yadda suka sha a cikin duk shekara ta 2025 — kuma jerin wasannin da ba su yi nasara a ciki ba a Premier League yanzu ya kai wasanni uku a jere.

«Kuna bukatar ji shi. Ba mu jin shi ba», in ji Alonso, maganar da ke bayana zurfin matsalolin Chelsea. Tawagar sa yanzu ta wuce wasanni 22 na Premier League ba tare da kiyaye ragar ta tsabta ba, tana karba akalla kwallaye biyu a kowane ɗaya daga wasanni biyar na gasar da suka yi a karkashin jagorancin sa.

Rauni a kan duwatsu ya koma ya addabi Chelsea

Tsarin wasan Brentford bai kasance sirrin kowa ba. Harbe-harbe na duwatsu — jifar dogaye, kusurwoyi da aka shirya da kyau, ikonsu a cikin iska — sune ginshikin komai da tawagar Keith Andrews ke yi, kuma Chelsea ta ba su damar wannan ta hanyar karba goli daga wuri tsayataccen karo ɗaya kuma. Wannan shine karo na huɗu a cikin wasanni biyar na Premier League da Chelsea ta karbi goli daga wuri tsayataccen, inda ta kai adadin gwani 23 tun farkon kakar bara — mafi munin sakamako tare da wata ƙungiya a gasar.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Brentford Vitaly Janelt ya tabbatar da cewa manufar ta kasance a sarari tun a rabin lokaci. «Mun yi niyya mu kai hari a bayan wuri yayin rabin saa ta biyu», ya shaida wa Sky Sports. «An sami babbar giɓi a gindin gidan da ya nisa. Mun yi niyya can kuma ina tsammanin shine kusurwar farko ta minti na biyu.» Emiliano Martinez, wanda ya kama shi ba tare da shirya ba kusa da gindayen mai nisa, bai iya hana kwallo ta farko ba.

Abin ban mamaki shine: Chelsea suna daukan Austin MacPhee, wanda aka yarda da shi a ko'ina a matsayin mafi kyawun kocin duwatsu a Premier League, kuma a baya sun jawo mai bincike Bernardo Cueva daga Brentford kanta. Duk da waɗannan cancanta, rauni a gindin mai nisa ya ci gaba.

«Ba mu kasance masu isa ba — lokuta da yawa an yi mana dukan tsiya kuma muna bukatar ingantawa a can», in ji dan wasan tsaro Levi Colwill. «Amma muna amincewa da kocin duwatsu namu; har yanzu muna daidaitawa da sabbin abubuwa, amma muna bukatar inganta a matsayin tawaga.»

Ruɓar tsaro mai zurfi

Matsalar duwatsu wata shimfida ɗaya ce kawai daga babbar rikicin tsaro. Chelsea na karbar matsakaicin kwallaye 2.2 ba tare da bugun fenareti ba a kowace wasa — adadi da bayanai na kwallaye da ake sa ran adawa da su ke nuna shi daidai. Suna cikin manyan uku a Premier League don karbar tsarin harbi a cikin yankin bugun fenareti na kansu, inda suke karbar kusan harbe-harbe 10 a kowace wasa. Ana amfani da masu tsaron gida su a matsayin mugun karo kai tsaye tare da karancin kariya.

«Mun karbi kwallo ta farko, har yanzu kana cikin wasan amma sai muka rasa tsarin mu. Mun kasance a wajen iko», in ji Alonso. Rushewar da ta faru a rabi na biyu a kan Brentford ta nuna wannan tsarin a sarari — «tunanin gasa» na Chelsea, kamar yadda Alonso kansa ya bayyana shi, ya tafi da sauri daga lokacin da suka fada baya cikin sakamako.

Chelsea sun fara da ƙarfi — wannan shine wasan Premier League na farko wannan kakar da ba su jagoranci a cikin mintoci 10 na farko ba, ko da yake Pedro Neto ya yi kusa da zura. Amma da zarar Brentford ta kwace ragama, munanan halaye da aka saba da su sun dawo. Mamadou Sangare, da aka sanya hannu a kan shi bisa tarihi, ya zauna a benci na Bees na yawancin wasan — wanda ya nuna zurfin Brentford na daidai a tsakiyar filin.

Alonso yana karkashin matsin lamba amma Cahill na rokon haƙuri

Da Moises Caicedo a jinya, Chelsea suna rasa tushen tsakiyar filin da ke kiyaye tsarinsu — kuma ya bayyana. Sabbin 'yan wasan kakar bazara Jordan Henderson da Valentin Barco dukansu biyu sun fara wasan amma aka fi su wasan da tsakiyar filin Brentford wanda ta mamaye rabi na biyu cikin sauƙi.

Tsohon kyaftin din Chelsea Gary Cahill ya rokon hankali, yana gaya wa Sky Sports: «Ba ya faruwa dare ɗaya. Ina tsammanin za a yi masa hukunci a cikin makonni biyar, shida, ko bakwai masu zuwa don daidaita wannan domin za ku sami lokaci a filin horar da kuma ya kamata mu fara ganin hanyoyin sa suna bayyana.»

Joao Pedro na fitowa a matsayin mafi ingancin maƙera da barazanar kai farmaki na Chelsea — kuma yana da ma'ana cewa wannan shine wasan farko a kakar da layin kai hari na Chelsea mai muhawara ya canza, kuma na farko da ba su zura kwallo ba. «Ba matsalar duwatsu kawai ba», in ji Alonso. «A cikin gwagwarmayar tsaro, gina wasan, da sarrafa wasanni.» Hutun ƙungiyoyin ƙasa na zuwa a lokacin da ya dace — idan akwai isasshen lokaci don gyara duk abin da ke damun su.