With Atletico desperately pushing for a goal to help boost their chances of reaching the knockout stages, Simeone opted to introduce the likes of Alvaro Morata, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, and Matheus Cunha instead of Felix, who, remember, cost the club €126 million when he joined in 2019. Joao Felix couldn't hide his frustration any longer.Īfter Diego Simeone made his final change late in Wednesday's goalless draw against Club Brugge - ensuring Felix would remain stapled to the bench once more - the clearly annoyed Portuguese forward trundled back to the dugout, took off his training bib, and threw it to the ground in visible disgust. As the most conservative of the trio, the 27-year-old enables Anguissa to push forward and Zielinski to take up dangerous positions in and around the penalty area.Įven if they don't get much credit, these three players are the reason for Napoli's early-season success. Lobotka has easily replaced Fabian Ruiz at the base of Napoli's midfield, acting not only as a gatekeeper in front of Spalletti's back four but as a reliable provider. With a 94.3% completion rate in Serie A - the highest of any player - the Slovenian footballer keeps things tidy despite being a high-volume passer. He's a really important player.Lobotka, in particular, stands out as one of the most underrated midfielders in the top five leagues. I've been really pleased with him from the start. But I thought he was fantastic, good spaces, attacked the goal well, won the penalty for us and was a constant threat.

He was on a yellow card and he's played a lot of football so we just felt at half-time it would be sensible to give him a breather. So it's a balance between having good structure, keeping the ball, and at the same time trying to threaten the goal and trying to score again.' You see the atmosphere here, only one action can result in a goal, and then all of a sudden the stadium erupts and they feel like they've got the extra man again. You want to try to control the game but not to be too passive. On keeping control of game against 10-man opponent: 'That's the trick.

It was a good move to get in there in the first place. Nice for the penalty and nice for Jorginho to score.

I need to have a look at it again clearly. I've not watched it back but it looks like he's got a hand on him and Mason's through on goal from where I am. On the red card: 'It's hard from where I'm sitting. Nice to keep a clean sheet again and to come away with three points is fantastic for us.' Obviously we had a bit of luck with the opponent going down to 10 men. Speaking to BT Sport after the match, Potter said: 'To come here and win is not certainly easy, that's for sure. Since he took over, the Blues are unbeaten in five matches, picking up four wins and a draw.Ĭhelsea have also posted three consecutive clean sheets, after failing to keep one in each of their previous eight matches. Graham Potter has made an immediate impact at Chelsea.

You can also see all of today's Champions League scores and the live group tables here. Milan meanwhile have taken just one victory from their last eight Champions League home matches (D3 L4). The game's referee, Daniel Siebert, called a very tight match, handing out a whopping nine yellow cards in addition to Tomori's red.Ĭhelsea ended a run of seven away trips to Italy in the Champions League without a victory, taking their first win in the competition on Italian soil since 2003. The Italian side recorded just one shot on target and were out-possessed by the Blues 70.2% - 29.8%. With Chelsea up two goals and a man, they smothered Milan for the remainder of the match. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the visitors' lead in the 34th minute, with Mount involved again, this time recording an assist. Italy international Jorginho coolly converted from the spot, putting Chelsea in front. Things looked to be set for a tight evening until Fikayo Tomori conceded a penalty and was sent off in the 18th minute for pulling back Mason Mount in the box. The first quarter-hour of the match was relatively even, with neither side creating any clear chances. Chelsea took a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man AC Milan at the San Siro, moving the Blues into the top spot of Champions League group E.

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