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Takes two shots in draw Rudiger took two shots (one on goal) and made one interception during Thursday's 1-1 draw with Everton.

Impact It takes some interesting strategies to let Rudiger be more of a striker than a central defender but that's what happened Thursday as he completed the second-most passes of any player and found himself in the perfect chance to shot for goal. The current depth crisis across the league could see this happen on a few more occasions, but a lack of clean sheets (none in last five league matches) holds his value back a bit.

DECEMBER 17, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Chelsea must renew Antonio Rudiger's contract Rudiger is one of the best defenders in the world and replacing him would be very hard and incredibly costly

DECEMBER 13, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Makes 12 clearances Rudiger crossed once inaccurately, made four interceptions, won a tackle and had 12 clearances during Wednesday's 2-1 win over Watford.

Impact Rudiger was a part of the Chelsea back three that allowed just one goal to Watford on Wednesday. The defender finished with team-high totals in interceptions and clearances in the win.

DECEMBER 1, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Provides assist against Juventus Rudiger had two clearances and one interception, won three duels and picked up an assist in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Juventus.

Impact Rudiger was not too busy in this one in the back as Chelsea pulled the strings. He teed up Trevor Chalobah with a flick-on in a corner kick. He has posted 19 tackles, ten interceptions and 27 clearances in 16 matches, blacking the opponents 11 times. Chelsea will host Manchester United Sunday.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Kante leads Chelsea to 3-0 win over former club Leicester

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has marked his latest return to former club Leicester with a brilliant individual goal to help the Premier League leaders to a 3-0 win

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 • Associated Press

Antonio Rudiger heads Chelsea in front of Leicester City ' Premier League

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 • YOUTUBE

Scores with lone shot Rudiger scored a goal with his lone shot while making two tackles (winning one) and three clearances during Saturday's 3-0 win over Leicester City.

Impact Rudiger found the back of the net in the 14th minute opening the scoring in the match. The goal was the second of the season for the defender while his three clearances tied for the team-high total in the win.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Burnley snatches 1-1 draw at Chelsea on late goal

Matej Vydra pounced late to stun sloppy Chelsea and give Burnley a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021 • Associated Press

Ties for team-high in tackles Rudiger took an off target shot, created a chance and won two tackles during Tuesday's 1-0 win over Malmo.

Impact Rudiger helped Chelsea keep a clean sheet as a member of the team's back three on Tuesday. The centerback didn't have much to do, but did tie for the team-high with his two tackles in the win.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Chelsea romps to 7-0 win over Norwich in Premier League

Chelsea has coped just fine without its injured strikers

OCTOBER 23, 2021 • Associated Press

Helps Chelsea to clean sheet Rudiger took four shots (one on goal), crossed once inaccurately, created a chance, made two interceptions and won a tackle during Saturday's 7-0 win over Norwich City.

Impact Rudiger helped Chelsea keep a clean sheet as a member of the team's back three on Saturday. The centerback finished with the second highest amount of shots on the team while tying for the team-high in interceptions in the win.

OCTOBER 23, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Lukaku, Werner injured as Chelsea beats Malmo 4-0 in CL

Injuries to strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner have marred Chelsea’s impressive 4-0 win over Malmo in the Champions League

OCTOBER 20, 2021 • Associated Press

Starting against Malmo Rudiger (back) is in the starting XI for Wednesday's match against Malmo.

Impact Rudiger makes an immediate return to the XI Wednesday following his back issue. When healthy, he's started this season and as long as his back issue doesn't continue, it's expected he'll continue in this role, as Thiago Silva and Andreas Christensen swap spots in the XI.

OCTOBER 20, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

MATCHDAY: Barcelona plays for Champions League survival

Barcelona needs to find a way to beat Dynamo Kyiv at home to have a realistic chance of advancing to the knockout stage of the Champions League

OCTOBER 19, 2021 • Associated Press

Ready for Champions League Rudiger (back) returned to training and is available for Wednesday's match against Malmo.

Impact Rudiger was dealing with a bad back, but he's been training for a couple days and could be back in the XI Wednesday. Prior to the break, he'd started every match for Chelsea, so it's expected he'll get the call against Malmo with Thiago Silva also an option to re-enter the XI.

OCTOBER 19, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

De Bruyne out to make new, better memories in Champs League

Kevin De Bruyne really wants to play in a second Champions League final because he barely remembers his first

OCTOBER 18, 2021 • Associated Press

Chelsea's Rudiger questions Mendy's omission from Ballon d'Or shortlist ' Goal.com Antonio Rudiger is clearly unimpressed by the judgment shown regarding Edouard Mendy’s omission from the Ballon d'Or shortlist.

OCTOBER 16, 2021 • GOAL.COM

Mendy, Chilwell earn Chelsea 1-0 win at Brentford in EPL

Edouard Mendy’s string of stunning saves ensures Chelsea stays top of the English Premier League as Ben Chilwell’s strike seals a nervy 1-0 win at Brentford

OCTOBER 16, 2021 • Associated Press

Out against Brentford Rudiger will miss Saturday's trip to Brentford because of a back issue picked up over the international break, according to manager Thomas Tuchel.

Impact Chelsea will be without both Thiago Silva and Rudiger, so they will have to sort some things out Saturday, likely moving Cesar Azpilicueta to center-back, forcing them into a change on the right wing. It's unknown how serious the issue is for Rudiger, but this will put him out at least a week with the injury.

OCTOBER 15, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Dealing with back issue Rudiger is not available for Germany on Monday because of back problems.

Impact Rudiger was expected to be an option Monday, as his back issue wasn't deemed serious. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case and he'll return to Chelsea with the issue. For now, he's expected to be ready for Saturday's trip to Brentford, but more info should be revealed in the coming days.

OCTOBER 11, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Rudiger 'honoured' by Bayern Munich interest but still 'feels good' at Chelsea for now ' Goal.com Antonio Rudiger has admitted that he is "honoured" by Bayern Munich's reported interest in him, but also claims that he still "feels good" at Chelsea.

OCTOBER 5, 2021 • GOAL.COM

Late goals secure Chelsea 3-1 win over Southampton in EPL

Late goals by Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell sent Chelsea to the top of the Premier League after a 3-1 win over 10-man Southampton at Stamford Bridge

OCTOBER 2, 2021 • Associated Press

Tomori back in England squad after strong displays for Milan

Fikayo Tomori has earned a recall to England’s squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Hungary

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 • Associated Press

Juventus beats defending champion Chelsea 1-0 in CL

Italy forwards Federico Chiesa and Federico Bernardeschi ran consistently through the heart of Chelsea’s defense and Juventus convincingly beat the injury-depleted trophy defender...

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 • Associated Press

Creates two chances Rudiger crossed once accurately, created two chances, blocked a shot, made three interceptions and two clearances during Saturday's 1-0 loss to Manchester City.

Impact Rudiger was a part of the Chelsea back three that conceded just one goal on Saturday. The centerback finished with team-high totals in chances created and interceptions in the loss.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

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