Joao Felix sends message to Enzo Maresca ahead of Arsenal clash as Chelsea run riot

Little to larn but plentifulness to bask connected the nighttime for Enzo Maresca.

It was ever a formality that Chelsea would rack up a glut of goals against minnows FC Noah. Fourth successful the Armenian Premier League and the archetypal broadside ever to travel done each 4 qualifying rounds of the Europa Conference League, they were subjected to a hammering by the Blues.

Maresca’s ‘B team’ players fulfilled the task successful beforehand of them and past some, six goals up astatine the interval and 8-0 winners by the end.

Particularly lively were Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku, the erstwhile notching a first-half brace and the second scoring doubly successful the second.

Felix slotted past goalkeeper Ognjen Čancarevic to enactment the Blues into a commanding 4-0 lead, earlier making it six with a deflected effort soon after.

Palmer was watching connected astatine Stamford Bridge wrapped up successful a heavy beige puffer overgarment and volition person been impressed arsenic Chelsea’s 2nd drawstring kept up their strength for the afloat 94 minutes against their visitors from the westbound of Armenia.

Though the defending from Noah was often much than suspect, it boded good for the Blues that they were truthful aerially ascendant from acceptable pieces, with Tosin Adarabioyo and Axel Disasi some cashing successful with headed goals earlier the interval.

Moments of idiosyncratic brilliance were restricted to one, and Maresca volition person been delighted that it fell to Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukrainian chopped successful from his near helping position, onto his close foot, and bent a pearler into the apical corner. Celebration? No need. Mudryk simply nodded successful support of his ain thunderous strike.

Marc Guiu besides struck earlier the interval, and the Spaniard worked his socks off.

There was a deserved archetypal elder commencement for 18-year-old academy merchandise Tyrique George, who has impressed disconnected the seat against Servette, Gent, Panathinaikos and successful the Carabao Cup against Barrow.

The close winger has a extremity and 4 assists successful 7 games for Chelsea Under-21s successful the Premier League 2 this play and ought to person had an assistance successful the archetypal six minutes of his afloat debut, but his perfectly-weighted transverse was fluffed connected the enactment by the different on-song Felix.

And aft Nkunku scored the Blues’ lone goals of the 2nd half, Maresca was capable to manus a archetypal elder quality to George’s academy team-mate, Samuel Rak-Sakyi. The 19-year-old made 1 astute darting tally with the shot successful his 11-minute cameo.

The lone disappointed faces volition person been those who didn’t get onto the transportation for this goal-fest.