“Made a difference” – Chelsea player points to what his team had that West Ham didn’t

Chelsea got a big win last night, with Marc Cucurella playing a crucial role by scoring the equaliser.

He spoke to the club’s official website at full time, and pointed to what he thought had made the difference.

Cucurella on subs and squad making the difference

Chelsea players celebrate at final whistle. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

“At the end we are a team, the most important thing is winning the game. I think at the moment in a lot of games, not only today, the players who come on from the bench have made a difference,” the Spaniard said.

“It was difficult. West Ham played a really good first half as well, so we have to give credit to them.

“All together we want the same end to the game, which is to get the three points, and we are really happy. After being 2-0 down at half-time we showed our mentality to play a really good second half. We stick together in tough moments and we deserved this win.

“In the end we are a team. I think we have a very strong squad, we have a lot of talent, and today we showed that. Now we have three more points and we have to continue in this way because at the end of the season all of us will have our moment, our opportunity, so we need to stay together.”

Liam Rosenior has proved very skilled in his use of subs, and if that continues we’re really onto something good this year.

In other news…

Cucurella also spoke about the sort of team spirit which is helping his team to big victories like this recently.

Cole Palmer is still being brought along slowly after his long and frustrating injury, but last night was a big step in the right direction.