“He’s a threat for us” – Gent boss Wouter Vrancken blames Chelsea star for 4-2 defeat
CHELSEA defeated Gent 4-2 in their Conference League debut.
On 12 minutes, summer signing Renato Veiga scored a header to break the stalemate.
Just after the break, Pedro Neto scored to extend Chelsea’s lead at Stamford Bridge.
Tsuyoshi Watanabe halved the Blues’ lead early in the second half with a spectacular header, but Christopher Nkunku restored Chelsea’s two-goal lead to 3-1.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored a fourth before Omri Gandelman’s consolation goal.
Chelsea easily won the night, kicking up their Conference League campaign.
Four goals tonight from Chelsea, with each one needed to keep Gent at bay.
Renato Veiga opened the scoring early in the first half.
His strike was followed by Pedro Neto’s, which arrived moments into the second half.
Christopher Nkunku then used one of his few touches to fire home.
And Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was over the moon as he found his first goal for Chelsea.
Meanwhile, Getn manager Wouter Vrancken has blamed Chelsea’s Pedro Neto for his threat to his defenders.
“Chelsea are classic club with lots of talented players, Pedro Neto was a threat to us and mkaes life difficult for our defenders”
“We try to get to the game but it was so difficult with their massive attacking players” he reported.
Chelsea keep on the good form making it 5wins in a row.