A miserable start to the campaign for Spurs continued on Saturday evening with the Toffees holding them to a goalless draw in north London.
Tottenham are still to win a game this season and failure to score tonight extends their goal drought to over six hours.
It is the first time the club have failed to score in their opening four league matches of the season.
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Dominic Solanke was ineffective up top with Tel brought onto replace him after the hour mark.
The change did little to inspire De Zerbi’s attack who mustered just two shots on goal.
Immediately after the final whistle, the Italian walked onto the pitch straight over to Tel, berating the former Bayern Munich starlet in a tense exchange. Tel stood with his arms on his hips.
De Zerbi was not pleased with Tel’s body shape (Picture: Ashley Western/Shutterstock)
Explaining the incident, De Zerbi said in his post-match press conference: ‘I was coaching him on the pitch. The body shape, he is a striker, the striker will play with his shoulder on the goal (side).
‘If we are playing with Maddison, Kudus and Savinho, he has to play as a striker. And the striker has to look at the goal, no? Or on the cross of Robertson.
‘Because he started as a striker. Now he is playing as a winger but he started his career as a striker. But I love Mathys as a player, as a guy. There is not a problem.’
Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp meanwhile was scathing in his criticism of a ‘diabolical’ performance from the hosts.
Tottenham still haven’t scored a goal this season (Picture: Ashley Western/Shutterstock)
‘After spending £300m, I didn’t think there would be a problem scoring goals,’ Redknapp said on Sky Sports.
‘I thought that they might struggle to win games, a few teething problems, but I thought with the players they’ve got in midfield…surely they have goals in this team.
‘To not score in the Premier League in six hours of football is absolutely diabolical, whatever way you look at it.
‘They defended better today, the centre-backs were better than what they had been. But there was just not enough. How can you not score in six hours of football?
‘They have not got the right balance in the team. ‘There are so many problems to solve in a game just to score a goal.’
Chelsea looked as if they were set to coast to a comfortable victory when Morgan Rogers opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge after only eight minutes.
But newly-promoted Hull turned the game on its head inside eight first-half minutes when Mohamed Belloumi made the most of defensive errors from Jorrel Hato and Emiliano Martinez to score a quickfire double.
Joao Pedro drew Chelsea level after the break, but the Blues were perhaps a tad fortunate to escape with a point as Oli McBurnie and Mohamed-Ali Cho spurned great opportunities for the visitors late on.
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Chelsea have now gone 20 consecutive league games without a clean sheet, their worst run in 65 years, and Neville was keen to praise Hull’s attack in exposing Xabi Alonso’s fragile defence.
‘We felt before the game, Hull were just going to park the bus, but they did not do that,’ he said on NBC Sports.
‘I think what they obviously did, they saw weaknesses in the Chelsea set-up defensively. There was lots of space on that right-hand side, in behind Neto.
Chelsea were held to a draw versus Hull (Picture: Shutterstock)
‘They created chances, they high-pressed, they were hard to beat. I thought it was an outstanding tactical performance from Hull.
‘I thought that was a top coach’s tactical performance. You know, sometimes when you get these teams coming up, they just park the bus.
‘He went man-for-man at times. He was mid-block at times. His defenders are never, ever far away from each other.
‘But I thought what impressed me most today was their attacking play. I thought tactically, attacking-wise, they picked the holes; they found the spaces.
‘I thought they deserved probably more than the point.’
Speaking after the game, Alonso criticised his side’s ‘soft’ defensive display, but said there are no easy fixes for his side’s poor record at the back.
‘It will take time to or it will take moments to fix them when we get the lead and you still need to be competing and not to give the chance so easily for them to come back, especially in the first goal, we can do much better,’ the Spaniard said.
‘It was too soft to give them this hope because until then we were controlling, we were creating chances, but that momentum that we had changed the mood and the score of the game and it’s something that we need to be talking [about], we address and we will get better, but it’s having an impact on our performances at the moment.
‘We need to be aware that from any situation, any team in the Premier League can hurt you. Today it was from a long ball, two bounces, the way it happened.
‘You need to be very aware, very ready that the danger can come from any situation. If you are soft or if you are not prepared, you will get punished and we have been punished that way.’
Chelsea will look to get back to winning ways next Friday when they take on west London rivals Brentford.
This isn’t the beginning of a Hugh Grant rom com, it was how I attended my friend’s wedding (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
‘Oh no, the ceremony!’
I jumped naked out of the tiny single bed I was squashed into with a naked man named Rory*, and ran to the bathroom.
In the distance, I could hear the faint sounds of people gathering.
‘The wedding!’ I ran back in the room and yelled at Rory who was in a frozen state of confusion and shock, before grabbing my dress and leaping back into the bathroom.
This isn’t the beginning of a Hugh Grant rom com, it was how I attended my friend’s wedding in a villa in Lake Como, Italy: late, after having shagged the best man’s brother who I had just met days before.
It was absurd and embarrassing, and I haven’t lived it down since.
When I got to Italy on a flight with four other friends, the last thing I was thinking was to get laid. I had just my friend Sharon* on my mind – her wedding meant her rules. Luckily, she was one organised bride, so I didn’t have to do much to help.
I jumped naked out of the tiny single bed I was squashed into with a naked man (Picture: Getty Images)
While I was a good friend, I didn’t quite make the cut for bridesmaid, which I was quite happy about, after seeing them run around with clipboards for the next three days.
Sharon had decided on a destination wedding – Lake Como was all the rage at the time and was full of beautiful villas to marry in. She chose a large estate with enough rooms to house the 40 people attending the wedding, over four days.
The ceremony would be on day two, leaving us one extra day for recovery. We were, after all a chaotic bunch, having all met at the local pub over 10 years prior.
And it was a glorious wedding that culminated in lots of hilarious stories.
One being my dalliance with the best man’s brother Rory.
When I first placed eyes on him, I thought he was cute. Beyond that, I didn’t think much – as I said, I hadn’t even considered getting with anyone, I just wanted to have fun with my friends.
We were the last ones standing and shared a kiss by the silent pool (Picture: Getty Images)
But he evidently thought I was cute too, because the night we all arrived, drinking by the pool, he came and sat next to me, asking me what felt like hundreds of questions about my life.
He wanted to know what I did for a living, how old I was, if I had any pets, what I thought of dogs. Big dogs. He told me he had two big dogs.
I looked over at Sharon by question 12, and she smiled back winking.
I guess that was it – I was going to have to sleep with him.
That night, we were the last ones standing and shared a kiss by the silent pool, giggling. One thing led to another, and after all the wine we managed to down, we ended up having sex by the pool.
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It was quick and dangerous. While people had gone to bed, the villa was still awake, with bedroom lights on and voices echoing across the lawns.
I said goodnight after and went to bed in a room I was sharing with a friend at the time. As I crept in she turned on the light demanding to know all details of what had happened.
‘You had sex didn’t you?’, she said, smiling at me.
‘Yes!’ I fell to the bed laughing. It was the start of my holiday romance, and I was excited.
The next day, we set up for the ceremony – the bridesmaids were like headless chickens, frowning at everything they saw, losing clipboards and taking one too many ciggie breaks to calm down.
I had woken up late with a hangover and was very little help.
I slipped away with Rory and we went for a cute walk. To his room. And had sex (Picture: Getty Images/Connect Images)
So while they did that, I slipped away with Rory and we went for a cute walk. To his room. And had sex. This was the full extent of our relationship, and while I wanted to do more – go on romantic dates and get to know him – we had limited time.
But we had obviously fallen asleep because I was awoken to the sound of music and people gathering on the villa terrace.
It hit me – the ceremony was starting, and we were still in bed.
After jumping out of bed and telling Rory to get his clothes on, I walked very quickly from his room to mine.
I had an estimated five minutes to get ready, and I was nowhere near presentable.
I threw on the new dress I had bought for the wedding and the heels that I feared were too big. Brushed my hair, applied as much makeup as possible and ran out of my room – after taking off and holding my massive heels.
As I ran to the ceremony, Sharon had already walked down the aisle. I couldn’t believe I missed it. Looking behind me, I see Rory struggling with his bowtie, half running, half skipping to the front seats.
I melted into my seat and enjoyed the rest of the ceremony (Picture: Getty Images)
He stands up quickly, does up his fly and sits back down as people around him giggle.
I grab a seat in the back and lock eyes with Sharon. After attempting to mime a ‘sorry’, she bursts out laughing and winks at me.
Luckily, she didn’t care, but obviously everyone knew why I was late.
I looked over at the friend next to me: ‘how obvious was it?’ I asked.
‘You might as well have been having sex with him at the altar’, he whispered back at me.
Nervously giggling, I melted into my seat and enjoyed the rest of the ceremony. Everything else went smoothly and Rory and I continued our holiday romance – this time, we didn’t hide it.
When the wedding was over, Rory and I said goodbye, promising to chat when we got back – me to London, him to Edinburgh.
But we never did. It didn’t matter, he’s still in my life. Every time I’m late to something, my friends always quip: ‘Having sex with Rory were you?’
Two men have been caught on CCTV in connection with a huge ‘Guinness heist’ that saw more than 70,000 pints stolen.
Police have released footage of the pair as they investigate the theft of around 800 kegs from a depot in Runcorn, Cheshire.
The Guinness, worth an estimated £115,000, was taken on Monday, August 31, and has still not been recovered.
No arrests have been made.
Two trailers involved in the theft were later found abandoned in Lathom, near Skelmersdale, Lancashire, around 30 miles from the depot.
Now Cheshire Police are appealing for information about the two men captured on CCTV.
Two men were caught on CCTV in connection with the ‘Guinness heist’ (Picture: Cheshire Police)
In the first clip, a white lorry arrives at the entrance to the depot.
A man gets out of the driver’s seat and walks towards the gate, where he appears to speak to someone before the gates open.
He then gets back into the cab and drives onto the site.
Later that evening, a second lorry arrives.
Another man appears to speak to someone at the entrance before the gates are opened and he drives into the depot.
Police believe both men could have vital information about the theft and are urging anyone who recognises them to come forward.
Detectives are also appealing to anyone who has been approached about buying Guinness at suspiciously cheap prices.
The force has warned that the stolen kegs could now be being offered for sale by criminals.
Detectives believe one lorry and HGV trailer left the depot at around 7.55pm carrying Guinness kegs which had been waiting to be delivered to pubs.
The stolen Guinness was worth an estimated £115,000 (Picture: Cheshire Police)
A second lorry arrived at 9.12pm and attached another trailer loaded with Guinness before leaving 18 minutes later.
The depot is on the Whitehouse Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Runcorn and is used by Diageo, the company behind Guinness.
Detective Sergeant McClatchey said officers had been following ‘numerous lines of enquiry’ since the theft was reported.
He added: ‘We will not settle for anything less than the full recovery of the near 900 stolen Guinness kegs and the locating of the offenders behind this brazen heist.’
He said police were now trying to identify the two men seen in the footage, who investigators believe ‘hold vital information’.
‘I’d urge anyone who recognises these men to contact us so that we can progress with our investigation,’ he said.
‘I would also strongly encourage the men in the footage to please come forward.’
The officer also warned anyone offered Guinness for sale to be cautious.
‘These kegs are stolen goods that are looking to be sold on by criminals,’ he said.
‘We are continuing to urge anyone who is approached by any prospective Guinness sellers to remain cautious and, as always, report any suspicions to police.’
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cheshire Police.
It’s been an absolute hellish year for Charity, who struggled to cope under the weight of keeping the truth about baby Leyla’s parentage from Sarah, who was over the moon to be a mum to the little one.
In the wake of rapist Dr Todd’s (Caroline Harker) demise, Charity resolved to come clean in a bid to keep Sarah from going to the police and taking the blame for the villain’s death.
Sarah was disgusted with her gran and, in a bid to get revenge, she changed her statement, claiming that Charity killed Todd in cold blood and coerced her into making a statement to back up her claims of self-defence.
Brutal.
Now, Charity faces a bleak future, charged with murder and staring at the walls of a prison cell as the credits rolled on tonight’s offering of the ITV serial.
If you’re eager to know what happens next and if there’s any hope for Charity then you’re in the right place as we preview what’s to come tomorrow.
What happens next in Emmerdale? Spoilers for Thursday, September 10 episode
Charity is left feeling hopeless following Sarah’s cruel antics and worries that she’s all out of options. Will she spend the rest of her life behind bars?
That remains to be seen but there is one avenue she’s not explored and, in a bid to give things one last shot, she contacts Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb), assigning him with a specific task.
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Doing as his wife asks, Mack retrieves the St Christopher medal and delivers it to Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley), who immediately understands what is expected of him.
As viewers will recall, Cain handed Charity that very medal earlier this year and told Charity should she ever need him, she knows what to do.
Will Cain be able to get through to Sarah and make her see sense? Will he prove to be the hero Charity needs?
Cain knows what he must do (Picture: ITV)
Elsewhere, following her discovery that Jimmy King (Nick Miles) sold the haulage company, Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) attempts to locate the missing money – and she soon discovers that the family home has been remortgaged.
Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), meanwhile, visits his newborn son in the NICU and holds his hand through the incubator, which Kim (Claire King) hopes is a positive sign and perhaps even a breakthrough.
Later in the episode, Joe makes a decision regarding his son’s future – but just what will it be?
Emmerdale airs these scenes Thursday, September 10 at 8pm on ITV1 or stream from 7am on ITVX or YouTube.
If you’ve got a soap or TV story, video or pictures get in touch by emailing us soaps@metro.co.uk – we’d love to hear from you.
The video of Kurtis Toy’s heroics has been watched 3 million times
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
Amid the hordes booted off their flights yesterday, surrounding easyJet staff to demand food vouchers and the whereabouts of their luggage – one cool-headed passenger with a booming voice rose up.
Kurtis Toy, 36, seeing the two ‘overwhelmed’ easyJet staff left to deal with the Nats fallout at Gatwick, thought that he could help bark out the latest travel information and get the hundreds of irritable passengers moving.
The cybersecurity expert, who was down in London giving a speech on the UK’s resilience when technology fails, was ironically caught up in the Nats meltdown which wreaked havoc across the nation’s airports.
Booted off his flight from Gatwick to Aberdeen after more than 4 hours on board without food, he approached the easyJet desk where everyone was shouting over each other.
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He told Metro: ‘There were people who were hard of hearing and there was no megaphone. Everyone was shouting questions at them “Where do we go? How long do we have to wait?” and the boards aren’t updating.
‘The workers were clearly exasperated and frustrated because they didn’t have any information either. They had to phone to get the list of definitely cancelled flights.
‘They were doing remarkably well but just weren’t very loud. I heard what one member of staff had said, but the other person on the other side did not.
‘So I just shouted it out. She tried to say thank you, and I said, “Look, I have a very loud voice, and I really don’t have a problem with shouting to people”.
‘She was reluctant, and I was like, “You guys can crack on with getting the info, and then I can just call it out for you – if that would help”.’
The staff member looked away, so Kurtis took this as permission to hop over the desk and begin bellowing out the latest updates.
He said: ‘I read out the first lot, I got a round of applause, and somebody shouted thank you, which was nice. So I turned to the others and I just said to them quietly, “We’ve got this. Let’s do another one”.
When one passenger assuming he worked for easyJet got a bit ‘mouthy’, Kurtis said: ‘I made it clear to him that I’m under no obligation to stay calm, so change your tone or go away.
‘I made it loudly clear that I won’t be taking crap from anybody, I will pass on the information as we get it, but I can’t do any more than that and neither can they. And he did back down.’
His throat was becoming hoarse – but he was saved by a kind woman who grabbed him a bottle of water and a Kit-Kat.
Exhausted and without a proper meal for 12 hours, the crowd finally began to dissipate – his job was done.
‘They each gave me a hug before I left, and I said, “I’m sorry, I can’t help anymore”. And they were like, “No, thank you for what you’ve done”.
‘They were very sweet, and I did feel bad for them because they obviously weren’t prepared for the situation. Because why would they be?’
One problem was that he was giving out so much information that by the time he had finished – there were no hotels left to book nearby for himself.
It took Kurtis (right) 24 hours later than expected to get back home to his husband Ben and the gorgeous Ghost (Picture: Supplied)
But after finding an Airbnb in central, he was back in the airport, unbeknownst to him, a viral star after a video of his performance garnered more than 3million views overnight.
He said: ‘It was a friend who messaged me this morning with it, and then my husband just told me it’s now had 3 million views, which is just crazy.
‘I could see people filming, but I couldn’t tell them to stop. I had a job to do.’
Asked if he feels like a hero, Kurtis says: ‘Not at all, it is daft to be called a hero for shouting orders at people, it was just loud customer service, nothing more than that.
‘I will have can you please go to Gate 559 going round my head for the rest of my life now.’
Kurtis Toy -the founder of Onca Technologies – was in London to present his green paper Analogue 72 – which asks if digital crashed for 72 hours, how would people cope?
Nats, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports, said in a statement: ‘Our operations are stable and we continue to work closely with airlines and airports to support their recovery from the ongoing disruption to their operations.
‘We would also like to reiterate our apology to all those affected – passengers, airlines and airports – by our system issue yesterday.
‘While our immediate focus is on safely managing today’s flights, a full investigation will be conducted to establish what happened and identify any further action needed.’
Readers discuss the treatmentt of protestors at the Reform Party Conference, whether Farage would make a good PM and who ‘resonates’ with the party’s claims (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)
Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments
This reader 'can't see' Farage as PM
In response to Richard Farrar saying that Coventry City have more chance of doing the double than of Nigel Farage becoming prime minister (MetroTalk, Tue), I suspect that Farage does not really want the position – better to be the Brian Clough of politics; the one that got away.
I know a lot of people would like to send Farage to Coventry. I don’t have a strong opinion on him one way or the other and, like Old Big ’Ead, he is a very good orator. But PM? I can’t see it happening. Dec, Essex
‘Stopping the boats resonates with British peoplewho do not like seeing their country being taken for a ride’
However bad things get for Reform on the dodgy payments front, it’s likely that they and Farage will stay in business. That’s because their central policy – stopping the boats – is something that resonates with British people who do not like to see their country being taken for a ride by foreign ‘gangsters’.
Detain and deport is the only policy that will make the organisers of the small boats desist from their actions. Andrew McLuskey, Middlesex
Farage’s hypocrisy…
Despite Nigel Farage moaning about lack of free speech in the UK, a female heckler was assaulted at the Reform conference for exercising her right to free speech (MetroTalk, Mon).
Robert Jenrick responded with a ‘boo hoo’. He says the protester complaining about being ‘hit over the head’ should ‘get a life’.
They will claim the party is not racist or far right. But while Farage condemned Dover demonstrators for wearing masks, I remember him refusing to condemn far-right agitated Southampton riots and being accused of ‘giving legitimacy’ to violent protests in Stockport. It feels like there is a tacit acceptance of law-breaking as long as you are white. A Lloyd, Merseyside
Regarding the anger over Reform conference attendees assaulting a protester (MetroTalk, Tue), Walter Wolfgang (aged 82) was treated similarly by Labour goons in 2005 for speaking out against the Iraq war. Ian Brown, Feltham
‘Taxi drivers have no legal limit on how long they can
Re your story about a taxi driver falling into a ‘microsleep’ and causing a crash, resulting in the death of Philip Dray (Metro, Wed), it may surprise people to learn that taxi drivers – unlike bus, lorry or train drivers – have no legal limits on how long they can work without a break.
It must be all too tempting for independent cab drivers to work for much longer than is safe if they’re short on money (and who isn’t?).
Philip Dray likely won’t have been the first person killed by a taxi driver asleep at the wheel. And, unless we put laws in place to limit cabbies’ working hours, he likely won’t be the last. Rob Slater, Norfolk
Reader condemns ‘vanity procedures abroad’
How many more people have to die or suffer serious health issues after undergoing vanity procedures abroad? The latest is Igho Ubiribo, who died after a penis enlargement procedure in Thailand (metro.co.uk, Sun).
I understand people having treatment which is necessary, such as dental care, but needless cosmetic enhancements all too often lead to tragedies.
And when there are complications, the taxpayer-funded NHS has to foot the bill. Robert Boston, Kent
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Linda, who confessed her love for love rat Max on the night before his wedding, was appalled to discover that he’d been sleeping with Priya behind bride-to-be Cindy’s back and thus resolved to do something about it.
Priya, meanwhile, was horrified to find out that Linda not only knew about her and Max’s big mistake but that she intended to spill the beans in front of the wedding guests and thus she set off to stop her.
Max hit self-destruct as usual, with his loved ones urging him to get ready to wed Cindy. He made it in time but just as he was about to utter his ‘I do’, Linda arrived on a mission. Will the truth explode?
Kim Fox (Tameka Empson), meanwhile, was devastated on her own big day that sister Denise Fox (Diane Parish) couldn’t attend due to her receiving treatment. The bride-to-be was therefore delighted when groom Howie (Delroy Atkinson) suggesting moving the wedding to the hospital.
After that cliffhanger, if you’re wondering what’s to come then we got you covered, with a breakdown of the next episode just for you.
What happens next in EastEnders? New spoilers for Tuesday, September 8
Following Linda and Priya’s arrival at the venue, Max squirms as he worries that the truth about his affair with colleague Priya will come flooding out, destroying any hope he might have of a happy ending with Cindy.
The question is: will Linda spill the beans?
Cindy has already been questioning if she’s making the right choice marrying Max after her big day was hit with a number of obstacles – so will her fears come to pass when she realises what Max has been up to?
What we can tell you is that utter chaos erupts at Max and Cindy’s ceremony, with the fallout set to continue across the rest of the week.
Don’t miss!
Zoe goes it on her own (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)
Elsewhere tomorrow, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) is delayed in getting to a meeting organised by Zoe (Michelle Ryan), which was set up to help them buy Charlie’s cab.
Things swiftly go awry, with Zoe getting into an argument with the seller – and decides to steal the cab!
At the Vic, Kat and Tommy (Sonny Kendall) share a heart-to-heart after she discovers that he’s been drinking.
Emotional scenes ahead for Kim and Denise (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)
Over at the hospital, Kim and Howie tie the knot.
The moment is made all the more special when the doctor arrives to reveal they’ve found a provisional stem-cell match for Denise.
When the newlyweds arrive back on the Square, they’re not too happy to discover that Ryder (Felix Urr) and Jodie (Anna Constable) have been helping themselves to their drinks without permission!
EastEnders airs these scenes Tuesday September 8 at 7:30pm on BBC One or stream from 6am on BBC iPlayer
If you’ve got a soap or TV story, video or pictures get in touch by emailing us soaps@metro.co.uk – we’d love to hear from you.
Martin Odegaard scored Arsenal’s winning goal against Chelsea (Credits: REUTERS)
Jamie Carragher fears the writing is already on the wall for Arsenal’s title rivals following Sunday’s 2-1 win over Chelsea.
The reigning champions were rocked early on against their London rivals when Morgan Rogers, who came close to joining the Gunners in the summer, volley the visitors ahead after just 77 seconds.
Mikel Arteta’s side responded positively, however, and were level in the 25th minute when Kai Havertz beat Emi Martinez at his near post and continued his excellent record against his old club.
Arsenal dominated at the start of the second half and it was no surprise when they took the lead five minutes after the restart through captain Martin Odegaard.
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The home side missed opportunities to extend their lead and were indebted late on to their goalkeeper, David Raya, who made a stunning late stop to deny Estevao.
That effort aside, Arsenal were largely untroubled by Chelsea’s much vaunted forward line with Ezri Konsa enjoying a largely comfortable home debut, capped by a roof raising tackle on his former Aston Villa teammate Rogers.
Konsa was given his chance in the starting line-up as a consequence of injuries to William Saliba and Cristhian Mosquera and Carragher believes Arsenal’s continued defensive excellence, especially in light of the France international’s absence, should represent a concern to the chasing pack.
Ezri Konsa’s tackle on Morgan Rogers raised the roof at the Emirates (Picture: Getty)
‘The worrying thing for everyone else already, is that Saliba who was genuinely world class, arguably the best centre back in world football has not played a minute of football so far this season and it doesn’t look like anyone can score against them,’ Carragher told Sky Sports.
‘They get a goal today Chelsea but didn’t really one big chance in the game, a lot of efforts from outside the box.
‘Raya made a great save from Estevao at the end but that would have been a great goal but didn’t really open them up and that’s without their best defender.
Ezri Konsa and Gabriel kept Chelsea at bay (Picture: Getty)
‘So that is a worry but a great start for him (Ezri Konsa) and that tackle there, supporters love that type of thing.’
Konsa, meanwhile, was delighted to make such a positive impression in front of his new fans.
He said: ‘I felt at home since the first moment I joined, the boys have been top, the staff have been top.
‘Buzzing to make my debut at home and three points is the most important.
‘It got the crowd going. If you get it wrong it is bad but if you get it right it’s always a good feeling. On another day I think we score three or four.’
