Chelsea had no problem demolishing Leicester City on Saturday, with their 3-0 victory accurately reflecting what happened on the pitch. The Blues took the lead eight minutes in and never looked back, but the best moment of the game was the third goal, when the game was very much over.
Chelsea scores off spectacular first-touch backheel assist by Nathaniel Chalobah
The finish by Victor Moses wasn’t bad either. This isn’t a combination we would have seen in previous years at Chelsea.
Don't recognize the player who provided that stunning backheel assist? That's Nathaniel Chalobah, who was making just his third league appearance for Chelsea. He's been one of Chelsea's top prospects for years and is fourth all-time in England Under-21 caps, but Antonio Conte is the first manager to give him a chance in the first team. He came on as a second-half substitute in this match and made a quick impact with an incredible assist for Victor Moses.
And Moses, like Chalobah, has spent his entire Chelsea career as part of the club’s loan army. But Conte has given him a chance, seeing him as a fit for a right wingback role in a 3-4-3 system, and he’s performed spectacularly since he began to get starts in that role.
Between Conte’s hiring and Chelsea missing out on Champions League this summer, the careers of players like Chalobah and Moses have been given new life, and they’re repaying their manager’s faith in them.
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