Chelsea played host to Arsenal on Sunday with the latter coming out on top, returning to the top of the Premier League.
Graham Potter will have been disappointed with his side’s performance, with Chelsea barely laying a glove on Arsenal in the attacking phase of the game.
However, it’s one defender who journalist Matt Law has picked out as a player who could be “past his peak”.
As seen in the tweet below, Law has suggested that Thiago Silva is “very understandably” looking “past his peak” with teams often targeting him due to his lack of pace or power as he gets older.
This won’t be a popular tweet but think Thiago Silva is starting to very understandably look past his peak lately. Still some great moments but also feel teams with pace and power can get at him
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) November 6, 2022
To be playing so regularly in the Premier League at the age of 38 is a huge credit to Silva, and it’s obvious that one day he was going to begin to decline.
If it wasn’t for the injury to Wesley Fofana, Silva may have been rotated or rested over the last few weeks, but it’s rare to see Silva playing from the bench.
The tweet from Law shouldn’t be seen as disrespectful towards Silva as he’s achieved so much in the game and it’s perfectly natural for him to begin to decline at the age of 38.
Havertz lazy bastard
Mount crap
Sterling useless
Cucarella what a waste of money
Loftus cheek great championship player
Potter out of his depth
Chelsea wont qualify for europe this year.