Let me start this piece with a stat. In EPL , out of 22 games played by Chelsea, Mata featured in 13 games. In the same number of matches last season, Juan featured 20 times for us.
In the UCL, Mata featured mere twice out of 6 matches played by the club.
Stats look weird. Don’t they? Looks weirder when the above are for the best player of team for 2 years in a row. To add to this misery, he was left out of the key games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and United twice. (Not considering what result would’ve been).
Jose is clearly not interested in playing Mata on a regular basis. Even when he gets a chance to play, he is either played on the wings or chosen when Oscar is unavailable. The best reason for this situation is Oscar’s better work rate. Oscar tracks back for…
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