Simon Thomas
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Don't get me wrong.
They had to suffer, but that's huge for their confidence.
It really is.
And we talk about confidence so often in football.
Batshuayi comes on, makes a big difference.
Zappacosta as well, the right back, right wing back, but...
Big result.
Don't underestimate how big this result is for Chelsea.
They needed it badly.
1-1 it was at half-time.
Only three minutes into the second half.
You already alluded to some of those misses.
One falls to Richarlison, 48th minute of the game.
Alan Smith in commentary called it the miss of the season.
How would you describe it?
Well, there was a feature at the start of the second half, the two wing-backs to Chelsea, and the back three looked all over the place, making poor decisions.
He ends up in the middle of the goal with no-one on him, and Alonso recovering, he just takes his eye off it in the last moments.
Again, the wing-backs are high as they're messing about in the midfield here.
And it comes out.
Bacchiaro, who's meant to be the secure midfield player, makes a mistake.