Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea

The Champions League returned to our screens on Tuesday evening.

There were two ties taking place on the day, one of which saw Chelsea face off with Atletico Madrid in Budapest.

Just a month or so ago, Atletico would have been viewed as the clear favourites for this game.

However, though Diego Simeone’s side are still sat top of La Liga, their form has dipped off a fair bit of late.

The Spaniard’s squad has also been hit with Covid-19 and injuries, seeing players such as Joao Felix, Yannick Carrasco and Thomas Lemar sidelined. And though most have since returned to action, we are now well aware of what impact the virus can have on player’s ability to return to their peak fitness.

As for Chelsea, they have looked a much-improved side under the guidance of Thomas Tuchel, though their ability to carve out, and then finish, clear-cut chances has been slightly questionable under the German.

Regardless, an interesting affair was widely predicted as Atletico looked to knockout an English side at the last-16 stage for the second year in a row, with the Spaniard’s of course seeing off Liverpool at this point last year.

Mount to miss second leg vs Atletico

At present, the score remains at 0-0, with Atletico having sat very deep throughout much of the first half.

Chelsea have dominated the ball, but as if often the case with the Blues in recent weeks, have done very little with it.

It was action inside the opening two minutes, though, that has proved to be one of the major talking points in the first 45 so far.

Ahead of kick-off on Tuesday, it was revealed that a quartet of Chelsea players were a yellow card away from missing the return leg in three weeks’ time.

Said players were Mason Mount, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech.

Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount and Ziyech are one booking away from a suspension.

So are Oblak, Savić and Lodi. #CFC #UCL #ATMCHE

— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) February 23, 2021

Three of those players – Mount, Kovacic and Jorginho – were in from the off on Tuesday. And it took Mason Mount less than two minutes to pick up a booking after bringing down an advancing Joao Felix.

As a result, Mount, who has been a key figure since Tuchel’s arrival, is now suspended for the second leg.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	25	35	59
2	Manchester United FC	25	21	49
3	Leicester City FC	25	17	49
4	West Ham United FC	25	10	45
5	Chelsea FC	25	16	43
6	Liverpool FC	25	11	40
7	Everton FC	24	4	40
8	Aston Villa FC	23	11	36
9	Tottenham Hotspur FC	24	10	36
10	Arsenal FC	25	5	34
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	25	-6	33
12	Leeds United	24	-3	32
13	Crystal Palace FC	25	-14	32
14	Southampton FC	24	-9	30
15	Burnley FC	25	-12	28
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	25	-6	26
17	Newcastle United FC	25	-17	25
18	Fulham FC	25	-11	22
19	West Bromwich Albion	25	-36	14
20	Sheffield United FC	25	-26	11

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	17
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	15
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	13
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	13
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	12
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	11
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City FC	9
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	9
Maddison, James	Leicester City FC	8
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	8
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	8
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	7

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	6
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	6
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	6
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	6
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	7
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	0	6
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	0	6
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	6
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	5
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	6
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	6
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	5
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC	0	6
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	0	5
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	0	5
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United	0	5
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	4

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	9
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	6
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	6
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	6
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	5
Maddison, James	Leicester City FC	5
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	5
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	5
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	5
Raphinha	Leeds United	5
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	5
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	5
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	4
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	4
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	4
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City FC	4