Moises Caicedo has experienced a challenging start to his Chelsea career.
Caicedo’s decision to reject Liverpool in favor of Chelsea in a mega £115 million deal, despite Liverpool having a fee agreed with Brighton, stirred controversy and left a bitter taste between the clubs and their supporters.
Which is why Liverpool supporters are loving his nightmare start to Chelsea. He gave away a clumsy penalty in his debut against West Ham which allowed Paqueta to seal a 3-1 win over them.
And earlier today against Nottingham Forest, he was responsible for Forest scoring the only goal of the game. A mix up between him and Conor Gallagher followed by a heavy touch resulted in him giving away the ball to the away side.
Taiyo Awoniyi picked up the ball and ran at Thiago Silva eluding a couple of challenge before sliding the ball through to Elanga who calmly slotted it away to win it for Forest.
Anthony Elanga runs right by Chelsea's defense and scores for Forest! 💨
📺 @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/0QM0FWrBgr
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) September 2, 2023
Caicedo is undoubtedly a talented player who will likely find his footing in time but we will shamelessly celebrate every single mistake he makes till then.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) September 2, 2023
Mac Allister + Szoboszlai + Gravenberch + Endo = £145m
Caicedo + Lavia = £170m
Caicedo has cost his team twice and Lavia has not even made the bench. Money isn’t everything. pic.twitter.com/pvSe9UC1CS
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 2, 2023
Chelsea bought Lavia so he could have front row seats to Caicedo's weekly disasterclass pic.twitter.com/JxovlauxGK
— MB (@MrBoywunder) September 2, 2023
Caicedo’s highlights for Chelsea.
𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 1: Gave away penalty against West Ham on his debut.
𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 2: Lost ball against Nottingham Forest, where they lost the game 1-0.
Life comes at you fast.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) September 2, 2023
Personally not into this someone has a couple of bad games so is shite let’s all laugh bollocks. Certainly have no love for the lad or the fucken shower he plays for but he’ll come good. Lads a cracking player and we were delighted when we thought we’d got him. Let’s concentrate on the Reds.
Agreed, players have to get used to each other. There is also the “pressure” factor after being the most EPL signing ever. Caicedo has shown heart and class. One player’s mistake should be absorbed by the whole team gracefully, just as wins.
The kid will come back to show everyone why he is there.