Good luck trying to make sense of another one of those wild Champions League nights. With 55 minutes gone Chelsea, torn apart by the creative brilliance of Hakim Ziyech, were staring humiliation in the face. Donny van de Beek had fired Ajax into a 4-1 lead and at that stage, with the Dutch champions hitting the heights that saw them destroy Real Madrid and Juventus last season, it had become an exercise in damage limitation for Frank Lampard’s young side.
Somehow, though, Stamford Bridge found its voice. There was no booing from Chelsea’s fans, no hint of mutiny. Instead, they remained defiant. They kept urging their team to attack and the game took on a wild dimension when César Azpilicueta hauled Chelsea back into the contest in the 62nd minute.
Written by Jacob Steinberg at Stamford Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/05/chelsea-ajax-champions-league-match-report under the title “Chelsea fight back as Ajax pay price for two red cards and two penalties”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
