Chelsea fans have been left staggered by a Reece James image that has surfaced on social media.
The 22-year-old scored in the 2-2 draw against Tottenham at the weekend, thinking he'd managed to finish the winner, putting Thomas Tuchel's side 2-1 up. It capped a brilliant all-around match from the English right-back. He had the second most touches on the field, nobody made more than his 74 passes which were completed at a match-high 91.9% for outfield players to start the game, and he was in a new role.
As a key part of Tuchel's tactical undoing of Antonio Conte, James was deployed in a mixture of positions. When his side had the ball, he was an expansive right back, often coming inside to play as a narrow right-sided midfielder to devastating effect. When Chelsea lost the ball, he slotted into right centre-back, though his aggressive positioning pushed him to follow Son Heung-Min for large parts. He then moved to a standard right-back position when Chelsea moved to an orthodox four-man defence for the final 20 minutes.
