Xabi Alonso press conference live: Chelsea boss on Joao Pedro hat-trick, Dastan Satpayev, 10 goals
Hello and welcome to football.london for live updates from Xabi Alonso’s post-match press conference after Chelsea’s extraordinary 6-4 victory over Western Sydney Wanderers in Sydney.
Alonso’s team got the ball rolling early on when new signing Dastan Satpayev smashed the ball into the top corner after being played in by a wonderful Ryan Kavuma-McQueen pass. The Australian side were not behind for too long when Anthony Pantazopoulos headed in from a corner to level the score in Sydney.
Wanderers then took the lead through a fine Aydan Hammond finish into the bottom corner after some individual skill. Dario Essugo levelled the friendly before the half-time whistle after some intricate link-up play with Reggie Walsh.
The second half proved to be even more of a thriller. Dylan Scicluna scored, Jamie Gittens levelled, Awan Lual netted, Joao Pedro levelled. And then Joao Pedro went and won the game for Chelsea with a nine-minute hat-trick late on for the west Londoners.
What did Alonso make of all of that? Bobby Vincent is live in Australia to bring you word-for-word updates from Alonso.
