Highlights
- Moises Caicedo, Chelsea’s new midfielder, had an embarrassing second in his first dwelling recreation, slipping and falling whereas attempting to dribble.
- Caicedo joined Chelsea from Brighton for a document charge of £115m and made his debut final week in a 3-1 defeat towards West Ham.
- Followers and rivals had been fast to react to Caicedo’s awkward second, with some labelling him a flop
Midfielder Moises Caicedo has endured an embarrassing second whereas taking part in in his first dwelling recreation for Chelsea, he definitely will not need to watch the footage again.
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Taking part in host to Luton City at Stamford Bridge on Friday evening, the Blues had been on the lookout for their first win of the Premier League marketing campaign having drawn after which misplaced their opening two fixtures.
Rob Edwards’ males had been additionally in the identical boat, after dropping their opening recreation after which seeing their subsequent fixture postponed as Kenilworth Highway continues to be present process intensive floor enhancements, together with the development of a brand new stand to fulfill broadcast and media necessities.
Mauricio Pochettino and co acquired off to a greater begin this trip, although, and took a 1-0 lead in at halftime because of a wonderful solo objective from Raheem Sterling. The English winger picked the ball up on the fitting flank earlier than weaving in between just a few opposition defenders after which inserting his left-footed shot into the far nook.
Sterling then netted once more within the second half whereas Nicolas Jackson additionally acquired on the scoresheet to web his first aggressive objective for the West London membership. This was sufficient to seal a reasonably routine 3-0 win for the house aspect.
Nonetheless, earlier than the primary 45 minutes was up, new midfielder Caicedo – making his first begin for the Blues – sadly, suffered one second he will not take pleasure in watching again within the morning.
Certainly, as you’ll be able to see on this footage shared on Twitter, the Ecuadorian awkwardly slipped and fell whereas attempting to dribble with the ball at his ft, regardless of not likely even being challenged by an opposition participant.
You possibly can watch one other angle of the weird second beneath:
How a lot did Caicedo price Chelsea?
Caicedo solely arrived from Brighton and Hove Albion – for a whopping British-record charge of £115m – a short time in the past however in fact, already made his debut final weekend within the 3-1 defeat towards West Ham United.
That wasn’t an awesome outing for him both although as he gave away a penalty and could not assist the Blues decide up a consequence towards the Hammers – regardless that David Moyes’ males completed the sport with ten males after Nayef Aguerd’s pink card.
Regardless of his slowish begin to life in West London, Caicedo does a minimum of very clearly have the backing of his new supervisor. Certainly, talking to Sky Sports activities forward of the sport, Pochettino was stuffed with reward for the 21-year-old.
“I by no means labored with [N’Golo] Kante however he [Caicedo] is likely one of the finest midfielders within the Premier League,” mentioned Pochettino when requested whether or not the midfielder can fill the boots left by the France worldwide.
“He has some comparable traits to Kante however Moises continues to be younger and must work actually onerous to enhance in several areas.
“However he has the potential to be probably the greatest.”
Each time a brand new participant joins a Premier League workforce for giant cash, nevertheless, they may instantly be underneath strain to carry out. With that in thoughts, unsurprisingly, rival followers had been fast to leap on this awkward second for Caicedo towards Luton.
Certainly, listed below are a few of the finest reactions…