John Terry names three undroppable Chelsea stars as Mauricio Pochettino eyes emergency transfers
John Terry has named three Chelsea players which impressed him despite the Blues' defeat to West Ham. The Hammers waltzed away 3-1 victors on Sunday afternoon as Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first loss since returning to Premier League management.
It didn't take long for the home side to open the scoring after a fantastic delivery from James Ward-Prowse found Nayef Aguerd towering over Conor Gallagher at the back post. Chelsea soon found an equaliser thanks to a superb strike from Carney Chukwuemeka, who had excellently slalomed past Tomas Soucek to create an opening.
Then, in the dying embers of the first-half, Enzo Fernandez was gifted the chance to put Chelsea ahead from the penalty spot, but Alphonse Areola denied the Argentine. West Ham regained their lead shortly into the second-half through Michail Antonio before Lucas Paqueta put the final nail in the coffin.
Despite an unfortunate result at the London Stadium, Terry drew plenty of positives and named three players which impressed him the most. After half an hour of the game, the former Blues captain tweeted: «I really like the look of @axeldisasi.»
His admiration for the Frenchman was then followed up with praise for Nicolas Jackson and Raheem Sterling. Terry tweeted: «I love the look of Nicolas Jackson, seems like a right handful to play against and a constant threat behind.
»Sterling is on fire," he added. Like Terry, Pochettino was keen to highlight the positives from the defeat and he insisted that the score didn't reflect the performance. The Chelsea boss said: «I don't believe we can call it a mentality thing.
»I think today the result doesn't reflect the performance. In football, we need to accept that these kind of situations happen. I think the
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