{"id":1195749,"date":"2021-03-17T22:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T22:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1195749"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:14:12","slug":"chelsea-2-0-atletico-madrid-player-ratings-kante-rudiger-suarez-simeone","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-2-0-atletico-madrid-player-ratings-kante-rudiger-suarez-simeone\/","title":{"rendered":"“Back to his game-dominating best” – Player ratings as Chelsea out-defend Diego Simeone’s Atl\u00e9tico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a one-sided night of football, Chelsea beat Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 2-0 to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blues dominated the match from start to finish, and deservedly picked up a win and a sixth-straight clean sheet too.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the players rated at Stamford Bridge:<\/p>\n

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Edouard Mendy – 7 – <\/strong>Did what little he had to do very well, including a great stop from Joao Felix in stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Cesar Azpilicueta – 7 – <\/strong>Very lucky to not concede a penalty for pulling back Carrasco. Was otherwise impressive.<\/p>\n

Kurt Zouma – 7 – <\/strong>Didn’t have much defending to do, but did his defending well.<\/p>\n

Antonio Rudiger – 8 – <\/strong>Devoured Luis Su\u00e1rez and absolutely everyone Atleti threw his way. No one could do anything to him as he rampaged about the pitch killing attack after attack before it could even form. Has really found his form again under Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n

Reece James – 7 – <\/strong>Decent. Protected his flank well and whipped in some nice crosses too.<\/p>\n

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N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 made more ball recoveries than any other player against Atletico (13). <\/p>\n

He also made the joint most interceptions for Chelsea (2). #UCL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QgtOQtic4Q<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n