Trevoh Chalobah has hailed “unbelievable” Chelsea captain Reece James for his crucial all-action performance in Sunday’s draw with Arsenal.
The England right-back covered every blade of grass in the middle of the pitch for the Blues and also dished out an assist for Chalobah as 10-man Chelsea took the lead at Stamford Bridge.
Goalscorer Chalobah was in awe of James’ performance and paid tribute to his delivery, stating: “It’s all about the execution and timing, and we got that.
“It was a good delivery from Reece, we know how technically good he is, and it worked for us on Sunday.
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“He was unbelievable all game. That’s why he’s our captain. Every single day he works and he leads by example. That was a captain’s performance and that’s what we’re going to need from everyone going forward.”
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Surprisingly, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca stated following the game that James won’t be able to play Leeds on Wednesday.
Because of James’ hamstring injury history, the Italian has managed his skipper’s minutes all season.
When asked if he’ll be ready to go again at Elland Road in midweek, Maresca revealed: “No. No, the reality is no [he won’t be able to play] as quoted by Football London.
“When you are with 10 players against Arsenal, for sure if you want to take a point or win the game, you need some special performance, like Robert [Sanchez], like Reece, as you said. So we are very happy with Robert’s performance.
“Reece, now, his performance has been fantastic, top. Now, we have a game on Wednesday. For him, very good.
“We need to manage him, we need to control him, we need to control a little bit his situation. But he was very good tonight.”
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