Chelsea and Alvaro Morata have been in good form this season but the 17-point gap to Manchester City can be partly attributed to their inferior finishing.

Morata is Chelsea's go-to goalscorer and he hasan impre sive 12 goals in his 25 appearances, 20 of which were starts,for the club. However, his conversion rate Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey is both not as good as some of his big rivals in the Premier League or his own record back at Real Madrid.

The 25-year-old has scored with 17.9% of his shots, including blocks, in the leaguesince joining Chelsea in a 58 million deal last summer. This is almost identical to the record of his Chelsea predece sor Diego Costa, who has scored with 18% of his shots in the league since 2016.

In filling the Costa void, Morata has had to adapt to being in a new leagueand becoming his side's main front manafter operating as more of an impact player at Juventus and Real Madrid.

The Spain international has notably struck up a stunning JC Tretter Jersey partnership with his compatriot Cesar Azpilicueta, who has matchedaPremier League record for a Chelsea player, with his six a sistsMorata this season.

These have mostly been via cro ses from deep areas that have been headed home by Morata. His first three goals and two a sists Jaelen Strong Jersey were with his head, and his conversion rate with his head in the league is at an incredible 37.5%. However, with his feet,he has scored just four goals from40 shots.

His aerial ability was always going to be exceptional for Chelsea and it will continue to be a great weapon. In the past two seasons, 48% of his league goals have been with his head, while only 11% of Harry Kane'sgoals in that time have been headers, and Romelu Lukaku is at 26%.

Morata's ability to score goals this season has been impacted by two injuries as he adapts to an increased workload and he went fivegames without netting after suffering a hamstring injury against Manchester City in September before coming up with a headed winneragainst Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in early November.

However, before that crucial contribution, he endured bad days against Roma, Watford Antonio Callaway Jersey and Bournemouth, mi singbig chances in all three games.He later failed to score in 11 shots over the games against Atletico Madrid and West Ham United as December started badly but ended well for both Morata and Chelsea.

He is capable of better having racked up a 5.5% better conversion rate at Real Madrid last season and he scored every 92minutes in La Liga but his role as the main man in blue makes that hard to replicate immediately.

Chelsea bo s Antonio Conte isgenerally happy with Morata's contribution this Olivier Vernon Jersey season, but is still demandingimprovements from the striker after hemisfired in the 5-0 win overStoke City in their last match when he mi sed two one-on-ones and had three shots overall with his feet.

"It was a pity because, for a striker, it is always very important to score," said Conte, who will be patient with Morata after being an admirer since his time as Juventus coach. "But I am more worried when our striker doesn't have opportunities. In this case Alvaro was very good to stay in the right place.

"He didn't score but in the game away at Stoke he scored a hat-trick so he drew the matches against them."

Positioning isn't a problem for Morata, neither is his build-up play which has seen him slot seamle sly into the side since his arrival last summer. He simply just needs to improve his finishing on the ground and, if he does, then the sky really is the limit for Chelsea's No.9.

Morata can Ozzie Newsome Jersey get better and that should excite everyone around Chelsea Football Club.

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