Xabi Alonso happy with Chelsea’s second-half response, Estêvão and Roméo Lavia impact
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9-second readChelsea put a horrible week in the rear view with a promising win over Manchester United yesterday, finally scoring a goal from open play without João Pedro starting, and even keeping another clean sheet.
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Chelsea put a horrible week in the rear view with a promising win over Manchester United yesterday, finally scoring a goal from open play without João Pedro starting, and even keeping another clean sheet.
We did get a massive helping hand from the visiting crisis club of course, with Lisandro Martínez playing a major role in Morgan Rogers’ opening goal early in the second half, then giving away a penalty and getting himself sent off just a few minutes later.
And we certainly rode our luck in the first half when multiple mistakes went unpunished by our opponents. But it is commendable how we were able to flip the script at the break, even before gaining the man advantage, and the manager was rightly pleased with the response in the second half.
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