{"id":814708,"date":"2024-12-25T02:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/25\/it-is-a-sitter-sky-sports-man-cant-believe-what-he-witnessed-chelsea-star-do-at-stamford-bridge\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T02:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:27:59","slug":"it-is-a-sitter-sky-sports-man-cant-believe-what-he-witnessed-chelsea-star-do-at-stamford-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/25\/it-is-a-sitter-sky-sports-man-cant-believe-what-he-witnessed-chelsea-star-do-at-stamford-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt is a sitter\u201d \u2013 Sky Sports man can\u2019t believe what he witnessed Chelsea star do at Stamford Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"article\">\n<div>\n<header>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2024-11-10T18:14:46+00:00\">November 10th 2024, 18:14<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Merson.jpg\" alt=\"Malo Gusto Merson\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Paul Merson shocked by Malo Gusto miss. (Pictures by Sky Sports)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p><strong>Chelsea went into the halftime break of their Premier League clash with Arsenal level but the tale of the opening 45 minutes could have been different had Malo Gusto scored from two yards out.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first half was a bit of a dull affair as the game lacked chances with Gabriel Martinelli going closest for Arsenal, although Kai Havertz had a strike chalked off for being offside. Chelsea, however, had the best chance in the opening phase of the game.<\/p>\n<p>With 23 minutes on the clock, Pedro Neto sent a beautiful ball to the back post, only for Gusto to head the delivery over from two yards out.<\/p>\n<p>The defender should have made it 1-0 to the Blues and if things don\u2019t play out positively for Enzo Maresca\u2019s team, it will be an opportunity the 21-year-old will be kicking himself over later on tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson could not believe he witnessed Gusto miss the chance at Stamford Bridge and expressed his opinion on the \u201csitter\u201d during the halftime break \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2024\/11\/01\/viktor-gyokeres-paul-merson-man-utd-transfer\/\">having shared some big transfer news last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1610205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1610205\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea star Malo Gusto misses from two yards out against Arsenal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-414x276.jpg 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-630x420.jpg 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-768x512.jpg 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-770x513.jpg 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea-900x600.jpg 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Malo-Gusto-Chelsea.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\" ><\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1610205\">Chelsea star Malo Gusto misses from two yards out against Arsenal. (Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Paul Merson was stunned by Malo Gusto miss vs Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking at halftime on Sky Sports, Merson stated that Malo Gusto\u2019s miss is the type of chance that keeps a player up at night as the former Arsenal man was stunned by the opportunity the Chelsea star squandered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a sitter \u2013 as soon as he [Gusto] gets there, he has to score that chance,\u201d the pundit said on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBlueDodger\/status\/1855664130021015582\">Sky Sports<\/a>. \u201cIt has hit the top of his head and it will be one tonight when he is sitting in bed thinking, \u2018how did i miss that?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This chance will be forgotten about should Chelsea go on to win the match, if not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2024\/10\/20\/chelsea-set-malo-gusto-asking-price\/\">it will be a moment fans of the Blues will go back to<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Malo Gusto\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B75cKdJupQ\">pic.twitter.com\/B75cKdJupQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CfcSheikh (@CfcSheikh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CfcSheikh\/status\/1855655768495649269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t Darren Looney <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2024\/11\/10\/malo-gusto-chelsea-paul-merson\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10th 2024, 18:14 Paul Merson shocked by Malo Gusto miss. (Pictures by Sky Sports) Chelsea went into the halftime break of their Premier League clash with Arsenal level but the tale of the opening 45 minutes could have been different had Malo Gusto scored from two yards out.\u00a0 The first half was a bit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":814709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36971,140442],"tags":[44104,140441],"class_list":{"0":"post-814708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-it","8":"category-sitter","9":"tag-it","10":"tag-sitter"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}