Under-18s report: Brighton 3-4 Chelsea

Chelsea came out on top in dramatic Under-18 Premier League action on Saturday afternoon away at Brighton, securing a third consecutive victory with goals from three different scorers. 👏

🔵 Chelsea’s lineup (4-3-3):

Hudson Sands; Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Olutayo Subuloye, Calvin Diakite, Harry McGlinchey (Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli 78); Ollie Harrison (C) (Walter Nutter h-t), Yahya Idrissi, Charlie Holland (Reggie Watson 78); Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Chizaram Ezenwata, Joel Philbert (Marcell Washington 71)

Unused substitute: Freddy Bernal

G/A from:

original jvp ⚽️ [37’]
harry mcglinchey 🅰️
ryan ⚽️ [65’]
Walter Nutter 🅰️
chizzy ezenwata ⚽️⚽️🔥 [69’,79’]
ryan 🅰️

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NONNNIIIIII!!!! WHAT A START!! 👊

💠 0-1 🔵 [2] #CFC | #MCICHE

Goal for the hosts, scored by Gvardiol.

💠 1-1 🔵 [41] #CFC | #MCICHE

One goal apiece at the break. ⏸️

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SUB: Christopher Nkunku replaces Nicolas Jackson.

Goal City. Haaland.

💠 2-1 🔵 [68] #CFC | #MCICHE

How does Robert Sanchez play for Chelsea.

I swear he is the reason for having 10 points less at the end of the season.

Goal City. Foden.

💠 3-1 🔵 [87] #CFC | #MCICHE

FT: Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea.

Schoolboy errors at the back yet again. Horrendous.

Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City [A] in the Premier League:

👀 “In my opinion, we are a better team that one month ago or two months ago because in this kind of moment, these kind of games, for sure they are going to make us better because we need to live this experience.

“I said two weeks ago, from now on, we can be third, we can be fourth, fifth or sixth...the games until the end [of the season] now can change [our position] a little bit.

“The good thing is that we are focused and we are trying to improve game after game.”

😤 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲:

“We started the game in exactly the way we prepared. We scored the first one, we could have scored the second one in three different chances.

“I think, and I am completely sure, because of the mood and because of the moment, scoring the second one, the game would completely change. Unfortunately we didn’t score the second one.

“The high pressing; you have to be brave in these kinds of games, knowing that if you have to press higher then you leave their best player - which is Haaland - one-v-one against your defender. But I think we dealt, for most parts of the game, quite well.

“Even the second goal we conceded, we were one-v-one with Trev [Chalobah] but there was all the time to control and manage the moment better.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐳, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧):

“We trust Robert for sure.

“The first one who is completely aware that he is making mistakes in this moment is Robert. For sure we continue to trust Robert. We trust Robert. But now we have one entire week [until the next game vs West Ham United], we will see the reaction and then see for the next game.”

(Via ChelseaFC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Chelsea really appreciate Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen, who has a release clause in his contract which is valid from this summer.

He’s understood to be high on the Blues’ list, while Bayern Munich have also shown interest in the 19-year-old.

[Fabrizio Romano]

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🚩 FT | Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal

⚽️ Guro Reiten (84’) pen

LONDON IS BLUE! 💙

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𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

✍️ by vikramjajuha

STARTING XI:

Sanchez - 3: Woeful for the second goal and should’ve even done better for the first.

James - 6.5: Good in duels and made some nice recoveries. Caught out with his positioning during the first half, but improved in the second.

Chalobah - 6: Great first half but below par in second half defensively. Lack of intelligence showed in the third goal.

Colwill - 4: Should’ve done much better for the second and third goal. Really poor.

Cucurella - 5.5: Wasn’t at his usual best, poor going forward and should have done better with the chance he had in the second half

Caicedo - 6: Couldn’t have done much more in midfield, massive imbalance without Lavia.

Fernandez - 5: Looked too vulnerable when defending, didn’t really play many killer balls either.

Madueke - 7: Scored and was only player who bothered to take on his man. Should’ve done better for City’s equaliser though.

Palmer - 6: Not at his best again, it almost felt he was not on the pitch at times.

Sancho - 5.5: Looked slow on and off the ball, expected a lot more intensity.

Jackson - 5: Clear to see why he still has many doubters, lacked any true conviction despite the assist.

SUBSTITUTES:

Nkunku - 5.5: Didn’t really have many touches, kept the ball when he did.

Gusto - N/A

Neto - N/A

Thoughts? 🔵⬇️

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Our first signing of the winter window ✍️ #CFCW