The recovery may be at an early stage, but the sight of a rampant Mykhailo Mudryk tearing through to score his first goal in English football, Armando Broja finding the net on his first start since recovering from a serious knee injury and Cole Palmer’s delicate passing bewitching Fulham’s defenders will only strengthen Chelsea’s belief in Mauricio Pochettino’s ability to coax the best out of their young talents.
This is an ambitious project, one dependent on how quickly a squad packed with inexperience can develop, and this could have been another difficult night for Pochettino. Fulham would have loved to have more fun at Chelsea’s expense. They must have had visions of João Palhinha dominating Moisés Caicedo and Willian running riot against his former employers.
