Marc Cururella gained the official Man of the Match award final evening in our 1-0 win over Benfica within the Champions League, and I’m not right here to take something or that away from him.
A number of the tackles he made have been completely excellent. He was making superb runs inside and outdoors, and he was an actual drawback for Benfica. He was his standard tenacious self all sport. However I did see him give away some foolish passes and get crushed a few instances. Even nonetheless, that’s simply me being choosy. He was good, he had a great sport, I’m not taking that away from him.
However for me, there was a participant who was barely higher and deserved the MOTM only a tiny bit extra, Pedro Neto.
Joe Cole agrees with me, so I’ll let him take it from right here…
“Neto has been sensible, he’s the unsung hero of this Chelsea staff, the followers will inform you that,” he informed TNT Sports activities.
“He delivers and is at all times constructive. He’s been Chelsea’s finest participant tonight. He’s a brilliant spark very constant.
“He’s quick changing into a followers’ favourites at Stamford Bridge. He was Chelsea’s finest participant tonight by a mile.”
Chelsea’s finest participant ‘by a mile’ you see.
I believe Neto is a incredible asset to have in our facet. He’s extra of an quaint winger the place he’s ready to do the soiled work and work exhausting defensively as nicely. And I believe that’s why Jose Mourinho loves him a lot. He has the attacking risk as nicely in fact and may rating a world class aim as we’ve got seen. I don’t agree that he’s the perfect winger on this planet, by no means, however he’s excellent and I used to be very happy once we signed him.
