Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek impressed despite his FC Blau-Weiß Linz side falling to a 2-1 defeat to Red Bull Leipzig.
When fit, The Czech keeper has started every game for the Austrian side, in what has been a highly successful loan to date.
During the 90 minutes he was on the pitch, he made four saves, one that was from a shot inside the box.
Vitek was given a rating of 7.5 on Sofascore for his performance as he made one punch to clear the ball from danger.
One of the academy player’s strengths is his imposing figure and he made three high claims and also ran out once to clear the ball from danger against one of the best teams in the country.
He connected with eight of his 16 long balls but one of them was classified as a key pass as he helped alleviate the pressure on his side.
The 2022 Youth Cup winner will next be in action when BW Linz welcome Wolfsberg to the Hofmann Personal Stadion on Friday night.
Jadon Sancho got another start for Chelsea but he failed to catch the eye once more for the Blues.
Goals and assists have been a rarity for the winger these days, as he has failed to contribute any since the beginning of the year.
In his 90 minutes on the pitch of Chelsea’s 0-0 draw with Brentford he failed to have any shots on or off target and just had one effort that was blocked by the Bees’ defence.
He had 48 touches of the ball, completing 26 of his pass attempts.
Sancho tried to take the game to the Brentford defence but he was only successful with one out of his four dribble attempts.
Defending has never been the England international’s strong point but he was especially poor again, only winning two out of his seven ground duels.
He could well next be in action again when Chelsea travel to Poland to take on Legia Warszawa in the first leg of the Conference League quarter-final on Thursday evening.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
