If Chelsea needed this, then Ross Barkley certainly did. And the boyhood Evertonian could hardly have chosen better opponents to punish. The midfielder’s Chelsea career since his move from Goodison Park in January 2018 can be best described as stop-start.
Nobody doubts Barkley’s ability when it is his day. It is just that those days have been too scarce. Everything came together for him in a performance of touch and influence and the goal he scored to smooth Chelsea’s passage into the FA Cup quarter-finals was the defining moment.
Written by David Hytner at Stamford Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/03/chelsea-liverpool-fa-cup-fifth-round-match-report under the title “Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
