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Community player ratings from Chelsea’s defeat in the first leg of the League Cup semifinal

1. ALEJANDRO GARNACHO (8.3, sub)

Garnacho’s best performances seem to be off the bench, which isn’t a bad thing. But it would be cool if he could make similar impact when starting. But hey, better than nothing at all, and his brace gives us a bit of hope of pulling off an upset in the second leg at the Emirates in a few weeks’ time. Not a lot of hope, but more than none.

Yeah, don’t hire me as your motivational speaker.

“I always try to do my best, and today I helped with goals off the bench. Every attacker wants to score goals, but my job is to try and help the team. I tried today, and it wasn’t enough, but it’s not over yet. The game is open, there’s just one goal difference. We know how hard it is to play at the Emirates, but we know the team we have, and we know what we can do. We have to go there and give everything.’
“Sometimes you play from the start, and other times you don’t. The players on the bench are just as important as the players in the first XI, and I just tried to do my best. I think we are still in it, and we will try everything.
“I’m here to try and do my best. We always try to win the games, and it’s frustrating when you don’t win the game. We started a little bit slowly, but in the second half we were much better. We now have to try everything in the second leg.”
-Alejandro Garnacho; source: Chelsea FC

2. ESTÊVÃO (7.1)

He may not have gotten on the scoresheet, but it certainly wasn’t for a lack of trying. Excellent block by Declan Rice, for example, to prevent what looked like a goalbound shot at 2-1.

Estêvão has started three of our last five and appeared in five of our last six games. Hopefully that means he’s over whatever little injury he had been carrying and he stays just as involved in the second half of the season.

3. ENZO FERNÁNDEZ (6.4)

Enzo seems to be coming out of his slump and playing himself back into form, and that’s never a bad thing.

vs. ARSENAL (LC, H, L 2-3)

EXCEPTIONAL (8.5-9.5): —

EXCELLENT (7.5-8.4): Garnacho (8.3, sub)

GOOD (6.5-7.4): Estêvão (7.1)

AVERAGE (5.5-6.4): Enzo (6.4), Neto (6.2), Santos (5.8), Acheampong (5.6)

SUBPAR (4.5-5.4): Chalobah (5.4), Hato (5.4, sub), Mheuka (5.3, sub), Cucurella (5.3), Fofana (5.2), João Pedro (5.2), Tosin (5.2, sub), Badiashile (5.1, sub), Guiu (5.0)