Antonio Rudiger’s bizarre defending during Chelsea v Newcastle goes viral

Antonio Rudiger produced a contender for the strangest piece of defending we’ll see in the Premier League this season during Chelsea’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.

The 29-year-old, who is on course to leave Stamford Bridge as a free agent this summer, amused Chelsea fans with some rather unorthodox defending in the second half.

Chased by Miguel Almiron, Rudiger had enough time to simply play the ball back to goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

The Germany international did pass to Mendy, but only after taking a couple of giants strides, which appeared to be entirely unnecessary.

Watch the strange footage here:

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