Jorginho, 29, was keen to explain why he didn’t step aside and allowed 21-year-old Reece James to take a penalty at Newcastle that could have allowed Chelsea’s back to complete the memorable hat-trick.
What did Jorginho say about Reece James?
The Blues found inspiration from the flanks during their trip to St James’ Park, with their first two goals in a 3-0 win coming from an unexpected source. Reece put in an impressive brace to put Tuchel’s side under control against the forties, but offered no argument as the Italian international midfielder stepped up to convert nine minutes from the end.
The Italy midfielder, who is Chelsea’s permanent penalty box, told the club’s official website why he didn’t offer Reece James the chance to qualify for the ball match, which Reece didn’t ask. This is important to make it clear that Reece was not asking for anything. Reece James just came to support him. According to Jorginho, Reece James is amazing with both feet and he opened up the game for them, which was great. This was Reece’s first beautiful goal.
They try to win every game
Reece’s deadly double on Tyneside helped Chelsea advance three points to the top of the Premier League table, with rivals Liverpool and Man City suffering unexpected stutters in their last outs. Thomas’ men are now being fielded as serious contenders to claim the first top flight crown in five years, but the Italy midfielder insists that no one at Stamford Bridge is addicted to 10 games in the 2021-22 campaign.
Jorginho added that it’s good that they won here because they need to look at themselves and not focus on other teams. They only focus on them, what they have to do and what they are doing, because if they keep doing this, keep pushing and putting the group first, then they can get the results they want. Then they’ll see what might happen at the end of the season.
According to Jorginho, they need to try to win every game and not lose points in these kinds of games. Maybe they missed it in the last two or three years. Chelsea’s attention will return to defending the Champions League title when they travel to Malmo on Tuesday with their next domestic away set to see their host at Burnley.