Gary Neville was stunned by what he saw from one Chelsea star, who he described as Kevin "De Bruyne-like" on Sky Sports commentary.
Chelsea secure dramatic victory over West Ham
Chelsea stormed back to win a remarkable match 3-2 against West Ham at Stamford Bridge after Liam Rosenior turned to his bench to tip the game on its head and rescue his side.
This was the kind of fightback that could do wonders as the Blues head coach looks to build the confidence of his young squad and install a togetherness with supporters, but the situation had looked bleak at half-time after his decision to change seven players backfired.
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The home side were a mess and trailed to goals from Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville, with heavy rotation from the win in Naples leaving them disjointed and lacking cohesion.
Three half-time changes did the trick to save Chelsea, with Wesley Fofana crossing for Joao Pedro to pull one back before Marc Cucurella’s header levelled things.
It was arguably Chelsea’s player of the season Enzo Fernandez who won the match, with Pedro Neto again involved with the assist, but questions will yet be asked about rotation and the abilities of Rosenior’s second string.
Jean-Clair Todibo was dismissed as tempers boiled over in added time – a wild end to a thrilling game.
Having his say on the comeback win, Cucurella told reporters: "At half-time we speak, in the end its about our mentality and desire we showed in the second half, we are very happy.
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"[Liam Rosenior] said it's about us, if we go to press, want the ball, play with confidence, we will get the chances to win. We have very good players, a very good team, since the start of the second half we showed a lot of energy and desire. If we play with this energy we are able to win at lot of games."
Gary Neville stunned by Fofana
Neville didn't hold back his praise when he saw first of three Chelsea goals, as Fofana managed to get himself an assist. The Sky Sports pundit went as far as to describe Fofana as "De Bruyne-like" for his pinpoint cross onto the head of Pedro.
He said on commentary: "That cross from Fofana, it is De Bruyne-like... Joao Pedro does brilliantly as he is falling away. And they are back in the game out of nowhere and we have a real game on now, with a really good half an hour now to look forward to."
It's yet another impressive moment for Rosenior's Chelsea reign. The new manager has enjoyed an excellent start and the Blues; comeback victory will certainly do him no harm.