Victor Moses Becoming One Of Chelsea's Top Tacklers, Passing Accuracy Is Another Matter

For the second straight game, Victor Moses was ranked as one of Chelsea's top tacklers in their 2-1 loss to Manchester United in the English Premier League on Sunday, February 25.

Against Barcelona, the Nigeria international was Chelsea's top man in tackling with five successful tackles, two more than the next player Cesc Fàbregas, and he proved his performance against the Spanish side was no fluke by winning the second most tackles at Old Trafford.

Moses completed three tackles to place second behind defensive midfielder N'Golo Kanté, who had four.

The right wing-back is far behind the Premier League's finest in tackling Wilfred Ndidi, the number 15 has racked up 27 tackles in 20 matches, the sixth best Chelsea player out of the 21 players handed game time in the top-flight by manager Antonio Conte.

Prior to Moses's conversion to a right wing-back, he finished the 2015-16 campaign with 13 tackles while wearing the jersey of West Ham.

However, the 27-year-old has to improve his passing, he had a passing accuracy of 64.5 percent against Manchester United, the worst completion rate of the 27 players that were in action at Old Trafford.

Excluding the two goalkeepers, the Nigeria Player of the Year was the worst passer in the Champions League meeting between Chelsea and Barcelona last week, having completed only 52.4 percent of his passes.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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