Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior, speaking to TNT Sports after the 5-1 FA Cup win at Charlton: “A good start, professional. I thought our first goal came at an important time in the game and it was a brilliant goal for Jorrel [Hato].
“The quality of my players was outstanding. Strong start, something to build on.
“Goals change games and that comes down to quality of players. To get the goal when we did was really good. I’ve got a fantastic squad, I was delighted with the starting players. I thought Marc Guiu was magnificent, he deserved his goal. There are a lot of positives. Strong start but nothing to get too carried away about yet.”
On how the team started: “I was delighted with Hato because it was a different role for him and he played as a 10 like Guiu has done in the past and he gets the goal and does really well. I was delighted with Tosin and big Ben [Badiashile] at the back. Young Josh [Acheampong], full of potential, I was delighted with them.”
On building on the win: “It’s a busy two months. The lads have been really receptive to us and I thank them for that and if we keep working in this way I’m excited for the future.”
Did you know?
- Chelsea’s 5-1 win was their biggest margin of victory in their first game under a new manager since Luiz Felipe Scolari led the Blues to a 4-0 win over Portsmouth in his first game in charge back in August 2008.
- Marc Guiu has scored eight goals in his last nine starts for Chelsea across all competitions.
