CHELSEA fans were in despair after seeing Mykhailo Mudryk’s long-range effort almost go out for a throw-in.
Mudryk, 23, started for the Blues against Villa at Villa Park and stood out for all the wrong reasons during the first half.
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High-flying Villa took an early lead through Marc Cucurella’s own goal.
But Chelsea were in the ascendancy and pushing for a leveller when Mydryk found some space a few yards outside of the Villans’ box.
The Ukrainian cut in from the left onto his right foot and let leash on Emiliano Martinez’s goal.
However, it did not quite go to plan as the effort sliced further and further wide, all the way towards right corner before just rolling out for a goal-kick rather than a throw.
Villa fans cried out an ironic gasp while a raft of Chelsea supporters took to social media to vent.
One fan tweeted: “Genuinely, is MUDRYK a footballer?”
Another commented: “No way is Mudryk a professional footballer.”
A third said: “Mudryk is one funny player I tell ya.”
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This fan posted: “Mudryk is too funny. How is that even possible?”
And that one stated: “Mudryk tries a shot from distance but it hits the linesman. Quite an achievement actually.”
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Mudryk cost Chelsea a staggering £88million last January when he arrived from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Since then the Ukrainian has only managed a total of six goals and four assists in 53 appearances.
Fortunately for Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher did remember their shooting boots, as Chelsea left the Midlands with a hard-fought 2-2 draw.
Our beautiful game is broken, says Dave Kid
By Dave Kidd
WHEN Manchester United got lucky in their FA Cup semi-final, Antony’s first instinct was to goad heartbroken opponents Coventry. To rub their noses in the dirt.
Antony seems to be a vile individual but this isn’t really about Antony. Because Antony is merely a symptom of the hideous sickness within England’s top flight.
There is so much wrong.
After our elite clubs persuaded the FA to completely scrap Cup replays — which gave us Ronnie Radford and Ricky Villa and Ryan Giggs — without due recompense or reasoning with the rest of English football.
The previous day, after his Manchester City side had defeated Chelsea in the other FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola whinged about the fixture scheduling of TV companies who effectively pay much of his £20m salary.
Up at Wolves, Guardiola’s friend and rival Mikel Arteta was playing the same sad song about fixture congestion, despite his Arsenal side having played two fewer games this season than Coventry — who don’t have £50m squad players to rotate with.
Chelsea, oh Chelsea. The one-time plaything of a Russian oligarch now owned by financially incontinent venture capitalists who have piddled £1billion on a squad of players who fight like weasels in a sack about who should bask in the personal glory of scoring the penalty that puts them 5-0 up against Everton.
Read Dave Kidd’s full column as he takes aim at Nottingham Forest, Fulham’s ticket prices, the 39th game, VAR and much more…