On a night Chelsea fans walking down Fulham Road will have chatted with excitement about the rare chance to watch Lamine Yamal in the flesh, Chelsea’s own 18-year-old wonderkid stopped at the corner flag, pointed at himself, then pointed at the ground. Here I am, he was saying: the teenage star to really take note of.
Estevao Willian’s sublime run and finish was a crucial goal for a Chelsea team deserving of a second against Barcelona but, up to that point, unable to score it by legal means. It was also a seismic moment on the Brazilian’s one-way route to stardom.
