Chelsea defender Malang Sarr made his Premier League debut for the Blues in their 1-0 victory over Brentford on Saturday.
The 22-year-old made the move to London from Porto last summer, but re-joined the Portuguese club on-loan for the past season before returning to Stamford Bridge.
He then made his Chelsea debut in the EFL cup against Aston Villa. The match ended 1-1 with penalties required to separate the two sides. The Blues won 4-3 on spot kicks to progress to the next round.
It was back to the wall action for Sarr in his first league start, as Thomas Tuchel relied on some heroics from goalkeeper Edouard Mendy to keep a clean sheet and take all three points.
Chelsea fans were quick to take to Twitter and voice their opinion on his first start in the Premier League.
LDNFootball: “10 clearances (most) 6 interceptions (most) 3 tackles (2nd most) Malang Sarr with an excellent Premier League debut.”
Jason Fox: “Excellent debut yesterday.”
ChampCFC: “Tbf I didn't expect that performance from him yesterday.. buzzing for him.”
Energytl: ”Tuchel reputation of improving young players continues with Mount ( ballon dor), Christensen, Chalobah, Sarr , RLC revival, etc. at Chelsea.”
Josh: “People criticising him for his performance like it isn’t literally his debut lmao he’s going to get a lot lot better imo.”
CareFreeLee: “This guy will come of age. Sevilla can poke their transfer fee. We’ve got a new baller in town.”
A1: “And people doubted him before the game. Some fans need to chill and trust Tuchel.”
