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“What an animal”: Enzo Fernandez applauds the 25-year-old Chelsea star after Brighton’s victory
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“What an animal”: Enzo Fernandez applauds the 25-year-old Chelsea star after Brighton’s victory
Chelsea earned a deserved win over Brighton last night to help lift spirits around Stamford Bridge, with a number of different players standing out for good reason.
Nicolas Jackson’s second-half goal was enough to help the Blues win 1-0 at home in the third round of the Carabao Cup. Next, they will host Blackburn Rovers in round 4.
It was Mauricio Pochettino’s interesting choice of team for yesterday’s cup tie, but his thinking was justified as they won just their third game of the season. Furthermore, two of them participated in the national cup. Marc Cucurella, making his second appearance of the season, had an enjoyable evening for the Blues.
The 25-year-old is a conventional left-back and can play as a centre-back if necessary. However, we saw him start at right-back against his old club Brighton.
He sometimes got into trouble with Brighton’s skillful Kaoru Mitoma, one of the Premier League’s best 1v1 dribblers. However, the Spanish defender remained stuck throughout the 90 minutes and became much more comfortable as the match progressed. Cucurella uploaded a celebratory post to Instagram following the win over Brighton.
“What an animal,” Blues midfielder Enzo Fernandez replied.
Cucurella certainly plays best when defending aggressively and attacking.
It is credit to this individual for remaining professional and working hard despite not playing a single minute in the Premier League so far this season.
With Malo Gusto and Reece James unavailable next Monday against Fulham, Cucurella could have named himself at right-back.
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Kobbie Mainoo had an impressive pre-season for Manchester United before an injury against Real Madrid led to a setback for the midfielder.
The teenager was arguably the Man of the Match in victories against Lyon, Arsenal and Leeds United before Erik ten Hag trusted him to start alongside United’s first-team regulars again against Los Blancos.
However, his game was cut short in the opening minutes of the game after a collision between Casemiro and Rodrygo led to the Brazilian winger tumbling into Mainoo.
His ankle injury has kept him out of the opening five games of the season but a return is now in sight after the English midfielder was pictured on the grass at Carrington on Tuesday working individually.
Since then, information from social media account ‘Insider United‘ has claimed that the teenager’s return to action is at least two weeks away. Whilst the complete accuracy of the account’s information is not completely known, they were the first to report on Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s extended layout and Raphael Varane’s absence from the Bayern Munich game.
This would mean that the earliest return for the youngster could be the fixture against Brentford at Old Trafford on 7 October. However, it is likely that Ten Hag will provide Mainoo with additional time to put him back into the first-team spotlight.
Fortunately, there is yet another international break after that clash and United’s next game comes against Sheffield United two weeks later.
United are also likely to have Sofyan Amrabat and Mason Mount available soon which should boost the midfield in a situation where both Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are struggling for form.
Mainoo’s eventual return will be much-anticipated by supporters after his positive contributions in pre-season. His attributes are unique amongst the midfielders available to Ten Hag and could push forward into a regular first-team role this term.
“I was really impressed with him,” United legend Bryan Robson stated whilst speaking about Mainoo on MUTV’s The Debate show during pre-season. “I haven’t seen too much of him but I was really impressed with him against a team like Arsenal – he’s not a kid that comes into the team as a central midfield player and just goes chasing about, trying to impress the manager and all that.
“He’s calculated and he’s reading the game, doing things in his own time. He closes down really well, receives the ball and changes the pattern of the game, quickens it up when he wants to and he’s using his football brain and I’m quite impressed with him on first impressions.”
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