Twenty-six days removed from the FIFA Club World Cup final, Chelsea returned to Stamford Bridge as world champions to face Erik ten Hag’s Bayer Leverkusen.
Estêvão was handed a start after finally arriving following a year-long wait and looked lively down the right flank to start. Less than 18 minutes in, the Brazilian capitalised on chaos in the Leverkusen box to score his first goal for the club. The Blues had the better chances of the first half dominating possession while looking to take advantage in transition. Leverkusen had a couple half-chances, but the Blues looked like they didn’t miss a beat from the Club World Cup.
