One game in, one trophy. Very nice.

Take your pick.

A vote for Kepa devoid of irony. Yes they exist.  

Alonso. Probably would have been Kante had he stayed on, but Alonso was good from start to finish.

Chalobah by a distance for me. Kante and Alonso both had mostly good games but had some poor moments aswell. Ziyech was excellent but got injured too early to be consider for motm. 

Chalobah for me, considering the occasion and lack of first team Chelsea appearances.

 

i liked Havertz the man is a machine for playing 120 minutes... got the assist looked lively for 75/80 minutes.

8 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Alonso. Probably would have been Kante had he stayed on, but Alonso was good from start to finish.

Basically this. A few players started well but then tired, and a few others were good in patches, but Alonso was the only one who was good throughout (despite clearly being exhausted by the end) and hit a decent penalty. Honourable mention of course to Chalobah for playing the full 120 minutes and managing to shake off a couple of unforced errors.

12 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Basically this. A few players started well but then tired, and a few others were good in patches, but Alonso was the only one who was good throughout (despite clearly being exhausted by the end) and hit a decent penalty. Honourable mention of course to Chalobah for playing the full 120 minutes and managing to shake off a couple of unforced errors.

My view as well, voted for Alonso and sent a virtual pat on the back to Trevoh.

Chalobah for me. Very impressed by his display.

9 hours ago, Valerie said:

My view as well, voted for Alonso and sent a virtual pat on the back to Trevoh.

 

Voting for Alonso for reasons already stated but hoping they hold on to Trevoh this season and get him some minutes.  I wouldn't put him in the best 11 just yet but with the rotation that needs to be done anyway (especially with Silva due to age) he could prove very useful.   Give him the start against weaker to mid-tier PL teams so we can keep some of our more experienced defenders like Rudinger, Azpi, and Silva fresh.  

18 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Alonso. Probably would have been Kante had he stayed on, but Alonso was good from start to finish.

Towards the end you could really feel how he wanted to get the winning goal or at least take part in one. He was busy to make something happen. 

Tempted by Kante, went for Mendy two important saves.

6 hours ago, Nevamind said:

Towards the end you could really feel how he wanted to get the winning goal or at least take part in one. He was busy to make something happen. 

That's why I don't mind him taking some shots and not trying to cross the ball, he has shown in the past that he's very much capable of scoring goals.