Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea should take an excellent take a look at themselves after Middlesbrough defied all odds to beat them 1-0 of their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.
Thiago Silva even confronted the massively annoyed Blues supporters within the away finish of the Riverside Stadium after the full-time whistle on a harmful evening for the west London membership. It leaves them with actual work to do within the second leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, January 23.
Hayden Hackney grabbed the successful purpose after 37 minutes as he received away from Moises Caicedo within the penalty space to cooly slot residence along with his proper foot from a low cross into the center. The 21-year-old England youth’s want to get on the tip of the ball in optimised Boro’s want on the evening which Chelsea simply did not match.
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Despite Chelsea’s squad costing a mixed sum of round £1billion, Todd Boehly may even see his membership fail of their newest bid for some silverware. A difficult FA Cup fourth spherical tie at residence to high-flying Aston Villa, who beat Championship Boro 1-0 on the Riverside within the spherical earlier than solely final week, additionally awaits Pochettino’s males later this month.
Michael Carrick, in the meantime, can be vastly happy with his gamers who fought doggedly for the total 90 minutes regardless of accidents plaguing the group. Forward Emmanuel Latte Lath and left-wing again Alex Bangura needed to be withdrawn with issues inside the primary 20 minutes of the competition, simply to make Boro’s mission even trickier – but it surely didn’t maintain them again.
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