Saul Niguez

Saul Niguez probably won’t stay at Chelsea after this season, but given how it all started with a truly debut, he will leave having changed quite a few minds.

He was never going to displace our very settled midfield when they were all fit, but his versatility has allowed him to get into the team here and there – including yesterday where he played at left wing back.

It’s not his natural role, and it showed, but he did not embarrass himself by any means, and his hard work and intelligence shone through as the Blues turned the screw in the second half.

WhoScored had him on a 7.4 rating by full time, a really impressive score, and it is easy to see Saul as having displaced Callum Hudson-Odoi as Tuchel’s favoured backup to Marcos Alonso down that side now.

With plenty of games still to come, we’re sure we will see the trick repeated a couple more times this season at least.