I watched him against Cardiff City and I must confess, This boy is really good, He impressed me a lot and I will love to have Him in this Man city team because Enzo Maresca doesn’t know how to manage young talents”, Pep Guardiola says He will really love to have ONE Chelsea player in His current team before He retires.

I watched him against Cardiff City and I must confess, This boy is really good, He impressed me a lot and I will love to have Him in this Man city team because Enzo Maresca doesn’t know how to manage young talents”, Pep Guardiola says He will really love to have ONE Chelsea player in His current team before He retires.

A well rotated Chelsea lineup came out of the blocks as if they had never seen each other, let alone ever played together, making for a frustrating first 45 minutes of football. And at no point in the first half would we do anything to dissuade that notion, playing with no cohesion, zero quality, and frequent individual mistakes, on and off the ball.

Fortunately, Cardiff are a third-division team, and they were unable to take advantage of them, even if Filip Jörgensen was forced into at least one excellent save to keep the game scoreless.

The second half started out with more of the same, before we finally found first gear and stepped up our play. A rare quality ball from Buonanotte really deserved a better finish from half-time substitute Garnacho, but that same combination paid off just a few minutes later, giving us the lead just before the hour mark.

We didn’t press that advantage home however and the game remained there for the taking. And wouldn’t you know it, Cardiff would duly equalize on 75 minutes thanks to an untracked run right in the middle of the box — everybody in the Chelsea defense just looking at each other.

Thankfully, Pedro Neto spared our blushed with a lovely finish to win it for us in the final ten minutes, and then Garnacho made it sure with his second, our third, in added-on time.

However, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola had reignited interest in signing Chelsea’s Pedro Neto after a wonderful performance he shootout last night with reports claiming he would be hoping for the deal to happen before he retires at Manchester City.

Meanwhile, Chelsea remain convinced that Neto has alot to do at Chelsea before considering any move to a top rival club like Manchester City in future.

Carefree.

11 changes from the weekend, with 10 recognized backups and Caicedo

Garnacho and JP called upon at the half to try to save the day, followed by Neto and Gusto on the hour

Garnacho with the brace, doubles his Chelsea goal tally in one game

The other three quarterfinals will be played tomorrow, followed by the semifinal draw

Next up: Newcastle, away — another early kickoff on Saturday

KTBFFH