{"id":2004,"date":"2026-04-29T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:00:51","slug":"tosin-praised-for-leeds-performance-with-7-8-aerial-duels-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"Tosin praised for Leeds performance with 7\/8 aerial duels won"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tosin deserves a lot of credit for his performance on Sunday, which saw him dominate in the air against Leeds.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea official website had an interesting article up today looking at the tactical rearguard action which saw the Blues defend their one goal lead against Leeds on Sunday in the FA Cup semi final.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of Tosin at centre back raised some eyebrows, but in the end it suited Chelsea perfectly as they looked to defend their box.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea praise their defender for solid showing at the back<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe big centre-back registered a game-high 11 clearances and won seven of the nine duels he contested, limiting the threat posed by Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Tosin went up for eight headers and won the ball seven times,\u201d their article noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also recovered possession on three occasions and when Leeds gained some momentum, Tosin and the rest of those in blue \u2018dug in, fought, competed and defended our box unbelievably well\u2019, as McFarlane put it after watching his team book a return ticket to Wembley in a few weeks\u2019 time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got to hand it to them, they did just that. It wasn\u2019t pretty at times, but after a run of defeats we\u2019ll take any win we can get.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Charlie Austin joked that Chelsea might not actually want a new manager, and he\u2019s not a million miles away.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Delap\u2019s plan is to stay at Chelsea this summer and fight for his place. We\u2019re not sure the club will be thinking the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Tosin Adarabioyo<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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