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4 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Romeo Lavia was only told on Friday that he would be starting but was the outstanding individual for Chelsea on a day when there was initially nervousness detectable from the home fans after successive defeats by Tottenham and Liverpool, which had wiped some of the sheen off the honeymoon period for manager Xabi Alonso.
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which → tell → Alonso
That tenseness in the stands took an age to dissipate but the moment it did could be accurately traced back to when Lavia stormed in to make a tackle in the middle of the park and then stuck another toe on the resulting loose ball to tuck it to the man beside him in Morgan Rogers.
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Lavia → take → Rogers
The turnover leaving him plenty of open turf to lap up, Rogers took full advantage, slinking his way through a United backline soon to be one goal down, then a man down after Lisandro Martinez had needlessly clattered Wesley Fofana off the ball.
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Martinez → leave → ball
They were two goals down as Cole Palmer netted the resultant penalty and wrapped up Chelsea’s three points.
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Palmer → net → points
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Did Alonso’s side deserve their victory?
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side → read → victory
Probably not before Rogers gave them that lead.
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Rogers → give → lead
His midfield industry, tackles, interceptions and well-spotted passes gave Chelsea’s attacking players that platform to purr in the second half.
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industry → spot → half
The sight of Lavia stationed alongside Chelsea’s finest midfielder, Moises Caicedo, has long felt a farfetched fantasy for many of the club’s supporters.
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Lavia → station → supporters
The Belgian has endured injury hell since his 2023 move from Southampton, disrupting his progress and leaving some to expect the club to find a way of evolving past a talented defensive midfielder whose signing they might lamentably have had to label a failed experiment through no fault of his own or theirs.
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they → endure → own
His second season at Chelsea saw him miss 33 games, down from 42 matches out the previous campaign.
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him → see → matches
Last year then saw him make significant progress in his fitness and availability.
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him → see → fitness
The early indications this term have been of another step taken in the right direction.
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indications → take → direction
After a first-ever full 90 minutes for Chelsea on Wednesday night at Anfield, he completed another one here.
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he → complete → one
Right from the off, it was clear that Chelsea wanted to press high as they welcomed confidence-shot United to Stamford Bridge in the lunchtime kick-off.
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they → want → off
That was despite poor underlying numbers in those areas; they came into the game having allowed the third-most passes before engaging in the press, on average, in the division - only promoted Hull and Coventry having shown a greater tendency to sit back and wait rather than bolt out of the blocks.
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they → come → blocks
Yet Rogers, out on the left, could be heard barking as he asked for help in the press from Marco Palestra, whose performance on his first competitive start for Chelsea was iffy at best.
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performance → hear → Chelsea
Alonso seemed to take an instant liking to Henderson and Caicedo as a midfield partnership, not much of a surprise after Reece James’s absence through injury.
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Alonso → seem → injury
But the illness that kept Henderson out on Saturday gave Lavia an opportunity to press his case for greater involvement, and to shoulder greater responsibility at the club.
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that → keep → club
That is something that might have happened a while ago, had a 22-year-old blighted by injury not had such a difficult ride during his time in west London.
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old → happen → London
He can kick on now.
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He → kick → ?
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