Former Chelsea player Pat Nevin was left in awe of Estevao Willian after his performance in the win against Barcelona on Tuesday night.
Chelsea put in one of their best performances under Enzo Maresca as they ran out 3-0 winners on a special night at Stamford Bridge.
A Jules Kounde own goal gave Chelsea the lead, before Estevao doubled it with a superb goal, and Liam Delap completed the scoring.
Pat Nevin on Estevao peformance
Maresca sprung a surprise as he started Estevao, Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto together, with the Portugal international down the middle.
All the talk pre game had been about Estevao and Lamine Yamal, but come the end it was all about the Brazilian star.
Estevao is now just the third teenager to score in his first three Champions League starts, with Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland the other two.
Chelsea celebrate in a group after Barca win.
Estevao put in another brilliant performance against Barcelona. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Thierry Henry likened Estevao to Ryan Giggs, and the 18-year-old showed why he’s going to be an absolute superstar in the future.
Former Blue Nevin was left in awe of his performance, and told people to start “believing the hype” around the teenager.
“You know what? Start believing the hype! Estevao Willian is EXTRA special! he told BBC Sport.
“The way he goes past the first player, there is no space whatsoever and he leaves him for dead.
“He did it just by pure skill and fast feet. He still had a difficult angle to overcome to finish it but he leathered it into the net.
“He is going to be absolutely and utterly brilliant. It isn’t a question of if, it is a question of when and how good he is going to be.”
Arsenal up next at Stamford Bridge
Having put Barcelona to the sword, Chelsea face another huge game against league leaders Arsenal on Sunday.
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A generic group of Chelsea players celebrate with Liam Delap after his goal.
Wayne Rooney doing punditry.
Thierry Henry coaching France U23.
The Blues sit six points behind the Gunners, but a win would see them close the gap to three points, and put themselves very much in the title race.
It will be interesting to see if Estevao starts again, but after a performance like that it’s impossible to leave him out.