
There are West Ham -fans who like to travel to travel to Stamford Bridge as 'David Martin Day' -a nod to the time in November 2019 when the son of Hammers -legend Alvin has replaced the unfortunate Roberto in goal and a clean slate on his Premier League secured his Premier League debut in a 1-0 win.
Enzo Maresca was one of the assistants of Manuel Pellegrini that day, and the story goes that he orchestrated that victory.
He came up with a game plan to prevent Chelsea from playing through the middle while pushing them wide to the flanks and even took over the training in the structure.
More than five years later, this competition brought some symmetry, because Maresca decided it was time for a new ax in goal.
Robert Sanchez went outside after making too many mistakes for the taste of his manager, and came in the 22-year-old Understudy Filip Jorgensen.
Unfortunately for Maresca, unlike in 2019, the goalkeeper change did not yield the clean slate that he demanded on this occasion.
It was a case of new keeper and the same old story for Chelsea with an avoidable opener admitted when they were made to win the hard way.
Only Aston Villa and Southampton have made more mistakes this season that lead to goals in the Premier League.
It has become a problem for the blues, and a problem that Maresca hoped could be helped by removing Sanchez from the spotlight after his controversial accidents.
The first half of Jarrod Bowen should not fall as a black marking against Jorgensen, Geest. It was Levi Colwill with the pathetic back-pass that Bowen left one to one.
A nice finish followed, in the corner and from the reach of the goalkeeper. But still, Chelsea was at that time their own worst enemy and left herself with a mountain to climb.
Jorgensen was a signing for the future when buying a £ 20.7 million from Villarreal on a seven -year contract, but he will have to accelerate his progress, now that Maresca believes it is his turn.
The volume of the cheers of Chelsea supporters, when his name was announced before the kick -off, you told what Stamford Bridge thought.
There were even more Hurrahs when he caught a long ball after he got tired of seeing the strange spill of Sanchez.
For those fans, this swap was already late. There was the strange fear of Jorgensen, such as when he rumbled the cross of Andy Irving, or when he played a panic pass immediately to West Ham while he was pressed, or when he almost gave Danny ings an open goal from half the line.
Chelsea opposed shopping for a new keeper in the January window, even though he was connected to Gregor Kobel from Borussia Dortmund.
Club insiders have not increased that clear interest. But this is a position to pay attention to the following summer.
The truth is that Sanchez is not elite enough to bring Chelsea to the next level, and it seems that we will now see if Jorgensen is aware now that it is its turn.
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